She Regrets Adopting A Dog With Her Boyfriend Because She’s Left Feeling Neglected
Soon, this 32-year-old woman will be celebrating her three-year anniversary with her 29-year-old boyfriend.
They adopted a dog together a year ago, and it was initially her idea to do this. Their friends have dogs, and she and her boyfriend always loved getting to spend time with those pups.
She and her boyfriend are big dog lovers, but ever since they got a dog of their own, things have not been going well.
Her boyfriend’s entire life revolves around their dog, and it’s dawned on her that they have polar opposite views of how to raise their dog.
He insists that their dog is literally like a child to him, but she thinks dogs are just dogs. That’s it. She believes it’s fine to talk the dog out for a 15 or 20-minute walk every three hours, with a one-hour walk before bed. As for her boyfriend, he feels the dog has to be outside as much as possible.
“When I am at work, he really stresses himself out to take her in a 2 to 3-hour walk during the day,” she said.
“And we used to have heavy fights in the beginning because I didn’t want the dog to sleep in the bed since I feel that it’s not hygienic with all the hairs flying around…”
“He clearly invests more time/energy on the dog than me, and in the end, there’s no time left for us both to have quality time together.”
When she returns from the last walk of the evening with their dog, she gets ready for bed while her boyfriend lounges in the living room petting their dog.
FollowTheFlow – stock.adobe.com – illustrative purposes only, not the actual dog
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While she says this sounds adorable, she finds it irritating. She no longer has any time alone with her boyfriend.
She tries to suggest dates or activities they can do in an effort to spend more quality time together, but her boyfriend refuses to go, as he doesn’t want their dog to be left home alone.
When she tries to point out to him that plenty of people leave their dogs home by themselves for hours at a time, he goes crazy and says that’s neglectful.
“I know I could probably help more in fulfilling his expectation with the dog, but I also feel unwilling to when I see that this dog turned out to be his life and his life is wrapped around her, and he makes no plans for us or is unwilling to,” she said.
She actually tried to dump her boyfriend a month ago over the dog and the fact that she feels more like his roommate than anything else right now.
Her boyfriend convinced her that they could work it out, but a week later, she went right back to feeling like he cares more about the dog than her.
She’s full of regret for wanting to adopt a dog in the first place, as this dog has been at the expense of their relationship.
What advice do you have for her?
You can read the original post on Reddit here.
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