Her Boyfriend Threatened To Break Up With Her Unless She Puts Her Dog Down
While we love our significant others and our pets in different ways, that doesn’t mean we care about one any less than the other.
So, what if you were forced to pick between your partner and your pup? Would the decision be easy, or might you select your pet over a special person in your life?
This young woman was recently confronted with the same choice after her boyfriend gave her an ultimatum, and she actually chose her dog.
For some context, she took in a stray pup – a female mutt named Jas – last year, and she fell in love with her. Since then, she’s gotten her dog all caught up on vaccinations, and according to her, Jas’ behavior has improved a ton.
“Her biggest thing now is that she’s still skittish around strangers, but if that’s the worst of it, so be it,” she said.
Then, just a few months ago, she began dating her boyfriend. While everything in their relationship has been great, there is only one problem – he hates her dog, Jas.
Apparently, her boyfriend insists that her dog is very aggressive since she barks and hides under tables at home whenever he comes over.
She tried explaining how her dog just is not used to him yet since he really doesn’t go over to her house that often.
“But he’s dead set that she needs to put down,” she revealed.
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Understandably, she does not want to do that to her dog, though, and it’s caused some serious problems in their relationship.
In fact, her boyfriend actually threatened to break up with her if she didn’t put Jas down!
Thankfully, she didn’t let him strong-arm her like that, and she wound up pulling the plug on their relationship by herself.
“I don’t think Jas is aggressive. She’s just shy and never bites. She barks and hides,” she reasoned.
Even so, her boyfriend hasn’t stopped calling and texting her since their split. Yet, despite her wanting him back, she refuses to put her pup down.
Now, she can’t help but wonder if there was a way to better handle this situation and if picking her dog over her boyfriend was justified.
“Was there something else I should’ve done? I really miss my ex,” she vented.
Did her boyfriend have a right to give her an ultimatum like that? Would you have done the same thing in her shoes?
You can read the original post on Reddit here.
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