Tired of "Dog Moms"

[Anonymous]

Attention to single women in their 30s:

Dogs are not children. Having a dog does not make you a mother. Being obsessed with your fur baby is not giving maternal instincts, it's giving arrested development. I am not interested in women who make their dog the center of their universe.

I (M, 40) was dating a woman (35) who said that she and her German Shepherd are a "package deal" when we were getting serious and thinking about moving in together. I said she had to choose between me and the dog, and she chose the dog. Now she's late 30s and childless but with a giant, smelly canine.

Women, rethink your priorities if this sounds like you.

[Anonymous]

A dog is family: a member who needs to be looked after till the day he dies. That’s an obligation, like one toward your child; demanding that someone walk away from that obligation is silly.

[Anonymous]

You seem like a real catch, I wonder why you’re on the market at 40.

[Anonymous]

Wait - you said that she had to rehome her dog if she wanted to be with you? Wow. Seems like she dodged a bullet. Having a child with you would have tied her to you for decades, and that seems . . . less than ideal, let's say.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Attention to single women in their 30s:

Dogs are not children. Having a dog does not make you a mother. Being obsessed with your fur baby is not giving maternal instincts, it's giving arrested development. I am not interested in women who make their dog the center of their universe.

I (M, 40) was dating a woman (35) who said that she and her German Shepherd are a "package deal" when we were getting serious and thinking about moving in together. I said she had to choose between me and the dog, and she chose the dog. Now she's late 30s and childless but with a giant, smelly canine.

Women, rethink your priorities if this sounds like you.

No one wants you, for real.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Attention to single women in their 30s:

Dogs are not children. Having a dog does not make you a mother. Being obsessed with your fur baby is not giving maternal instincts, it's giving arrested development. I am not interested in women who make their dog the center of their universe.

I (M, 40) was dating a woman (35) who said that she and her German Shepherd are a "package deal" when we were getting serious and thinking about moving in together. I said she had to choose between me and the dog, and she chose the dog. Now she's late 30s and childless but with a giant, smelly canine.

Women, rethink your priorities if this sounds like you.

You don’t sound like a straight man at all. It’s giving troll from Lipstick Alley. Rethink your own priorities.

[Anonymous]

Sounds like she made the right call. Telling someone to choose between you and their pet is a red flag.

[Anonymous]

OP you're being harsh. The dog lives with her. The dog is part of her family. Not a child (and I agree that wayyyyyy too many dog people are overly liberal with their dogs) but asking someone to get rid of their pet is excessive.

If she were bringing the dog everywhere, to stores, restaurants, other people's homes, I'd agree with you. But in HER home? I mean that's where pets are *supposed* to stay.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP you're being harsh. The dog lives with her. The dog is part of her family. Not a child (and I agree that wayyyyyy too many dog people are overly liberal with their dogs) but asking someone to get rid of their pet is excessive.

If she were bringing the dog everywhere, to stores, restaurants, other people's homes, I'd agree with you. But in HER home? I mean that's where pets are *supposed* to stay.

No indication that the escapee woman this troll tried to date considers her dog a child or her child, just that she wouldn’t agree to throw a dog away to please a loser.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Attention to single women in their 30s:

Dogs are not children. Having a dog does not make you a mother. Being obsessed with your fur baby is not giving maternal instincts, it's giving arrested development. I am not interested in women who make their dog the center of their universe.

I (M, 40) was dating a woman (35) who said that she and her German Shepherd are a "package deal" when we were getting serious and thinking about moving in together. I said she had to choose between me and the dog, and she chose the dog. Now she's late 30s and childless but with a giant, smelly canine.

Women, rethink your priorities if this sounds like you.

This isn’t the own that you think it is. Maybe take a minute to reflect and ask yourself why a “giant smelly canine” seemed like a better deal to her than being partnered with you.

[Anonymous]

She made the right choice.

[Anonymous]

How did you ever let it get so far as to talking about moving in with a woman who is a dog mom though? That was dumb on your part.

You’re nuts if you think it’s within your powers to separate a dog parent from their dog. As the old saying goes, for a woman a big dog is a substitute husband and a little dog is a subsitute baby.

[Anonymous]

Who the eff would make their partner give up a beloved pet for no good reason? There’s something wrong with you, OP

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:How did you ever let it get so far as to talking about moving in with a woman who is a dog mom though? That was dumb on your part.

You’re nuts if you think it’s within your powers to separate a dog parent from their dog. As the old saying goes, for a woman a big dog is a substitute husband and a little dog is a subsitute baby.

That’s not a saying.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP you're being harsh. The dog lives with her. The dog is part of her family. Not a child (and I agree that wayyyyyy too many dog people are overly liberal with their dogs) but asking someone to get rid of their pet is excessive.

If she were bringing the dog everywhere, to stores, restaurants, other people's homes, I'd agree with you. But in HER home? I mean that's where pets are *supposed* to stay.

I agree. I have pets, not fur babies. They stay home, and the canine walks outside (not in stores or restaurants). I cannot just ditch them to go live with someone. I am responsible for these animals while they live out their domesticated lives.

OP, lots of people have pets. I'm sure a lot of men and women get immensely annoying with their pet obsession, but your blanket statement is too general.