Paws ‘n’ Claws

Who goes: Fido or the boyfriend (or girlfriend?)

December

I saw a headline on an online news Web site that directed me to one of those
“Dear Abby”- type advice columns about what to do when your significant other doesn’t like your pet.

I didn’t even realize there was a question about that. You obviously find a new home for it—the significant other, I mean. Seriously.

It’s one thing if you two are already married and one wants a pet the other one doesn’t. But if you are in a new relationship and your date isn’t thrilled you live with a four-legged friend—time to say thanks for dinner and try again.

I once had a friend invite me to a party to meet another friend of hers with the hopes of sparking mutual interest between the two of us. Mind you, he didn’t know about this set-up, but I did. It was beginning to seem like a good idea when, at the end of the evening, I said I had to get home to Joey and Molly.

When he asked who they were and I explained that they were my dogs he promptly went off on how he couldn’t stand dogs: they were smelly and time consuming and blah, blah, blah.

So that was the end of that. That’s actually the only time in my life a relationship ended before it got started.

I’m not saying everyone has to be an animal lover (I myself am not a fan of cats.) But when it comes down to your furry friend or your new interest—pick the furry friend everytime.

This entry was posted on Thursday, December 6th, 2007 at 7:16 pm by Sarah Netter.
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One Response to “Who goes: Fido or the boyfriend (or girlfriend?)”

Diana Guerrero January 11th, 2008 at 3:42 pm
My confession is that I was dating a nice man from the beach area who had lots of great assets BUT when he was mean to (read cruelly teased) my dog—that was the end…for the boyfriend.

In protective anger I told him my dog probably had a larger vocabulary than he did…umm, what I meant was he had a large vocabulary—but too late.

Ultimately, unless you are already hitched—I’d say the pets would win every time…at least in my world they do!

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