Monty is alright in my book.
Dear Abby: I met my husband, ‘Monty,’ shortly after he lost his wife of 14 years. Monty has two dogs. The one I have issues with is ‘Ginger.’also remember reading a story years back where a woman put her older dogs to sleep for a guy in Seattle; a year later he left her and she was conscience stricken. Never recovered from it.
Ginger acts more like a wife than a dog. She clings to Monty to the point he doesn’t have any time alone. She’ll sit outside the shower until he is finished. If he takes a bath, Ginger sits on the edge of the tub. She runs to him when he gets home from work to greet him before I do. As she’s running ahead of me, she looks back as if she’s worried I’ll beat her to him.
She sits next to Monty on the couch when we’re watching TV. I hesitate telling her to move so I can sit next to my husband because he treats his dogs like gold. His excuse? “They were here for me when my wife died.” I’m sympathetic to that, but where do I fit in?
— Jealous
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