I have 4 cats and I would not give any of them up. If someone doesn't like animals (or cats specifically) they 're not the right person for me.

Noooooooooooooooooo

I'd be slamming the door on their sorry ass before they even finished speaking.

I'm not even going to bother reading the 38 comments. If you have a relationship with your pet and somebody doesn't like, tell him/her to pack his/her bags and get the fuck out. Unless it's an allergy thing; then you can offer an opportunity to work on it.

Nope. Love me love my fur ball.

Hit the road Jill and don't let the door hit you in the rear on your way out.

No way! If there was a severe allergy or if my pet was biting then maybe

Nofucking way. My animals come first always.

Some people do not realize the affection that are given to their animals and are ignorant of the fact that these creatures of God have a special soothing capacity that they cannot understand or render. I have a special approach about this because I know that sometimes it goes a bit off the deep end, but I would only add that the creature doesn't understand your language but your affection which is their way of making someone else very uncomfortable. If you used the cat to torment him then you caused a problem which I am very familiar with and I loved the dog who was involved with our relationship very much and the other person used this in a way that was totally disturbing.
But we don't know the other side of the episode which like a bad marriage where one spouse will say that her chosen was a total Assh@#e which brings one to the conclusion that if you agreed to the union then exactly who are you talking about.

I refuse to have a dog in the house, of any size. I grew up with 4 wonderful dogs -- big ones on the backyard, while my wife had house dogs. I forbid her from getting house dogs, for several reasons. But once we move to a house with a nice yard, I'd see no problem. Would I leave her if she insisted and got a house pet? Maybe

Never!

If it is because of severe allergies then his health and well being should take precedence if you really care about him. Otherwise a cat is no big deal and he can get adjusted to that.

All I will say is that I would not ask a family member to give up their pet to accommodate ME. Unless maybe the decision to have said pet was unilateral, I wasn't consulted, and my issue was not mere dislike but some horrible allergy or something. Apart from that it'd be fine to set some ground rules for how the pet interacts with me. For example my wife and I frequently eat in the living room while watching TV, and she does NOT like the dogs on the couch with her while she's eating, even though they don't pester her, but just look longingly from a distance. I don't personally care. But I put them in the mud room while we eat so that she's comfortable. It's the same deal when she's cooking, she doesn't want to trip over them. I think reasonable compromises like that should take care of most issues.

Fuck no

Silverotter has it right. If you had the cat when you met and this person started a relationship with you anyway, while continuing to passive-aggressively suggest "it's me or the cat," then the person needed to go. The cat wasn't the problem.

I would not likely do so. What is the problem with a darned Cat anyway?

I love cat. I will never leave someone because they have pets that I don't like. I will learn how to deal with it. In a relationship that what a person supposed to do deal with thing if not than kick rock.

You really did need a guy who actred like that.

Hell no.