Dog or wife?

HymanKaplan

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I used to have the greatest dog in history. Henry was his name. A doberman/hound mix, that was just so affable and smart that you couldn't believe it. He was a year old when I met what would turn out to be my second wife. She balked at the idea of keeping Henry when it became clear that we were serious/going to be married. "I'm not really a "dog" person.", she said.

I made it perfectly clear what my choice was, if she pushed the issue and I had to pick.

Fortunately, for her, Henry won her over (as he did with everyone) and she ended up as attached that old rascal as I was. But she was damn close to walking the plank for a couple of weeks...
 

Glenn's Take

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I've considered that I may be sexist for this post so I'll switch it to dog or significant other. I think most women are smart enough to choose the dog. Wouldn't want anything to do with those that would choose the significant other. I'm fine with being number 2 behind the dog.
 

Glenn's Take

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#### cats!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Not in the literal sense like you perverts would want but WTF would you get a cat. The only semi-logical reason I have ever heard is that they are easy to care for. My retort is just don't get a pet,
 

warrior-cat

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I used to have the greatest dog in history. Henry was his name. A doberman/hound mix, that was just so affable and smart that you couldn't believe it. He was a year old when I met what would turn out to be my second wife. She balked at the idea of keeping Henry when it became clear that we were serious/going to be married. "I'm not really a "dog" person.", she said.

I made it perfectly clear what my choice was, if she pushed the issue and I had to pick.

Fortunately, for her, Henry won her over (as he did with everyone) and she ended up as attached that old rascal as I was. But she was damn close to walking the plank for a couple of weeks...
As long as the plank is stiff it should be ok.
 

warrior-cat

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On the subject of cats, never had one until about 6 years ago. Don't really like them, but about 6 years ago to date I was drinking coffee early in the morning preparing to get ready for work when I heard meowing outside of my front door. I walked out to see a small kitten (White and Black, mainly white) sitting on the sidewalk about 8 ft away from the door. When I started toward him, he bowed up and started hissing and growling. As I got closer, he got even more staunch in his position, so I just sat down in front of him and talked to him a bit. He impressed me with not running so I decided to give him some food (tuna) and water.

Wife came out shortly thereafter to see what I was doing and instantly fell for the little guy. We went to work per normal that morning and came back to find him still around in our bushes. We took him to the vet a few days later before bringing him into the house to make sure of no diseases. Tried to find out who he belonged to, but no one knew so, he became ours. Pictured below on first day after coming back from work. Daughter was 13 and named him Kato. When I asked her if that made me the Green Hornet she just looked at me and said "Who?".

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Beatle Bum

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I'm allergic to them so I have that going for me so I have a real reason for hating them other that the fact that they don't care about me and they are the most self-centered creature on the planet.
I too am allergic, but I have known cats (owned one) that are loving and devoted. They are cool, when most dogs are goofy. I like both and would have both, but for my allergies. My dog is probably not going to last the remainder of this year. We have him about as medicated as we can. Enjoying these last months.

Still, picking my wife over any animal. Not close.
 

ROGUE_

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I'm allergic to them so I have that going for me so I have a real reason for hating them other that the fact that they don't care about me and they are the most self-centered creature on the planet.
Yeah sure it’s the cat, it’s actually people that are the most self-centered creatures on the planet without a shadow of a doubt. We’ll burn this whole place down to consume everything we can possibly shove down our throats, store in boxes in our basements, or jerkoff to in an effort to fill the bottomless hole of self-loathing and aimless pursuit of purpose we’ve created for thinking making everything easier was always going to make things “better” all while bowing down to anything that allows us to obtain a few more pointless dollars.

But I digress…
 

TortElvisII

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I used to have the greatest dog in history. Henry was his name. A doberman/hound mix, that was just so affable and smart that you couldn't believe it. He was a year old when I met what would turn out to be my second wife. She balked at the idea of keeping Henry when it became clear that we were serious/going to be married. "I'm not really a "dog" person.", she said.

I made it perfectly clear what my choice was, if she pushed the issue and I had to pick.

Fortunately, for her, Henry won her over (as he did with everyone) and she ended up as attached that old rascal as I was. But she was damn close to walking the plank for a couple of weeks...
All his dogs were a hen e ry...he wouldn't have a willy or a sam.
 

TortElvisII

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Yeah sure it’s the cat, it’s actually people that are the most self-centered creatures on the planet without a shadow of a doubt. We’ll burn this whole place down to consume everything we can possibly shove down our throats, store in boxes in our basements, or jerkoff to in an effort to fill the bottomless hole of self-loathing and aimless pursuit of purpose we’ve created for thinking making everything easier was always going to make things “better” all while bowing down to anything that allows us to obtain a few more pointless dollars.

But I digress…
What an eccentric performance.
 

faithful fan

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Couldn't have an animal for our daughter's early years (Asthma allergies) so I didn't really care about having one. We got a dog a few years ago and she really grew on us. But as she gets older you can see her aging so rapidly. I'll truly miss her when she is gone. She will probably be our last one because of the allergies.
 

ROGUE_

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What an eccentric performance.
I wouldn’t have described it as eccentric, more so brutally honest about human behavior. I guess you’ve never had grandparents or anyone die and had to move all their stuff out of their house or storage unit… most everything someone owns gets thrown into a dumpster after they die.