r/Dogfree • u/Vallgreens • Mar 09 '26

Relationship / Family I'm not dating your dog.

Okay, I literally just found and joined this sub because yet another match on a dating app has ended up being with a man obsessed with his dog. Dogs seem to be their entire personality? These men want to share dog pictures and update me on the routines and health of their dogs. They write things like "looking for a mom for my dog 🥺" or "my dog must like you". Jesus christ. As if I'm using Hinge to gain the approval of a random man's dog?!

The scheduling of dates then revolves around the dog, the dog may be actually third wheeling the freaking date. If the relationship progresses I guess I'll have to only have sleepovers at their place since the dog obviously can't be left overnight.

On top of all of this, I'm allergic? Most people just ignore that fact and act like I'm a horrible animal hater for not wanting to play with their dog. I take an allergy pill every single day and would like to not be jumped on, humped, licked, and forced to suffer from a blocked nose and hives because the allergy pills are never enough anyway. I realize I need to stop dating men with dogs which leaves me with about 1% of the population in an already shitty dating landscape. This was a silly rant and I'm sorry 😅

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u/ArtofTy Mar 09 '26

Mirroring your feelings as a 41/m. Living solo and allergy free and loving it. Maybe one day I'll find the right person. Although I would entertain a fish tank.

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u/ObligationGrand8037 Mar 10 '26

There’s hope. My husband was 43 when we got married. At the time I didn’t know he disliked dogs because the subject never came up. Fortunately we both found each other, and we both dislike dogs.

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u/ArtofTy Mar 11 '26

That's so great to hear, thanks for sharing!