Love my cats, never want to live under the same roof as a dog — not because I’m a dog-hater (I like my friends’ dogs if they’re well-behaved/trained), but I don’t want all the lifestyle adjustments required to properly care for a dog, I’m disabled and can’t walk a dog regularly, and I got attacked by one as a child and am always hypervigilant around them, and want to be able to relax in my own home.
LW has an entirely reasonable boundary, and this is shitty advice. We all know who would wind up taking care of the dog, in the end.
(I don’t date people for whom dog ownership is a dealbreaker, unless it’s clear that we will never live together.)
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Love my cats, never want to live under the same roof as a dog — not because I’m a dog-hater (I like my friends’ dogs if they’re well-behaved/trained), but I don’t want all the lifestyle adjustments required to properly care for a dog, I’m disabled and can’t walk a dog regularly, and I got attacked by one as a child and am always hypervigilant around them, and want to be able to relax in my own home.
LW has an entirely reasonable boundary, and this is shitty advice. We all know who would wind up taking care of the dog, in the end.
(I don’t date people for whom dog ownership is a dealbreaker, unless it’s clear that we will never live together.)