Ok well long story but here it goes...
My EX hubby (get that lol) was quite jealous of my dogs. If any were attached to me he would complain about this or that. I tried talking to him, reasoning, allowing him full decisions, joint decisions that we both had to agree on, etc. Nothing worked. He had the same attitude and response each time and it was not just with the furkids. According to him, I always made the decisions so I could continue to do so and he would take the "not gonna be part at all" attitude.
Now I would research, attempt to involve him but golf, car racing, etc were on and his attention would wander or who knows. He would make comments like:
They are just dogs, give them dog chow does it really matter? or
A vet is a vet just go to the one 1 mile from the house... and on and on.
So I let him have his way and went to that vet. Nightmare is all I will say. However, I let him go with one of ours there the next time, and lo and behold he came back cussing.
I of course and a smart butt and say..so how did it go? blah blah and complain about that vet was what I got. So that went on and on with each of his decisions. I would then sit and do the no decisions unless we both agree. Well that went no where most of the time. He thought that dog food was dog food and no amount of reading fixed that. So I met him half way and switched to Iams. The dogs all were vomiting and had diarrhea, 2 ended up on IVs, and the cleaning was aweful. Well I let him take over poop picking up duty from potty pads and that bag of Iams went in the trash 3 days later...lol
That was how it went each time. Our issues with the skin kids was the same.
Then he started with "You love the dogs more than me"
He didn't like them on the furniture, they had to eat just in one area and not take a piece and bring it to the living room where we are, potty mistakes infuriated him, and the list went on and on.
I finally one day "picked" a fight with him when he was sulking and when he gave me the "you love them more than me" I told him "You know you are right I do"
So, I wish you luck and hope your hubby is not as mine was. He was a military man and wanted it all his way. He would not meet me half way and when I gave him his way it still did not work. So I chose the dogs and the kids over him. I divorced in March of this year after 21 years and have not regretted it in the least. He now is dogless and kidless and moved to Florida in a retirement community...
I have a beautiful home (that he had to pay off) and have no debt and get a check every month for the rest of my life
...oh and the dogs get to get on the furniture and even sleep in my bed now...I wanna add nany nany boo boo to it too but will hold my
Told ya it was childish...