Anonymous wrote:

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.

I think she made the right choice.

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.

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.

Anonymous wrote:

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.

I had a 95lb husky very beautiful and pure bred from Russia. He was my brother, my mom's baby, my brother's baby too.

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.

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.

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.

Anonymous wrote:I disagree with the OP about dogs. However, I feel the exact same way about (in my case woman) who post and/or own a mug that says "Don't talk to me before coffee" or some variation of that sentiment.

I say this as a man who drinks too much of the stuff myself...it isn't the lack of coffee that makes you unpleasant in the morning. You aren't clever.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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.

This. I have a pet, not a "fur baby" (barf). And I am responsible for that pet. I take that obligation very seriously. Removing a pet is a serious business, to be done only if necessary.

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.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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.

How does it affect you personally if anyone views their dog as their fur baby? It does not

Oh except it does. It means she will bring it on planes, into restaurants, into the grocery store, and then enact high drama if anyone suggests that Priscilla shouldn't be sniffing the meat cast. It's her BABY after all. These people (mostly women IME) have become such unmanageable brats that we all just let them get away with it.

People can have all the fur babies they want AT HOME. Dress them up, feed them steak from the good china, let them lick your mouth, I don't care. But keep them out of public places please. They are not children; they have no potential for a future in productive society. They will die at 10-13-15 years old and their bereft "mothers" will run out and buy a replacement.

For the record, the most unhinged, entitled "dog parent" I know is a man. He's my neighbor and he professes to love animals and then uses his dogs as an excuse for being a hostile, terrifying ahole. I feel bad for his dogs but I feel more bad for me who has to live right next to him.

I don't think the horrible dog parents issue is something unique to women. My best friend is a self-described "dog mom" and she and her dog are extremely kind and wonderful and she never takes her dog into the grocery store or restaurants (the occasional patio where they are allowed, but not inside), plus her dog is well-trained and well-behaved.

This is not a gendered problem. Crap dog owners are a universal scourge.