Getting a puppy is a huge decision that everyone should be on board with.

So, what would you do if your partner showed up with a dog you didn’t want, and then guilt-tripped you when you refused to keep it?

Would you take the puppy in temporarily? Or would you stand your ground and make him deal with the mess he created?

In the following story, one woman’s boyfriend puts her in this exact situation, and she doesn’t want to help.

Here’s how it all played out.

AITA for not wanting the puppy my bf bought for my birthday present?

For context, I (27F) have always had pets: dogs, cats, and even birds that fell from their nests. I also rescued and re-homed tons of animals.

But I’ve never kept a male pet.

My mom didn’t like them because of the whole “peeing everywhere” thing, and I guess I just got used to only having girl pets.

Plus, I love using my dogs like pillows, and I’ll admit the doggy boy parts that are always a little too present make me uncomfortable.

Her boyfriend surprised her with a new German Shepherd puppy.

Anyway, I’ve had my dog, let’s call her Luna, since I was 17. She’s my baby, and she 100% rules my life.

She’s not really friendly with kids, other dogs, or most men, but she at least kinda likes my boyfriend (31M) of two years.

So, my birthday was a couple of weeks ago. My boyfriend told me he had a “surprise,” but it wasn’t ready yet.

Last Friday, I came home from work and found him in my apartment with a two-month-old-ish German Shepherd male puppy that he bought, complete with a balloon tied to its collar that said “Happy Birthday.”

He smiled and said, “Do you like him? He’s our new son.”

Now, he wants the dog to stay at her house anyway.

I was shocked.

The only words that came out were: Where’s Luna?

He had locked MY dog in the bathroom because she growled at the puppy.

I was furious.

We argued for about two hours.

I told him to take the puppy back with him and not to come back.

Her boyfriend wasn’t very understanding.

He yelled some more and called me a “misandrist” before leaving because apparently, not wanting male pets = hating men.

He also said I was “weird” for being uncomfortable around dog parts.

When I told my friends and family, everyone sided with me.

However, my boyfriend keeps sending me videos of the puppy, saying he doesn’t know what to do with it since his apartment doesn’t allow pets, especially one that would grow so much, and begging me to take it “just until he finds accommodations.”

She doesn’t want to help because she didn’t ask for the puppy.

He says I owe him because he spent so much money on the puppy and was planning for the puppy to live with me anyway.

But I don’t want the puppy, my current dog definitely wouldn’t accept him, and in the videos I can already see how destructive he’s becoming.

On the other hand the poor puppy is innocent in all this should I just suck it up and keep him with me until my boyfriend (we technically didn’t break up yet) finds somewhere else to take him?

Also, the puppy represents everything I don’t want in a pet.

I feel like he just bought himself a dog but doesn’t really want to take care of it, so he acted like the puppy was my birthday present.

AITA?

Wow! There’s a lot to unpack here.

Let’s see how the folks over at Reddit feel about what her boyfriend did.

This person agrees with her for the most part.

Here’s someone who thinks the puppy is his problem, and she should break up with him.

For this person, the outcome would’ve been the same even if the puppy were female.

This is an excellent way to look at it.

The puppy is his problem.

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