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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]No I don't.  I had my dog before I met my now DH and if they hadn't gotten along at the beginning of the relationship, it would have been a deal breaker.  However, I love my husband and I care about him more than I do our dogs.  [/quote]

How strange.

Your husband had to live up to not only your standards, but your dog's, in order to be privileged to date you.

Lucky him.[/quote]

My dog is a well behaved and affectionate dog.  The only people who don't get along with him are people that actively dislike dogs in general.  Which is fine but they are not the kind of people I would want to live with as they are not the kind of people that are ok with having dogs in their living space.  I have always had dogs, have been active in dog rescue organizations and dog fostering, and will likely always have dogs.  I don't think it's unreasonable to want a partner that is ok with dogs when I have always loved having dogs and want to continue having dogs.  [/quote]

I think dogs are OK and have nothing against them.  However--they're very dirty and messy at best.  They chew things up, get hair everywhere, crap everywhere, and are generally a source of chaos.  Multiple dogs is even worse.  I have no problem with dogs per se but do I necessarily want your dog hopping in the bed with me at night?  No but that doesn't make me a bad person.  Anyone who would put dogs above people has a screw loose.  Sorry PP but that's you.[/quote]

NP. What an effing ridiculous thing to say. In the beginning of a relationship there are all kinds of tests a prospective partner has to pass before they can be permanent. Are you, pp, arguing that if I had a few good dates with a dog hater and they asked me to get rid of the dog that I had loved for years that I should do so based solely on the possibility that this relationship panned out? If my DH didn't like sushi at the beginning of our relationship I might not have pursued him, if he hated TV I might have dumped him.

Obviously a person that would prioritize dogs over a spouse either has some issues or the marriage has SERIOUS issues but the idea that while dating one wouldn't prioritize the dog over a boyfriend is ridiculous. Put a ring on it if you want to make such demands. And if someone asked me to get rid of something I loved as much as I love my dog on a whim I wouldn't really think they loved me enough for me to marry them. What a ridiculous oversimplification PP. [/quote]

Or they have a shitty spouse.

Maybe you can love horizontally, I think many do.  Doesn't have to be a 1st, 2nd, so forth. 
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