What if You Unconditionally Love Your Partner Like Your Dog Loves You?

Many confuse abuse with unconditional love.

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You just returned home from a shitty day, and it was made worse by paying $53 for an Uber to and from work because you had a dead battery. As you walk into your apartment, your dog is there to greet you with a wagging tail. He can sense your distress and gets closer with excitement; he wants to hold you. But he does the next best thing, he jumps up and puts his paws around you.

You go over and sit in your chair; he jumps up in your lap and licks your face with excitement. He stops, looks away, takes a deep breath, and slowly exhales. He turns to you and looks into your eyes. He feels your frustration.

He doesn’t care you got upset with him last week because he tore up your favorite pillow. He doesn’t care you yelled at him the other night because he wouldn’t quit barking. He understands you, but on a different level.

Pet’s love unconditionally, but they won’t love unconditionally if they are abused deliberately.

He doesn’t care if he isn’t fed on time, he doesn’t care if he is adequately groomed, he doesn’t care if he has water in his bowl; he understands. He understands you are human and have shit going on in the outside world that doesn’t revolve…