Anonymous wrote:It sounds like they don’t like to leave their dog. That is ok! If you think the wife will stay home if the dog is not invited, then issue the invitation only if you’d be fine with just the husband coming. Let them make their choices and you make yours.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I almost wrote this exact post this weekend OP! Why does everyone want to bring their dog to my house? With one family the dogs aren’t well-trained. The dogs get into everything and wipe their bottoms on our rugs. With the other family, it’s my sibling in law who just got a dog and isn’t the most responsible so I’m not up for double hosting/taking care of their dog when we have events. Our house is not set up for dogs. And we don’t even have a good excuse because we don’t have pets but my spouse is fed up and won’t invite that couple over anymore. My spouse won’t let me be direct and communicate the behavior issues so I’m thinking about getting a cat to curtail the issue. 😂
This is insanity. You should not feel like you need to get a pet of your own so you have an excuse to not welcome other people’s pets at YOUR HOME. And, you are also welcome to host events that do not include people’s kids!!

Anonymous wrote:I almost wrote this exact post this weekend OP! Why does everyone want to bring their dog to my house? With one family the dogs aren’t well-trained. The dogs get into everything and wipe their bottoms on our rugs. With the other family, it’s my sibling in law who just got a dog and isn’t the most responsible so I’m not up for double hosting/taking care of their dog when we have events. Our house is not set up for dogs. And we don’t even have a good excuse because we don’t have pets but my spouse is fed up and won’t invite that couple over anymore. My spouse won’t let me be direct and communicate the behavior issues so I’m thinking about getting a cat to curtail the issue. 😂