Laughed at this for a solid five minutes. Thank you.

I don’t know about “more than pedophiles” but even when you don’t smoke around others, you generally reek of cigarettes if you’re a regular smoker. Your clothes, car, mouth, hair... And the less you’re around it, the sicker it makes you to be exposed to the smell.

Life isn’t linear, man, what can I tell ya? Personally, I didn’t always have the lifestyle that would allow me to care for dogs the way I wanted. Now I do. And, people change. It’s allowed. It’s befuddling to me why this is such an outrage.

It’s not an “old hatred from the past” when Russia actively meddled in the US election, hacked into our electoral systems, and swayed the election to a side that would be favorable to their interests. It’s not an “old hatred” when Russia also does this in Europe to weaken the EU and destabilize its member countries.…

We had a GSP that we were fostering and that poor baby was miserable no matter how much we walked him and took him to dog park. He was returned to us three or four times because it seemed no amount of exercise made him happy and not destructive. Until we found a guy with three acres who loved to hunt AND run. GSP went…

That’s anecdotal. Anyone you speak with in pet rescue will tell you that personalities reveal themselves in the home post-adoption over time. One of my dogs started out as a friendly goofball with other dogs and turned into a dog who cannot be around any other animals other than my two other dogs. He was socialized,…

Not sure if you read the thread or went on Google, but there is no such thing. It’s a bullshit claim like “all-natural.” Reality is that even so-called hypoallergenic dogs have dander and saliva that trigger reactions, and it’s a luck of the draw if you happen to react to them or not. I cited a peer-reviewed study…

In all fairness, if you do that without discussing it with said boyfriend, you’re a crap person. I’m not in favor of doing it as a unilateral decision.

Yes but, is your dad happy? Does his new wife make him happy and treat him and you well? Is she a good, kind person? The world doesn’t revolve around you, the child. You’ll grow up and leave the home and is your father supposed to be alone or wait for someone you approve of even though you won’t be there? Your mother…

Yeah, that’s just luck. He’s still allergic to dogs, but not that particular dog. Most people can’t go through a parade of dogs until they find one their partner isn’t allergic to.

Love the orange and blue together, and your pup!

But, it’s personal for me. I apologize for the personal attack, you’re right.

AMAZING.

That, I totally agree with. You don’t spring a dog on a person who doesn’t want one or can’t have one. You negotiate or you amicably end the relationship. I don’t know them, so I don’t know what they agreed to do. Presumably if her boyfriend stuck around, he isn’t being held at gunpoint, and the arrangements are…

You seem butthurt that someone might care about themselves more than they care about you. I remember being the center of the universe, so I guess I get it.

100% correct response, IMO.

These reactions are hilarious — not everyone’s goal in life is to have a partner or spouse, or to keep them forever. FFS. There are way more important things in life. I’ve been with my boyfriend for three years, he’s not allergic to dogs. My dogs are not negotiable, just like “I want kids” is not negotiable to other…

To be clear, that’s something I would discuss, or would naturally come up right away, I wouldn’t spring up a dog on a person as a surprise, that’s just cruel. However, there are many things that are more important to my life than the person I’m with at the time, and I hope that my boyfriend is literally never the most…

Did you notice my referential (ahem) as a nod to Lena Dunham’s dog-mom skills?

Does it, though? I consider it a non-negotiable, like smoking.