How to convince my OH?

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I fell in love with two of SuzyGPR's rescue piggies yesterday, Ludwig & Pascal, they are adorable and I reaaaaaallly want to rescue them!
How do I convince my OH?!?!?!

Also, how have you convinced members of your family?!
They are so blooming adorable!
 
I'm afraid i do the same as the majority,make my decision, bring them home and wait till he notices. Have to say it helps when you have a grown up son living at home who supports your cause. He always talks him round over a Father and Son pint lol.
In our home I have my pets and OH has his Golf it works for us ;)
 
haha, the resounding answer seems to be, don't tell him!
although i would love this, he would probably go mad at me and tell me to give them back! which i know i wouldn't/couldn't risk!

he doesn't have anything to do with my piggies atm, they're very much my boys, he often gives them a stick of celery...but thats as far as it goes :P
 
There is the option of just adopting them and hoping no one else will notice you've got two more, though that may lead into some problems and sticky situations!
You could always fib! Try and find some less expensive bedding or search for the cheapest price you can find if you don't already. That may convince him that with two more, it isn't actually going to cost that greater than before.

Perhaps you just need to sit down one evening and show him them? Okay it might not work but then at least you have other options you can try. If he says no, give it a few days rest and then try again!
Good luck!
 
I'd just go for it. Perhaps you could cook him his favourite meal and just announce to him that you have got some more!
 
ok...sensible response now :)

It depends entirely on what your OH's personality is like. Mine blows his top every time I get a new pig, ignores me for a few days and then ends up loving them just as much as the rest. So I don't tell him until the last possible moment and then he doesn't have long to complain about it. Mind you, with pigs now, as long as I have room for them it doesn't matter to me what his opinion is, I know how many I can handle and I won't go over that number.

I would say, raise the question gently with him at first and see how he reacts to it, just a 'I've been contemplating adopting two more pigs, I thought we could put them *there*, it'll be cheaper to buy in bulk for them all, and my lot would enjoy the company' etc...At least that way you'll know what you're dealing with and how much you'll have to change his mind. :)
 
I didn't really tell my OH about Finley and he was pretty ok with it (probably because he knew I had already made my mind up!) but when I did the same thing with Rubix the hammy he really wasn't happy with me! I wouldn't do it again to him as I guess he does live here too....rolleyes
 
aslong as you are the one looking after them and paying for them then it's upto you. even if he gets mad he'll get over it. :))
 
we do have the room...and he knows we do!
he's not a huge fan of guinea pigs (BOOOOOO!) he thinks they're weird haha, but does tend to ignore them.

i did show him the picture of them, and he did say they were cute (which was an achievement!) but then i kept saying "look at them, they're adorable, we need them!" and he was like urmmmm, they are adorable, but we don't need anymore.

ALTHOUGH, he has said to me he will help me with a guinea pig rescue when we own our own home :) (currently saving for a mortgage!) which I guess is a plus point! & if I cannot convince him I have that to look forward to :P

i should also add, we'd been talking about getting gpigs for a while before my two, and it just went round in circles, he said no i said yes, then one day he came home from work and there was their cage, with them running about. i think he was shocked more than anything!
he did let me foster too. and even inquired about fostering a rabbit, so he does care :P but 2 piggies and their forever homes with us may be too much to spring on him :P

i will keep trying, and pushing and pushing, and fingers crossed!
 
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I just tell my OH that I'm adding to the herd, and he rolls his eyes but then gets excited to see which rescue I'm getting from and what they are like!

He loves the piggies, and tbh as I pay for everything and do all the cleaning out etc, he doesn't really get a say in whether I get more or not :p
 
well, i think you are a grown up and can make your own decisions, i dont see why just because you share your life with someone you can not get something that you love having? Maybe i have been single too long and am selfish, but no one would ever have a say in how many pets i adopt its my choice and as long as i earn enough to feed, pay vets fees and look after them its totally up to me.

I wouldnt stop a fella going to the football every saturday or going to the pub every Friday if it was what he loved doing, its only the same thing surely?

I dont think i could ever be with someone that didnt back me in wanting to adopt every needy animal out there lol
 
Aw, just keep working on him :))
I have the opposite problem with my OH - he would bring every piggy he sets eyes on home if he had the chance, he adores all of our 18 little devils :(|)
I worry when he pops out for emergency supplies in case he comes home with more and kept on about three he had seen last week on a farm...who will have them, what life will they have...?/
I'm the disciplined one now as we really have no more room :0
 
This guinea pig I am getting from Trebaron, Ive gotta hide it from my dad but I keep on going onto my mum about it and in the end she gave in!
 
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