Wife Is Shocked Her Partner Wants a Puppy After Refusing to Try for a 3rd Baby Due to the Level of ‘Commitment'
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A Mumsnet user chronicled how her husband requested to adopt a dog not long after he refused to have a third baby
'I'm asthmatic and just don't want a pet,' the wife told him
Another Mumsnet user who read her post replied, 'You don't need to be making a third child — you already have one'
A husband appears to be barking up the wrong tree by wanting to get a puppy instead of having a third child with his wife.
The wife explained on the community forum Mumsnet that after her partner said 'absolutely not' to another baby, he firmly requested to adopt a dog.
'I was quite upset, but obviously if he doesn't want another child then that's that,' she wrote. 'I said, 'No, I really don't want a dog.' '
'He has said, 'But you wanted a baby — a puppy is much less of a commitment — you're only saying no because I said no to you!' This isn't the case at all,' she continued, before explaining her reasoning. 'I'm asthmatic and just don't want a pet. I'm a bit of a clean freak and don't want doggy mess, hair, slobber in the house.'
She then reassured him that his saying no to the third baby is a separate issue from her refusing to bring a puppy into their home.
'I'm not applying bitterness as he says I am and just saying no to spite him,' she said. 'He's saying if he wants a dog he has every right to.'
'I'm being deliberately difficult apparently,' the wife added.
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In a poll underneath her post, more than 90% of the nearly 1,000 voters selected the 'You are NOT being unreasonable' option.
'You don't need to be making a third child — you already have one,' one reader replied, while another commented, 'It's like comparing apples and oranges. What an idiot and an unkind one too.'
A third Mumsnet user responded, 'A puppy is MORE commitment in my view, as they are a toddler that just doesn't grow up. They don't get able to take themselves off to the toilet or out for walks or go off to (pre)school during the day. The level of commitment starts hard and remains hard.'
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