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Hello all I joined and like how the people on this site help each other with all things fishing and some dating. I thought I would ask a serious question for the guys here about “Mans best friend” ie.’ your dog. My new boy friend/date and I have been active for the last year and a half. I have two children and he has a lab and recently, we have been spending all our time together with his dog. I’ve notice he is real close to his dog.
Now here is the problem for me, because he has lived with his dog as if it were a person. He slept with her, takes here everywhere in the car, goes home on his lunch hour to be with her and feeds her at the table. He has baby books of her, lab books, magnets and signs saying things like “an outfit is not complete without dog hair”. I love her and she is a sweet animal, and have been trying to accept her as part of the family and enjoy the fun parts of having a dog, and he has made accomodations for me as well, like having her sleep in the living room when they are over and not letting her get on the couch and trying to brush her and deal with the constant shedding.
But more recently I have felt that he treats the dog better than us. When we hug/kiss if the dog is around, she wines/whimpers and has to be in the middle. But he gets annoyed at my 9 year olds lack of table manners, which we are working on. My friends also have observed this and commented how he pays more attention to the dog then others in the room when we are all together.
I have tried to meet him halfway. We eat in pet friendly outdoor restaurants, go on walks, I puppy sat for a business trip he went on and we brought her to my family’s house for Christmas (three hours away so we would be able to spend the night). We lock up the cat when they are over. I have even booked a pet friendly get away just for the three of us and made arrangements for kids to go with my mom.
He is a loving man and is very good with the kids. But as a professional, single mother, I am finding that as much as I want to see my boyfriend and build a life, I end up feeling uncomfortable, displaced and stressed by the nature of his relationship with his dog. I don’t know if I can be with a man who is so focused on his pet, that is feels like it superceeds the other relationships.
Thanks- Kate
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During the Spring and early summer I get out on the water as much as I can, but another form of fishing I enjoy is garage sale fishing. I do this on the weekends and I find great tackle and gear (lot’s of junk too) for almost nothing. Just yesterday, I found two nice fishing rods for a dollar apiece, 7 fishing reels for under 10 dollars, and a bunch of lures, and supplies for a dollar. My wife said I didn’t need any more fishing stuff, but some of it is better than some of my gear now (which I plan on replacing), and you can never have too many lures! I already fixed the 2 poles with the 2 best reels, and have another nice trout pole, and another nice catfish pole. Does anyone else do this on this forum? Post on what you found?
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