A girl is stirring dialog on the web after sharing that she is not serious about giving up her puppy for her boyfriend, who claims to be allergic.
In a publish shared to Reddit, the nameless girl (who identifies herself solely as being 21 years old) says her 21-year-old boyfriend “has grown to dislike” her new puppy over the previous two months.
“My boyfriend visits each weekend, since he nonetheless lives together with his dad and mom,” she writes within the publish. “And we get into arguments about my puppy most of these weekends, with the final one being that he needs me to present him (my canine) away.”
According to the poster, the boyfriend says the canine “is annoying and doesn’t behave.”
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“I countered that with the truth that he’s solely 3 months old, to not point out he’s already potty educated for probably the most half, very pleasant with folks and dogs, and may do some methods,” she writes.
“That being mentioned, in one of many arguments, he introduced up a hypothetical: ‘Would you give him away if I used to be allergic.’ I’ll admit I mentioned sure, since he has proven no indicators of allergic reactions. Or no less than I assumed.”
Now, the boyfriend is claiming to have indicators of an allergic response, and not too long ago advised the girlfriend he was experiencing “a painful rash and he’s sure it’s from my canine.”
“I don’t know if I imagine him,” the poster writes. “Especially since he hasn’t been over in 2 days.”
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In an try to return to a compromise, the poster says she supplied to “purchase an air air purifier, de-shedder, and wash the sheets each week earlier than he comes.”
The boyfriend, nevertheless, “says none of that may assist.”
Now, the poster needs to know: is she within the mistaken for not wanting to present the canine away, regardless that she mentioned she would if he have been allergic?
Commenters have weighed in, with some saying the boyfriend appears “petty” and noting that relationships typically “do not final,” whereas a pet will stay by the lady’s facet.
“Fur infants are for all times. Boyfriends are replaceable,” wrote one.
“The timing of his allergic reactions could be very handy,” wrote one other. “It looks like he is mendacity to get you to do what he needs, which raises many pink flags for the longer term.”
Still, one poster supplied way more blunt recommendation: “Keep the puppy. Dump the boyfriend asap.”
