Is It a Dating Dealbreaker If Your Significant Other Doesn't Like Your Pet?
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2012/02/21 22:28:35
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Love me, love my pet. That's how women feel, according to new research showing that a woman is happier in her relationship when her partner feels the same way about her pet as she does, LiveScience reports.
So if she's totally crazy about her little furball, guys, you had better be, too. But dudes, on the contrary, don't really seem to care if their girlfriends dig their pets. "Either they're unaware or they don't care," study researcher Kristen Capuozzo, a doctoral candidate at the University of Houston, told LiveScience. "It doesn't matter to them."
So if she's totally crazy about her little furball, guys, you had better be, too. But dudes, on the contrary, don't really seem to care if their girlfriends dig their pets. "Either they're unaware or they don't care," study researcher Kristen Capuozzo, a doctoral candidate at the University of Houston, told LiveScience. "It doesn't matter to them."
However, if a guy is TOO close to his own pet, it might work against him in the dating department: When a woman believes that a man is closer to a pet than she is, "She kind of gets jealous," Capuozzo told LiveScience. Yup, guys, it's true what they say: you can't win. However, men who had close relationships with their pets were happier in their relationship as well.
We've had our pesky cat allergy get in the way of more than one relationship, leading us to believe that a person's feeling about pets is truly a dating dealbreaker. Is it that way for you? Or are you willing to put the person ahead of your pet?
We've had our pesky cat allergy get in the way of more than one relationship, leading us to believe that a person's feeling about pets is truly a dating dealbreaker. Is it that way for you? Or are you willing to put the person ahead of your pet?
Top Opinion
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Persephone 2012/02/21 23:45:07Yes!
+8I would never date someone that doesn't like my pets. Hell, I wouldn't even date someone with a bad attitude towards any animal, be it a stray dog or a fly.
And, don't listen to that queen that commented here. If your girlfriend gets jealous of your pet, she is mental and you should dump her on that issue alone. You are going to have a bad relationship if she cannot even get along with your pet. She has MAJOR mental issues.
As far as the gender comment, I'd bet the poll was skewed. I don't know a man with a pet who would want to date a woman who screamed, "Dog germs, dog germs!" every time his Ajax came near her.
One-night-stand...yes. Serious date...um...no.