People Who Chose Their Pets Over Their Exes Recount What Happened

Here at I Can Has Cheezburger, we've seen the importance that pets can have over a relationship many times over on the interwebz. Our pawsome readers might remember the heartwarming story we wrote recently about a cat who helped his hooman to ask out his crush, that was pretty paw-dorable! Or purr-haps you remember the slightly cringe story about a man posing as ex's pet to try and redeem himself, that was a little awkward to read about, but hey, if it works it works. Unfortunately, not everyone has a partner who sees the value and beauty of pets. 

In fact we recently did a story about a woman who chose to dump her boyfriend after he couldn't respect her beloved rescue cat, right on lady! It goes without saying that our pets are pretty near and dear to our heart, so we found it interesting to read about how people gave their partner an ultimatum: the pet or me, and then were absolutely flabbergasted when people chose their beloved pets over some random dude they just met over the internet. Humans are weird man… Take a hint… In any event, we know you'll love this article, so scroll away!

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    Font - People who were made to choose between your pet or your partner, how did your ex react when you chose your pet?
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    Wow, we already know from the title that is going to be a great item, let's see what people have to say, we're hoping that for the majority of people it wasn't a difficult choice to make at all. After all, we make a commitment when we adopt our pets to be there for them as much as possible. 

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    Font - buffalosansbuffalo I remember him saying my diabetic cat needed to go so he could get a dog. We weren't even living together. I looked him dead in the eyes and said. "My cat will outlive this relationship" considering she was really sick at the time he said it was unlikely and stormed off. We broke up 6 years ago and my cat is still going strong.
    via u/buffalosansbuffalo

    Oof, what a colossal a-hole! We're so happy to here about the continued health of u/buffalosansbuffalo's pet cat, diabetes can be difficult for a cat! We're also glad to here that they ditched their awful boyfriend and are now thriving with their delightful pet cat, right on!

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    Font - clarkyto This was a long time ago but I just started dating this person and I was told they hated my dog, it was a bit of a shock but I was like no biggie just get to know my dog and you will fall in love with him. So the next time, we had a doggie date and HE TRIED TO KICK MY DOG. I literally grabbed my dog and turned around and walked away. And that was that!!!
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    Font - hoomphree This is my favorite story from when I worked in a shelter. A guy came in to surrender his cat, with the reason that his girlfriend didn't like her. He starts filling out the paperwork, but partway through he just stops and says, "Screw this. I'm just going to break up with her instead." He picks up the cat and walks out the door, presumably to leave his GF. I hope he stuck to it and he and his cat got a happy ending.
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    Font - socla7work3r My fiancé wanted me to get rid of my cat. My daughter was the one who adopted him, but when she moved back with her mom, she left the chonky boy with me. He was a rescue, found in a ditch with a broken rear leg that was too late to set properly. He's usually pretty chill, but also can be aggressive at times, particularly in the bathroom for some reason. He's only about two and a half, but the odds of someone adopting a hobbled cat that claws furniture trying not to fall becau
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    Font - I told my fiancé getting rid of him was a dealbreaker. She doesn't like cats, but oh fucking well. I don't like her kid's father, especially after he did $5k in damage to my car, so if I have to suffer through dealing with that fucking clown for the next decade and a half, she can put up with my little buddy. He's family to me and I refuse to let him go.
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    Font - Wildcatb Not directly relevant, but we once took in a dog, whose human was asked to make this choice. Beautiful weimaraner. The guy brought the dog out to our house (on a hill in the woods with acres to roam - dogs absolutely love it out here - and we spent some time walking around letting the dog get used to the place and meet our other furry residents. We could tell it was really hard on both of them when he left. The next day he kicked the woman out, and came back for the dog. Happy en
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    Font - Shishi432234 My BFF's little brother got a rabbit this way. One of BFF's coworkers was told (Not asked, told) by her boyfriend to get rid of her rabbit, so he could have a dog. She complied, and my BFF gave the rabbit to her little bro. Year goes by, and coworker breaks up with the boyfriend. Little bro laughs in her face and said she'd already broken that little bunny's heart once, she wasn't getting a second chance. Little bunny lived for seven years with little bro before age took it.
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    Font - queerqunari I have an elderly rat (going on four years, which is quite the feat for a rat). I've raised him since he was a baby with his brother, who passed away two winters ago. When we moved in with my in-laws over the summer, they didn't want me to bring my rat. I straight up told my partner that I'll live somewhere else for awhile (we'd been living together for almost three years at that point) because my rat is my responsibility, he's very old, and that I was going to see him through
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    Font - Fancy_Cassowary She acted like she'd never even considered I'd choose the cat over her. I don't think that thought had ever entered her mind. Then she went into a big spiel about how I'm a loser, I'm missing out, there's only one of her, etc etc. Yeah, I knew all that when I put my foot down over her idiotic jealousy of the cat liking me more than her. The cat is now 16 and still with me, happy in her senior years. There's been other women since her, ones that treated me a lot better than
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    Font - Aurora_Jones Not me but my sister choose our cat over her boyfriend of 4 months. He was furious when she dumped him and called her an idiot for picking a "dirty fleabag" over him. Cat was not a dirty fleabag, he just hated pets and wanted to try to control my sister. I was relieved when she dumped him. I never got good vibes from him.
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    Font - shaylaa30 Not exactly what you asked for, but I knew a couple that had to break up because she was badly allergic to his elderly dog. They were both understanding of the situation and there's was no animosity. They ended up getting back together after the dog had passed away and are now very happy. Edit: For those asking, there was about a 2 year period between their breakup and reunion. She tries allergy treatments and they didn't work. No, He couldn't just leave his dog home alone all n
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