‘It’s Me or the Dog’: 31-Year-Old Partner Cheats, Then Gives 30-Year-Old Girlfriend a Final Ultimatum—She Chooses the One Who’s Always Been Loyal

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Laurent Shinar • Writer and Editor
Jun 25, 2025 3:00 PM EDT

Life is complicated at the best of times. And the decisions we make regarding our relationships can be even more complicated. As we will see with the story we have lined up for you today. It is a story of infidelity, conflict and ultimatums, it is the story of a woman growing and using the strength she was always destined to have. It is the story of choosing loyalty over connection. And it is one that we all stand to learn a lot from.

Now you might be wondering why this was even a thing after her partner cheated, that she would have been justified to throw him in a river. But we want to remind you that much like the relationships with have with our pawdorable puppers, sometimes we need to be the bigger person and forgive, no matter how tough it might be. 

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    COO "He believes the dog brings too much _chaos and says I should decide."
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    My partner (31M) and I (30F) have been together for nine years as of April this year. However, we only moved in together in July 2023. I've had a dog for almost eight years. The dog has, of course,
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    lived with me most of the time, or actually always. We often met without the dog, so we had a lot of time together without the dog. However, he still spent a lot of time with the dog and considered it a shared pet, treating it as such.
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    Since we moved in together, I haven't had the dog with me all the time; I've only had him for a maximum of two nights a week because, since we've had the apartment together, there has been tension between the two of them. The dog has in fact been
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    panting excessively. It's worth mentioning that the dog is generally a more anxious breed, but it's gotten worse in his environment.
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  • Well yeah Captain Obvious, of course your darling doggo is going to feel uneasy around such a slimy nasty character. Just think, dogs know when you have cheated on them with other dogs. So of course they know when you have cheated with another person. Problem being, they do not get to properly express their opinions of disdain.

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    In September of last year, I discovered that he was cheating on me. Since then, we've been trying to repair the relationship.
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    We've been at it for five months now, trying to rebuild the relationship. During these five months, I've only had the dog in the apartment when he wasn't around. He's seen the dog for maybe 15 minutes in total over the last five months, which doesn't really bother me. Right
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    now, I don't want the dog near him. Therefore, the dog spends a lot of time with my mother. The issue now is that he's essentially giving me an ultimatum: either him or the dog. He believes the
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    dog brings too much chaos and says I should decide. He wants the dog to stay at my mother's house. He doesn't seem to care that the dog is incredibly important to me and vital for my peace of mind. I just don't know what to do.
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    Would you give up your dog for ur unfaithful partner?
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    Edit: I did phrase this completely wrong. In my head and my heart I know what's right (keep the dog, ditch the ). I just needed someone to tell me that I am right with this decision.
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    I love my dog and she has been with me through my darkest hours. I just needed reassurance I guess
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  • You know, life can be tough. And much to our misfortune there are a multitude of reasons that people pick to stay with abusive partners. But we are thankful to see that this woman had one line that would not be crossed, and that is of her pawdorable pupper. 

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    Cultural_Shape35.... The dog is not the problem here. You know the dog is not the problem here. Frankly, I'm pretty sure he knows the dog isn't the problem, either: he just
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    refuses to be the one to break up with you for whatever reason, so he's come up with this ridiculous ultimatum to make you do it. Just call his bluff and call the whole thing quits already.
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    ember428 You seriously don't know what to do?? Has the dog cheated on you?
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    Expensive Visual... . Wow this guy has big b to cheat on you and then give YOU an ultimatum??? I'm no. Just no. What a creep. S
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    Shoddy-Tutor-8290⚫ Choose the dog.
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    gotnocreativena... Few key points in this post He cheated on you, and you STAYED
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    Your dog displays symptoms of anxiety around him, what did he do to the dog for it to be so anxious?
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    And now he wants you to choose him over the dog, AFTER HE CHEATED ON YOU?
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    Girl get rid of him!! He knows he got away with cheating on you, so now he's trying to control other aspects of your life, it's only going to get worse from here.
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