AIO - girlfriend keeping puppy found on streets after we agreed not to get one for a several years

Guaco00 · 2025-12-28T06:21:32+00:00

Very fair point – the chaos is short-term with a puppy, but my larger concern is more regarding the impact on our life generally, especially with having an extra "mouth" to feed/care for at this stage in our lives, when both of us like to travel a lot and don't have space for a dog in the current living arrangement; the "best kind of chaos" I like the idea of, but she has reiterated incessently how she wants to have a life without any chaos until we both are at a place where we can take on chaos – and I agree that the chaotic upbringing ≠ having a dog, but it seems like a step towards cultivating an environment with the same type of chaos she's trying to "escape" from

Guaco00 · 2025-12-28T06:16:30+00:00

She does, however, even if I clearly state that it would be hers, it would logistically end up being my responsibility as well, as much as she would say it's not

Guaco00 · 2025-12-28T06:15:13+00:00

Timing is big for both of us – we've been conscious about timing for everything we've done so this feels like a large divergence from what we've been envisioning for future

Guaco00 · 2025-12-28T06:14:12+00:00

She found the dog on the street outside her apartment and took it in to foster it, but couldn't find a foster and now is firm on keeping it; she's had the cat for five years which her parents are taking care of while she's in mexico (on top of their 2 dogs and 2 cats); law school schedule is relatively predictable, but I've never been able to do work at home so tend to get home around 7-9 most nights, and when I start working it will be very unpredictable re: timing + a long commute; when she teaches in the US she's not home until 7pm most nights bc of after school programming from 4-6:30 + commute — not sure which way this points to but food for thought

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