What If Partner Is Allergic to Your Animals?

[seoboost]

What would you do if you found yourself in this situation. The person that you are dating who has been your friend and partner for at least a year now, is allergic to your animals perhaps say your cat or your dog (or doesn't like your animals). Either way, they tell you they are allergic to them and you do not want to part with your animals and yet you do also want to continue seeing your friend you are dating? Do you break up with them? What if they want you to get rid of your pets? What if you ever want to live with them or get married to them, and they do not like your pets at all?

[anniemov]

I understand your feeling, I am a big animal lover, so I always have that concern.
In my case, animals are my family, so I can always choose to date someone else, and just back out the relationship with current date. I can't abandon my families.
So, if my partner ever brings up the idea of get rid of my pet, I will not even give a second thought, I will get rid of him....although I will probably miss him a lot and feel sorry to him.

However, it depends on how strong do you feel about your pet. What's the meaning of your pets to you?

[**Sapphire**]

How did I ever miss this post.

Anyway...I think if my partner was allergic to my cats (I have 2 cats) I would think if he cared enough for me & wanted our relationship to work he could take some kind of allergy medication for it. I would do the same for him if the situations were reversed.

Now if he didn't like my cats, honestly then we could have a problem. If when we were together at my place he left them alone & they did the same to him, fine. If he contstantly had something bad to say about them or if he even tried to hurt them he would be gone in a second. My fur babies are my kids & there could be no way I would part with them.

Actually, my fiance didn't like cats at all when we first started talking. He had a big ole pit bull that liked to "play" with cats for a sport (yeah & I use the term play very loosely). When he first saw my male cat EJ, he just fell in love with him. Never left him alone, he was always playing with him, holding him, spoiled him even more than I did. He wound up loving cats so much that he wanted a playmate (yeah it was for my fiance) for EJ. So we adopted a female cat & he does the exact same to her as he does to EJ. LOL...I didn't even have to persuade my fiance at all to like/love my cat (s), 1 look at EJ & he was a goner! :D

[aussiecoffee007]

i would say deal with it :) animals are really important to a person, and your partner can grow to love them.

[laura_lee88]

my friends have asked me this quite a few times, because i am such an animal lover...it dosen't matter how long i was with my partner or how much i loved him i could never even imagine my dog being out of my life, she is like my baby lol
Allergy problems could be controlled with medication and if he was cruel to my animals i would'nt want to be with him in the first place.

[Tony]

I have to agree with the medication if allergic to the Animals

If my now wife said to me if we get married my cat comes as well
I never liked cats back then but our cat is awesome he is also my son I love him that much.

On the other side my wife is also allergic to cats and dogs and birds
well I have just said she has a cat we also have 2 dogs and 3 birds inside
to be honest she deals with it

what I would say well its like this it the animal and me or nothing as they are part of the package

[blondie86]

I had a boyfriend who didn't like my dog and it always really annoyed me. I always think that if they love me enough the'd have to accept my pet, i don't see how you can dislike an animal once u see it though.

If it was an allergy it would be different cause it's not they're fault but i'd still want them to take medicine, cause i wouldn't get rid of my pet.