Now my boyfriend wants a kitten and I’m pretty sure I’m going to have to dump him. I’m sorry, but absolutely not. Frankly, I don’t care why it’s making noise-I just need it to stop. It howls in the middle of the night whenever it hears trains or cars go by, waking me up in the process. Moving in with my boyfriend was hard enough, but what I didn’t know was that it was going to be even worse because of the damn dog. It howls in the middle of the night for no reason and disrupts my sleep schedule. My boyfriend tells me I’m being overdramatic about it and that my boss won’t care if I have some dog hairs on my clothes, but I care! Is it so wrong that I take pride in my appearance? He has lint rollers for this purpose but they don’t work 100%. I like to dress nicely occasionally and it becomes very frustrating when all your clothes are covered from top to bottom in fur. The dog’s hair literally covers my clothes every single day. The dog has his own bed right next to ours for a reason but you wouldn’t know that since he’s never in it. What’s even worse is that he lets the dog sleep in between us and it basically takes up the whole bed. My boyfriend either doesn’t notice or tells me to ignore it, which is pretty hard and I shouldn’t have to do. You know what really ruins the mood in the bedroom? When your boyfriend’s dog is perched on the edge of the bed staring into your soul. He lets the dog sleep in the bed and I hate it. He still holds that against me to this day. Unfortunately, I had to eventually speak up and let him know that I’d prefer our dates to be just for the two of us. At first I thought it was cute because he probably thought I loved dogs like everyone else and was trying to win me over. Yes, seriously. Not only did he bring his dog on our first date, but the second and third as well. My boyfriend lets the dog basically inhale my face when I walk in the door and it totally ruins my mood, especially since he knows how much I hate it. Instead, the owner will insist that the dog loves me and act like I should be glad that it’s basically tackling me to the ground. He doesn’t control the dog at all and it’s really annoying. I hate it more than anything when I go to someone’s house and they let their dog jump all over me while standing there doing nothing. That thing has just been licking its own junk-why do I want it licking me next?

My boyfriend always said that his dog was “ giving me kisses” but I don’t want them. The worst part for me is when a smelly animal (normally a dog who weighs more than I do) jumps up on me and licks and sniffs my entire face with its wet nose. He refuses to accept the fact that animals are gross.

I’m not saying animals don’t deserve love and care or anything crazy, I’m simply saying that I don’t want his (or anyone’s) dog sniffing my crotch or begging for my dinner. My parents have a 10-year-old dog named Chopper and I used to feed stray kittens when I was a kid. He acts like I’m evil because I don’t want a dog sniffing my crotch. It might sound cute but it’s not when you realize that he’d rather put an animal on there than his girlfriend. My boyfriend even sends out holiday cards with pictures of himself and the dog on it. I understand the companionship animals offer their owners, but when you’re obsessed with your pet to the point that you’re basically treating it like a human, it’s gone too far. His obsession with his dog is actually pretty obnoxious. Unfortunately, my boyfriend is the polar opposite and since we live together, it’s putting a serious strain on our relationship. I actually don’t care for dogs and cats (or any other animal) and I certainly don’t want one as a pet. It seems like everyone in the world goes crazy for animals but I’m definitely not one of them.

My boyfriend wants to take a break