Pets are a part of our family.
To us, our pets are our children. If you would ever ask me to give up my pets for a human being, I would walk you through the door myself. There is no way an actual pet owner would give up their pet for someone else. And if your partner is making you choose between them and your fur baby, that is a red flag in itself. If your partner really loves you, they would not make you give up a piece of your heart. Not to mention how barbaric it is to ask someone to take away a home from a perfectly happy animal. If someone does not like animals, I instantly dislike that person. They do not have a lot of love and empathy in them, so be warned.
These people shared their stories on Reddit about when they had to pick between their partners and their pets. Guess what? They all chose their pet. After all, true love wins. Who would give up those adorable furbabies for such an ugly hearted human? Scroll down below to read the stories:
Imagine being so insecure that you are jealous of someone’s dogs.
Well, he got jealous anytime I’d even pet the dogs infront of him. He started treating them terribly. Eventually he told me, basically, that he knows I wouldn’t get rid of them but so long as they were around our relationship would be negatively impacted and would deteriorate. Then we broke up. Shrugs
Imagine feeling threatened and jealous of your SO (of 14 years!) petting a dog. They are well behaved, house broken, no behavioral issues, no financial burden, and honestly they are low maintenance in the attention department too. Thaaaaaaaaaaats when I noticed something was very off and went ahead and proved him right. I didn’t get rid of my dogs, and I just started distancing myself.
The smashed windows speak for themselves.
Not my story but my friend. His gf forced him to choose between her or dog but that dog was remaining memento from his deceased mother and of course he instantly dumped his gf. His gf went from facefull with expectations to beet red full of shame and anger and smashed his house windows when she left his house.
Kitties over guys any day.
My ex was allergic to cats and had asthma. I had a cat.
He just kind of moved in with me without asking over time. I wasn’t against it. His allergies and his asthma never seemed to flare up or anything too badly with my cat around.
We kept the place clean, etc.
He asked me to get rid of my cat multiple times. I said no every time.
Turns out the jerk was cheating on me with multiple women. Dropped the dude like a hot potato.
Glad I kept my kitty.
We shouldn’t be so dependent on stereotypes. All dogs deserve love regardless of their breed.
I love my chihuahua. She’s super sweet and never growls or has ever bit anyone. I have had so many guys say “I hate chihuahuas/ I already hate your dog” before even meeting her. I had one guy lose his sh*t when I told him I was choosing to not go on another date with him because of how he talked about how sh***y and mean my dog was on a first date when I was asked what breed she was. My boyfriend now said the same things at first before he saw her and fell absolutely in love within 2 minutes. They’ve been best friends for almost 5 years.
Imagine being with someone for 7 years and then leaving them over a cat.
I never knew how bad some people could hate cats. Me and my fiancé (seven years)broke up. And I think it was partly because I had gotten a cat a year before she moved in. When she finally moved in, she wanted me to get rid of it. She left after barely six months of living together.
That is one clever doggo!
Was getting a divorce and the ex-wife demanded my dog or she’d take me to court over the house. I reluctantly gave him to her. She called me five days after taking possession of him. He was chewing everything of hers, peeing all over her and her new boyfriends house. I got him back and he never did any of that for me. Still have him and he is 15 years old now
Like a boss!
He wanted me to rehome my cat because he wanted a dog instead. We were not living together, and I’m allergic to dogs. That didn’t matter, HE wanted me to have one, so he demanded I rehome the cat. I rehomed him instead. The look on his face when I took him to his mother’s house was pretty priceless
Hoping the best for that guy and his kitty.
This is my favorite story from when I worked in a shelter. A guy came in to surrender his cat, with the reason that his girlfriend didn’t like her. He starts filling out the paperwork, but partway through he just stops and says, “Screw this. I’m just going to break up with her instead.” He picks up the cat and walks out the door, presumably to leave his GF. I hope he stuck to it and he and his cat got a happy ending.
That is just toxic.
I had an incredibly toxic boyfriend who had at one point paid the fee for a rescue cat for me for my birthday. the cat REALLY didnt like him, she wasnt aggressive she was just skittish and didnt want to be around him. We had gotten into a fight earlier that day about something unrelated and he decided to start ranting about the cat and how he believed we should get rid of her, that she was a bad animal JUST because she was skittish ( she was a rescue!! and a very loving one at that if you let her come to you when she felt safe ).
He started to threaten to leave her at the humane society or get rid of her when i wasnt around so i couldnt stop him. I told him to get out of my house and immediately broke up with him. Butters is still making quality biscuits at my side and loves to take naps with me 🙂
No cat deserves to be treated that way.
My ex used to chase his cat around the house. Poor kitty was so scared. I took him to divorce court over that cat. Now she’s sleeping on my lap with her sister and she never has to run around the house unless it’s happy zoomies.
Love made that catto strong.
I remember him saying my diabetic cat needed to go so he could get a dog. We weren’t even living together. I looked him dead in the eyes and said. “My cat will outlive this relationship” considering she was really sick at the time he said it was unlikely and stormed off.
We broke up 6 years ago and my cat is still going strong.
Remember this advice forever.
To be fair, anyone giving you an ultimatum to choose between them and one of your loved ones (human or otherwise) isn’t interested in a healthy relationship of any kind, and so isn’t worth your time. Long story short, never choose the one giving the ultimatum.
We can tolerate cheating but we won’t tolerate hate towards our pets.
Being told to get rid of my puppy for acting like a puppy and ’embarrassing him in front of the neighbors’ for ‘stealing’ something he promptly took back to them was the last straw for me kicking out my ex. Not even the abuse or the cheating
This mom just sounds cruel.
Not my partner but my mom gave away my dog when I was away on a trip visiting my sister when I was 18. She called me while I was away to explain my dad was going to leave her if she didn’t rehome him.
Fast forward several years later.. my mom gave her cat to my 7 year old daughter only to later take the cat back after getting mad at me for something. 2 years later my daughter still cries over missing the cat. I went no contact with her immediately following that incident.
People who would use animals to execute their plans are just evil.
I had a fortnight to decide, him or my cat. I thought he was joking! Nope, a fortnight later and he asked for my decision. We’d been in a relationship for nearly two years and were living together, I loved him but the whole thing was absurd and I wasn’t getting rid of my cat. We broke up and in general he took it well. Too well. I was pretty sure he wanted an to break up with me, but couldn’t admit it. So I left with my cat and went to stay with my brother. I came back that weekend to sort out our joint possessions only find him sneaking out the back door the 19 year old receptionist from his work that he’d been [having sex] in my bed. 12 years later and me and the cat are doing great! I hope he’s turned into a better human being.
Thank goodness the mother took their side!
I was in elementary school when my stepdad made a comment about getting rid of my cats. I told him that we had the cats longer than him , and I liked them better. He looked at my mom to defend him, and she told him she had told him not to talk about my cats. One passed away at the age of 14 when I was in college, and the other passed away at 19 after I had graduated. He was never cuddly with them but was always nice after that conversation.
20 plus years later he has his own cat that adores him and hates my mom.
This person has such a big heart.
The dog chose me lol I divorced my husband and his dog destroyed his house and sadly wouldn’t eat properly or do anything but stress until he came to live with me and my dog. But to be fair, my ex is terrible at pets. He just kept him outside all day and night with no interaction. The dog is a Great Dane and at the time it was me, my toddler and my dog in a little town house but we gladly took in the big guy over keeping him alone and miserable with his actual owner.
Who would deliberately give up a pet’s unconditional love over a terrible human being who is making them give up their child? Nobody in their right mind would give up their furbaby if they actually love them. Our pets deserve to be a top priority because they have no other family except us. We might still have parents and siblings but our pets are on their own and depend solely on us. This is why you should always choose your pets over anybody else.
He dug his own grave.
Late here- my aunt started dating this guy a while after my uncle passed away. Seems nice at first. She ends up basically buying him a house. He quits his job, the whole 9 yards.
My aunt has 2 dogs. Now apparently this guy decided he hates dogs now and they’re too loud and annoying and ends up giving her the ultimatum. When she chooses the dogs he tells her she’ll never find love with those dogs around. So he’s kinda jobless and out of housing right now. Good luck to him lol
It would’ve been cute if he hadn’t said the choosing over cat thing.
I briefly dated a guy who pretended to not be severely allergic to cats. He came over for the first time doped up on Benadryl and I confronted him about it, and he tearfully told me he hoped to keep his allergy a secret long enough for me to fall for him and choose him over my cat.
And that this was a repeat strategy for him.
I laughed so hard (poor confused guy) and told him the only winning move was not to play. I happily never saw him again.
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