[aarnold808]

Okay,

My boyfriend and I have been together for 3 years. We decided on getting Teddy and then my mom and I chipped in together and got Theresa. Lately, my boyfriend and I have been having problems. He gets jealous when the dogs sleep with me (or rather on me) and I tell him "please don't give me a hard time, its sooo difficult to get them to sleep." He gets angry now because I don't lay next to him in the bed because Teddy and Theresa lay on either side of me. When we first got both puppies.. HE was the one who wanted them on the bed.. not me. Now all of a sudden he is having complaints. He said, "you love those dogs more than me," and I detect a hint of bitterness in his tone more than before. It used to be a running joke, but now he gets angry if I greet the dogs first when I come in and not him.


I don't know what to do. Besides, there are other issues including suspicions of cheating (found a girl's number in his phone.. she claims they have been dating for a year.. while we were together, and found two other voicemails from other women as well. All of which he claims as friends, or ex-girlfriends from the past wanting him back) I don't know if he's worth it. I love my dogs, and my mind tells me to leave him, but my heart isn't ready to take him out of my life. I don't trust him whatsoever, he is very abrupt with me on the phone, he never tells me where he is going, and since we are seperated (until I can figure things out with the cheating) he has never once asked about my dogs. But he did get them a diamond collars for my birthday.. does that count for anything?

Plus, my grandmother has dialysis so on the days when I'm not at school full time (monday, wed., fri,) I take her to dialysis for 5 hours at a time. So I'm busy almost all the time. He claims he needs more attention. I'm too tired. Plus this is my last semester at SF State, then I'm graduating and applying for law school. I don't have time. But he thinks that I do and that I need to "act more like a girlfriend." and spend more time with him. I have school (tuesday and thursday and saturday) from 8am - 7pm. I go see my grandmother 11am to about 7pm (mon, wed, fri) and during any free time off I spend time with my dogs, study, and try to maintain my 4.0 GPA.

He used to be so supportive. Now he's not.

What do you think I should do? (sorry for being so long)

Ashley