I'm married (have been for 7 years) and I still get nervous telling my dad things, too. We already have 3 cats and he got us a dog. He didn't like it at first when we got our 2nd cat but by the time we rescued the 3rd he didn't mind. I told him we were going to get a yorkie (tomorrow actually!) and he was fine. I never had house pets when I was little. I had dogs and cats but they were outside all the time. We don't have kids and don't know if we can so the furbabies are our "children" and he's come around to seeing it that way. He knows that we take care of them as that and if it is between us going without food just so we can feed them, they would come first. So he's their "granddad" and is pretty happy with that right now. So my advice is to give it time. Eventually they come around. |