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Anonymous wrote:All that sounds fine. But if she insists on taking the dog into grocery stores and restaurants, or sneaking it into places she knows dogs are explicitly banned from, she is a sociopath and you should dump her immediately. Not kidding.

We take our dog out to eat. She needs to eat too.

Anonymous wrote:So all childless people are selfish and self centered? Forget the dog stuff...there is some really crazy stuff being said in this thread.

Anonymous wrote:All that sounds fine. But if she insists on taking the dog into grocery stores and restaurants, or sneaking it into places she knows dogs are explicitly banned from, she is a sociopath and you should dump her immediately. Not kidding.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Since your GF doesn't have children, the dog is her "child". It's obvious that the dog is attached, because she gets so much attention. Childless women (and men) in their 40s are self-centered and will not compromise much, they've never had to put someone else's needs before their own. Not sure you want to deal with all this.

You sound envious. Sorry parenting is more than you anticipated. Lol

Envious of what? Not having to exercise a dog daily because I have children?

Anonymous wrote:How old is the dog? What is the life expectancy of this kind of dog?

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:All that sounds fine. But if she insists on taking the dog into grocery stores and restaurants, or sneaking it into places she knows dogs are explicitly banned from, she is a sociopath and you should dump her immediately. Not kidding.

Total textbook sociopathy. Classic sign: enjoying companionship
Clearly, dealing with attachment issues in a rescue dog is much harder than dealing with teenagers.

Preferring companionship that is unquestioningly devoted and subservient to you and never questions you? Yeah, nothing wrong with that. Just ask el presidente.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Since your GF doesn't have children, the dog is her "child". It's obvious that the dog is attached, because she gets so much attention. Childless women (and men) in their 40s are self-centered and will not compromise much, they've never had to put someone else's needs before their own. Not sure you want to deal with all this.

You sound envious. Sorry parenting is more than you anticipated. Lol

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Anonymous wrote:I like my dog better than I like most people.

It's so weird when people say this as some sort of quirky flex. All it does is make you sound hard to get along with. It doesn't make you sound cute.

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Anonymous wrote:I like my dog better than I like most people.

I like most people more than I like dog people.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:All that sounds fine. But if she insists on taking the dog into grocery stores and restaurants, or sneaking it into places she knows dogs are explicitly banned from, she is a sociopath and you should dump her immediately. Not kidding.

Total textbook sociopathy. Classic sign: enjoying companionship
Clearly, dealing with attachment issues in a rescue dog is much harder than dealing with teenagers.

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Anonymous wrote:That all sounds normal for a higher needs dog. That's just what owning a high energy dog requires. If she doesn't interact and exercise her dog regularly it's likely to start exhibiting some destructive or difficult behaviors.

Dogs are a big commitment, she sounds like an appropriate dog owner.

IDA that this is "normal dog owner" behavior. Our dogs don't go on the furniture and are well socialized and behaved. They are loved, but come in below our relationship with each other, our kids, our parents, our other loved ones. We do currently have one nutty rescue mutt who doesn't get to come places with us precisely because he is neurotic.

I'm not necessarily seeing a compromise here. Maybe sending the dog to dog day care a couple days a week to leave more time for the two of you to be able to go on date nights/ all-day outings? But I think the most realistic answer is from the.poster who said: "Childless women (and men) in their 40s are self-centered and will not compromise much, they've never had to put someone else's needs before their own. Not sure you want to deal with all this."