I'm sure he'd pick the pets.
Posted on 01/26/2011 7:50:45 AM PST by SeekAndFind
NEW YORK (AP) - Your sweetheart or your pet. Who would you choose to dump if one had to go? Most current pet owners said they would hold on to their spouse or significant other (84 percent), but a sizable 14 percent picked their pet, according to an AP-Petside.com poll.
Put Sally Roland, 53, of Omaha, Neb., down in the dog-first column. "I'm divorced, so that might explain it," she joked.
The unmarried, like Roland, are more apt to choose their pet over their mate—25 percent among unmarried pet owners versus 8 percent among the married.
Count Fidel Martinez, 30, of Akron, Ohio, as forever loyal to Killer. That's his mix-breed, 100-pound rescue dog.
"I would absolutely give up my girlfriend for him," Martinez said. "I know it sounds insane but I've had numerous relationships with women. My dog has never let me down."
For the record: Martinez and Killer have been together for seven years. Martinez and his girlfriend have been together for four. The two-legged pair have no immediate plans to cohabitate, he said, but she does like the dog a lot.
Women are far more apt than men to say the human-pet choice would be a tough one (40 percent among women compared with 26 percent among men). Both genders were equally likely to go with their spouse or significant other, according to the poll conducted by GfK Roper Public Affairs and Corporate Communications.
There was also no difference between dog and cat owners: 35 percent of each said the choice would be a hard one and more than eight in 10 would choose their spouse.
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Having a pet, while a challenge, is not the same as having obligations towards your own mate. It speaks volumes on the state of our society and how people stack up their responsibilities.
Pick the pet! Not a bad choice when 1 out 2 dates is a narcissistic rodent.
The round of furbabies we have now know I’m one poop on the floor close to firing up the grill. Hubby still has a couple more chances. Now, if you’re talking about my old four legged best friend (miss her still every day) she’d try to guilt me into doing the right and proper thing and choose hubby, but...
I'm sure he'd pick the pets.
When I met my wife, I had 5 snakes. Her initial reaction was “This won’t last long.” But now, she worries about them being fed, watered, warm, and even handles the smaller ones.
She asked me recently what I maight have decided had she made that ultimatum. I am glad she didn’t. Someone in this thread said “The right spouse won’t make this choice necessary”. I agree with that, I would not have felt good about giving up my pets.
We now have 6 of them, and 4 cats.
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