Well I'm definitely not going to dump him, because he's wonderful in every other way possible...I'd really have a hard time finding someone else who treated me as nice, and had all the other qualities he has...it's just this dog thing. He seems to be on the side where dogs are a burden because you can't go on vacation, they cost money, etc. I'm on the side where they're my babies, I won't go anywhere without them, and I couldn't live without them in my life. For me, nothing is too good for them, but for him, he's willing to feed a crappy food, just buy the bare necessities and just enjoy the dog because "it" is a "dog" and nothing more. Which is true to some extent I guess but I just don't believe that. I believe that they are more than just a companion to have, and for the unconditional love they give us, the least we can do is pamper them, give them a great food, spoil them a little with treats and toys, take them out with us, give them long walks, the works. I don't think I need to adjust my morals for him, and I know I can win out on the dog, but I want him to love the dog as well. I think I need to just come home with the yorkie baby one day
He'd be mad, but once he saw such a sweet face I don't know how he could stay mad. It just doesn't seem to be an issue to me that I'd break up with him over...We've been together almost 5 years, and I know he can learn to do with this, I just agree that when the time comes we need to have a real
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like you all have said. He's not a big pre-planner like I am (I mean here I am planning a year in advance) so maybe that's the bigger part of the problem...that he just doesn't agree with planning so far ahead...