I have always been an animal lover. Always! I have had
pet dogs, cats, fish and hamsters throughout my entire life. And I know I’ll always have some furry family
member for the rest of my life. (Yes,
I know that fish aren’t furry. But I probably won’t have any more fish. They are actually rather difficult to keep
alive!)
It goes without saying that any guy I get involved with
must love animals too! If he has pets,
that’s great, but I have enough for the both of us, so it’s ok if he’s just
glomming onto my furrbabies. I have
dated guys that were “ok” with animals, but those were usually first and last
dates. They actually need to really love
animals to last with me.
What I never realized before, though, was how much
someone who doesn’t have any pets will have to learn to put up with when they
join my pack. Living with animals
definitely takes some getting used to.
Mealtime becomes interesting, even if you don’t give them
anything from the table. And the guy in
my life has to get used to being walked across while we sleep, as well as having
three furry monsters taking up a lot of space in the bed! And there’s the more than occasional time
when my dog sneezes in his face! She
sneezes and snorts a lot! It goes with
being a Shih Tzu.
But, there are a lot of benefits to having pets. Like the cuddles (and head butts from the
kitties). Also, getting greeted at the
door after a long day of dealing with annoying human animals is one of the best
things about having pets! If you’re
feeling sad, mad or anxious, the furr babies can be a fantastic
distraction. And there’s that
unconditional love that they give you.
You can’t get that in the human world.
No such thing as “unconditional” for humans when it comes to love.
However, you also have to be willing to clean up after
them. This includes picking up poop and
cleaning up vomit. Yeah, not so much
fun. But still, it must be done!
And let’s not forget that there will be fur on
EVERYTHING!! I totally should buy stock
in the company that makes the lint rollers!!
Plus, dogs and cats don’t put away their toys when they
are done playing with them (well, maybe that one dog that has been trained so
that the owner can post the YouTube video of them cleaning up their toys,
saying their prayers and tucking themselves into bed at night). So occasionally, I will step on something
that goes “squeak” or some other toy that isn’t soft and squishy (which
actually hurts!!)
But that’s not as bad as when you are walking from point
A to point B while at home and suddenly realize that you stepped in something
that you are PRAYING is just vomit! Seriously,
would you ever think that you’d pray something is “just vomit”? If you’re a pet owner, you probably
have! It must be hilarious to an
observer to then watch me hop my way to the nearest sink to wash the offending
yuckiness off!
Thankfully, I haven’t had any guy accidentally step in
something! I don’t know for sure, but
that totally could be a deal breaker for them!
For me, my deal breaker would be a guy who isn’t an animal lover!! I wouldn’t trade my furrbabies for
anything! Not even for the hottest, most
amazing guy in the world. But, thankfully,
there are plenty of hot, amazing guys out there who are animal lovers!! Even for my three crazy ones!!
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