06-27-2014, 09:12 PM
Iâm having a hard time because my boyfriend and we, we cannot find a compromise about something. The thing is that my boyfriend has always loved animals very much, but in the last time heâs obsessed with the thought of having a dog. And besides heâs not interested in just any dog, he wants exactly one breed â German shepherd.
When he first talked about this I thought he was kidding. Firstly, we cannot possibly afford to have a dog, especially such a big dog. Weâre living in rented one bedroom apartment with barely enough space for both of us. When we moved in, the owner said we can do here whatever we want, so I guess she wouldn't be against pets, but thereâs just no space for someone third. Secondly, I donât know much about that, but purebred dog is probably very expensive. The food for it, toys, leashes, etc, thatâs such a big money. If we do it, weâll be starving.
Weâve talked about it many, many times. Weâve talked in a good way and weâve argued. I offered him other possibilities, if he really wants a pet so much. I offered him to have someone who lives in the cage, like rat or hamster, but he says he doesnât like rodents. Then I offered him to have cat, but he claimed that cats arenât loyal animals and that they donât love their owners at all. Then, finally, I said that we could have a small dog who wouldnât take much space in our home. However heâs obsessed with this one breed- German shepherd. He says that theyâre wonderful animals and the best breed ever. I donât know if itâs true.
If you want to know my own opinion, then I can say I donât want a pet at all. I like animals, but not in my living place. I can honestly say that I donât want to constantly clean my clothes from their fur, I donât want to clean up the mess they make, I donât want someone slobbering next to me, I donât want to get up early in cold winter morning to go for a walk with dog. Thatâs how I feel about having a pet, but for him I could probably put up with it. The only problem is that he must agree to something as well. We cannot have a large dog or we wonât have where to live ourselves.
I don't know how to make him see sense. He's upset because he thinks I don't like something about this particular dog and I'm upset because he doesn't want to look at other pet possibilities. He's stubborn and I know he won't throw this out of his head so easily. What to do?
When he first talked about this I thought he was kidding. Firstly, we cannot possibly afford to have a dog, especially such a big dog. Weâre living in rented one bedroom apartment with barely enough space for both of us. When we moved in, the owner said we can do here whatever we want, so I guess she wouldn't be against pets, but thereâs just no space for someone third. Secondly, I donât know much about that, but purebred dog is probably very expensive. The food for it, toys, leashes, etc, thatâs such a big money. If we do it, weâll be starving.
Weâve talked about it many, many times. Weâve talked in a good way and weâve argued. I offered him other possibilities, if he really wants a pet so much. I offered him to have someone who lives in the cage, like rat or hamster, but he says he doesnât like rodents. Then I offered him to have cat, but he claimed that cats arenât loyal animals and that they donât love their owners at all. Then, finally, I said that we could have a small dog who wouldnât take much space in our home. However heâs obsessed with this one breed- German shepherd. He says that theyâre wonderful animals and the best breed ever. I donât know if itâs true.
If you want to know my own opinion, then I can say I donât want a pet at all. I like animals, but not in my living place. I can honestly say that I donât want to constantly clean my clothes from their fur, I donât want to clean up the mess they make, I donât want someone slobbering next to me, I donât want to get up early in cold winter morning to go for a walk with dog. Thatâs how I feel about having a pet, but for him I could probably put up with it. The only problem is that he must agree to something as well. We cannot have a large dog or we wonât have where to live ourselves.
I don't know how to make him see sense. He's upset because he thinks I don't like something about this particular dog and I'm upset because he doesn't want to look at other pet possibilities. He's stubborn and I know he won't throw this out of his head so easily. What to do?
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