'If the dogs still there then I'm not coming back': Manchild husband uses wife's dogs as an excuse to get a divorce, he then demands she pay for it because he doesn’t have a job

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Blake Seidel • Managing Editor & Brand Manager
Jul 8, 2025 9:00 AM EDT

One of the reasons why we love animals so much, fam, is because some hooman beans are just garbage. Some people have no care for how others feel and are just plain old selfish. Animals aren't that way. They're always honest about their interactions and the way they feel about you. They won't lie to you behind your back or make you pay for something because they don't have a job. Well, they actually will do that one because you do have to pay for them and they don't have jobs, but you get the point.

This is why we'll always choose our doggos over any person. The manchild husband in this thread below used his wife's dogs as an excuse to get a divorce, when it turns out he already had a new girlfriend waiting for him after they broke up. On top of that, he doesn't have a job and is demanding she pay for the divorce, even though she didn't want one in the first place. Scroll down for the full story!

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    'After another 3 days, he texts me and tells me he already has a new gf?' A
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    So here's an update on everything that happened if anyone wants to read. After my husband went to his parents about 2 days later i got into a car wreck. My vehicle was totaled and due to my vehicle being totaled and me being hurt from
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    the wreck i lost one of my 2 jobs. I tried calling my husband and telling him and he asked if i was ok. I told him i was hurt and that i really needed him to come home. He asked me if I got rid of the dog yet. I said no I was just in a car crash and he said "well if the dogs still there then im not
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    coming back. Im sorry you got hurt but im not stepping into that house with the dog once you get rid of him then I'll come help you and see you but remember I do love you thats not changing." And hung up. Since I didn't have my second job anymore and he quit his and left i couldn't afford our
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  • This guy is a real piece of work. Anytime someone says something terrible, but then follows it with “but I still love you”, is just trying to soften the blow of the terrible thing they said. It's not real, it's a tactic to make you feel some sort of empathy for them.

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    apartment and had to move back in with my parents. I still had my other job so I was able to keep working with my legs injury. We ended up getting on the phone and we talked and decided that we were going to get a divorce.
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    Not of my choice but I didn't want to argue anymore and I didn't want to hurt him so I agreed. After 4 days he decided that he's done moved on and didn't love me like that anymore. Then after another 3 days he texts me and tells me he already has a new gf. I
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    ask him how he can move on that fast and he tells me he just wants to move on and I say ok. We start talking about the divorce stuff and he tells me he wants me to pay for it. I tell him that since I
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    didn't want the divorce in the first place, that I still wanted to be with him, and that since he already had a new gf after such a short period of time then im not paying for it. That I would pay half.
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  • Girl, I wouldn't pay him a cent. If he really wants the divorce, he and his new girlfriend can pay for it, if it's that important to them. You're still willing to make things work, and if we're being honest, it seems like you're carrying this relationship anyway. If it were us, we would let him go - he's already gone.

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    He tells me that he cant pay for any of it due to him not having a job. I told him then I guess we will have to wait for him to get a job because I'm not paying for it on my own since none of the thing were my decision and he agrees
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    to get a job to help pay for it. I started thinking about everything that happened and I talked to some friends and they think I shouldn't have to pay for it at all because after only a week he's done moved on and gotten a gf and they think thats suspicious
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    and that since I also didn't want the divorce in the first place that it shouldn't be my responsibility to pay for it since through our whole relationship I worked multiple jobs to support us moved us around in the means of us to be able to survive
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    He got very mad and started blaming me saying that I was toxic through our whole relationship and that I chose a dog over him and that he didn't care what a therapist said about me needing my axel(axel is my
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    dog) now he's mad at me and his family is mad at me and I cant tell if im in the wrong or not because all his family is telling me im wrong for making him get a job to pay for our divorce when im the one with a job still. A AH?
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    widowswalk1622 16h ago IMO the dog was an excuse, he already had the GF and just needed an out
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    jrm1102 16h ago . Well the marriage was already over it seems so just, end it. Move on.
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    calacmack 16h ago • Consult with an attorney. NTA.
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    gkf_214 • 16h ago Your relationship sounds way too dysfunctional. If a dog is the cause of your separation, and your husband has a new GF four days later, then your marriage was going to end badly at some point. You are NTA, take the exit, and maybe do some self-reflection on men you are attracted to?
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    Brefailslife420 16h ago Nta. He is playing games. First hes had that side chick for a while that's why he was always going to his family and they probably all knew it. He wants and asked for the divorce he
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    can pay and file to have it done it's not your job To support him anymore. Honestly this is the best thing that could happen to you he took himself out. Cut him off and tell him the next time u hear anything for him is should be a court date.
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    donutforget168 • 16h ago You don't have to pay for it but you're certainly prolonging your court time by refusing.
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    Since he isn't working and you're underemployed just apply for a few waiver due to being indigent.
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    Your marriage was de d for a long time before this, it's not surprising that he's taking steps to "move on" so to speak
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    natty_boh_ho⚫ 16h ago No offense but he was cheating on you before this. He was just looking for an excuse and the dog was it.
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    Sure_River_4285 - 16h ago Y'all don't have to get divorced legally you could just be separated forever and tell him that until he's ready to pay for the divorce he's not going to be able to marry his girlfriend.
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