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Guess I disagree with being so upset by a date's dog being present. If a dog is that important to the person I want to know that. You can tell an awful lot about a person by watching them with an animal. Whether they get ridiculously sappy over every puppy or take their responsibilities for their own puppy seriously. Different thing.
Dogs happen to be important to me too, so I wouldn't demand that a date be dogless unless the dog was completely inappropriate where we planned to go. I'd probably suggest bringing mine along. Isn't the point of a date to get to know the other person? What motivates and interests them? If the dog hadn't been there and the person talked about nothing else or never let me get a word in, that would tell me a lot...the dog just happened to be the topic at hand. If the date had stranded me on the side of a road so they could drive home to let the dog in I might be a little miffed, but it wouldn't be because of the DOG, it would be because of their inability to plan ahead. I'm not going to let myself be jealous over a dog.
Thanks everyone, I was wondering if I was just being crotchety. As much as I love animals, I can't stand the whole "dogs are children" mentality that seems to be more common now than ever.
NO, one should never bring their pets on the first date. This about it's a good way to meet women is crap. Thats for hanging out at the dog park, or walking your dog and meeting a female that also has a dog, gives you something to break the ice with.
The 3 you speak of, never. Not hiking, puppy, or park should be on an actual date. Unless you stated, let's meet at the dog park, let our dogs walk, and we can talk, THEN@ it's ok, both of you have decided. Someone bringing their dog on a date is creepy. They're insecure, and show where their priorities lie. I would have told you, let me go home first, spend 30 mins taking care of my pets, I'll meet you there. NOT EVER A GOOD IDEA!.
It’s weird. One guy’s doing it could just be unusual. Three is weird. It’s as though they are following a little script someone gave them.
I love my dachshunds and they are well behaved, but in the unlikely event I were to date again, they would stay home. I wouldn’t expect a man to tolerate them unless a relationship were to show signs of starting to become serious.
Guess I disagree with being so upset by a date's dog being present. If a dog is that important to the person I want to know that. You can tell an awful lot about a person by watching them with an animal. Whether they get ridiculously sappy over every puppy or take their responsibilities for their own puppy seriously. Different thing.
Dogs happen to be important to me too, so I wouldn't demand that a date be dogless unless the dog was completely inappropriate where we planned to go. I'd probably suggest bringing mine along. Isn't the point of a date to get to know the other person? What motivates and interests them? If the dog hadn't been there and the person talked about nothing else or never let me get a word in, that would tell me a lot...the dog just happened to be the topic at hand. If the date had stranded me on the side of a road so they could drive home to let the dog in I might be a little miffed, but it wouldn't be because of the DOG, it would be because of their inability to plan ahead. I'm not going to let myself be jealous over a dog.
Yeah that's fair. It's hard to explain though; if the guy brought the puppy, we petted it for a few minutes and then had a normal conversation over beers, I wouldn't have cared as much. I understand having a puppy and not wanting to leave it home alone. But it was like "Oh look Nelly is chewing the ball" "Nelly what are you looking at?" "Nelly can you sit and shake?" literally the whole time. Hard to have a conversation. His puppy is eight or nine months old, so it's almost full grown and not like he just got it. (I would understand more if it's a little puppy that he just got and is super excited about).
Yeah that's fair. It's hard to explain though; if the guy brought the puppy, we petted it for a few minutes and then had a normal conversation over beers, I wouldn't have cared as much. I understand having a puppy and not wanting to leave it home alone. But it was like "Oh look Nelly is chewing the ball" "Nelly what are you looking at?" "Nelly can you sit and shake?" literally the whole time. Hard to have a conversation. His puppy is eight or nine months old, so it's almost full grown and not like he just got it. (I would understand more if it's a little puppy that he just got and is super excited about).
He was probably just using it to deflect from the awkwardness of making conversation.
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