Comments on: Choosing Between Dog Ownership and Marriage

By: SaltRose

SaltRose — Sat, 30 May 2009 09:47:36 +0000

Christine, you seem to treat dogs like disposable commodities – “got rid of” indeed! and then you talk about love being a gift, et al. Hm.

By: Christine G.

Christine G. — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 21:03:57 +0000

Male-bashing seems to be politically correct these days. Men are not to blame for everything — it was a team effort. I think we need to get our act together and start drawing on each other’s strengths. (That’s what my husband told me shortly after we got married.)

As Jean-Luc pointed out above, a book about training women would be considered in dangerously bad taste nowadays. In popular entertainment, it seems to be more amusing when a woman hits a man than when a man hits a woman. As for finding shelter and public support for an abused male — that’s practically the impossible dream.

Like most women, I take potshots at men from time to time. But I hope that they realize that they are welcome to retaliate in kind, in the spirit of the game.

Oops — this is getting heavy. Does anybody out there have a good, clean and hysterically funny joke on this topic?

By: Chuck R.

Chuck R. — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 20:10:17 +0000

“I resented the male dominance of the Fifties, but I like what’s happening now even less.”

I don’t follow you, Christine G. Could you explain? How are current women’s issues worse than in the 1950′s?

By: Christine G.

Christine G. — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 19:29:22 +0000

(Please excuse — or delete if you can — my previous garbled post. My finger was in the wrong place at the wrong time. The corrected version follows.)

Yeah — I’m getting old and crabby! I resented the male dominance of the Fifties, but I like what’s happening now even less. If I don’t remember to laugh, I’ll cry, and who likes that?

Despite my allegation that I like dogs better than I like people, I got rid of two dogs (once because we were moving into a pet-free zone, and once because we had an allergic toddler), but I still have the husband I started with (ten years ago, he started cooking dinner instead of complaining about it).

Love is a gift. Respect and trust have to be earned, by both dogs and people.

By: Christine G.

Christine G. — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 19:17:03 +0000

Yeah — I’m getting old and crabby! I got rid of two dogs (once because we were moving into, but I still have the husband I started with, and both my kids are still speaking to me.

By: Hope

Hope — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 05:39:05 +0000

wow, how bitter is THAT, Christine G.? Perhaps it’s even MORE pathetic that gender issues have put us in such a position? Or that society has changed so much that raising a baby is horrifically difficult, and what are the odds you’re even going to LIKE the kid after you have it?

Same with husbands. I’m sticking with the dog. He’s the only creature that has consistently EARNED my love and respect. Except when he rolls in stuff. But then I just hose him down in the yard. AND he never complains about dinner.

By: Christine G.

Christine G. — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 18:45:08 +0000

This discussion is not quite as pathetic as the choice between getting a dog and having a baby. I’m torn between saying, “Choose the husband/baby and do dogs a favor,” and “Choose the dog and do humanity a favor.”

A third option might be to offer to walk the neighbour’s dog. However, do NOT sleep with your neighbour’s husband or expect him to become your handyman!

BTW, I’ve posted the URL of this blog in a prominent place on my new website. I don’t think you need the traffic, but I want to share.

By: Jo

Jo — Sun, 15 Feb 2009 11:05:41 +0000

Go for the dog. I’ve had both, and the dog takes up less room. He also eats only once a day and doesn’t run the car out of gas.

Plus, you can’t leave a husband out in the yard all day without somebody calling the cops.

By: Barbara K.

Barbara K. — Sat, 14 Feb 2009 18:27:00 +0000

Most dogs can be amazing companions. It’s much harder to find the right man.

By: Kim

Kim — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 18:19:34 +0000

I have a husband, seven cats and two dogs. The cats and the dogs have one advantage over the husband – they don’t try and control the remote.

I had to buy an HDTV just for myself just so I could watch NASCAR. Seriously. Do NOT get between me and my racing – hubby’s wounds are just now healing…. : D

Oh, and PS, the cats are much more demanding than Hubby.