Puppy Love

yorkshire

After college I got a puppy because I was living on my own for the first time. Training the Yorkshire terrier was exhausting so I was happy to get out of the house for a couple hours and go on a second date with this guy I met through work. Dinner went well so I invited him inside after he drove me home. And I knew that I needed to check on the dog. Luckily he had not done any damage so I breathed a sigh of relief. My date and I sat on the couch and began to kiss. As if my dog knew we were “in the moment,” he came running down the stairs with something in his mouth. I couldn’t see what it was, but my date said, “Oh my god!” I looked closer and saw it was a used tampon from the wastebasket. Even though we both laughed, it was clearly the end of the road for my date, who made up some awkward excuse and left a few minutes later.

July 22nd, 2009 in Just Plain Pathetic, Problematic Point of No Return, WTF?

Comments (16)

MargaretJuly 22nd, 2009 at 7:46 am

Loser. Guess what? He was dating a girl. Girls leak. Get over it.

RebeccaJuly 22nd, 2009 at 7:54 am

I agree what a squeemish asshole. It’s not like you trained your dog to run down the stairs with that in it’s mouth.

MaureenJuly 22nd, 2009 at 8:07 am

Yeah, while that must have been awkward and a mood-killer, it’s still a lame reason to never call back. (I’m assuming he didn’t, anyway)

CCJuly 22nd, 2009 at 9:13 am

I think the tampon bit has happpened with every female dog owner I know at some point or another. Not that it isn’t gross, but crap like this happens and the dude needs to get over it if he’s going to be dating grown-up women

gslJuly 22nd, 2009 at 11:05 am

oh no! women menstrate! guess what, women poop and burp too!

blarghJuly 22nd, 2009 at 11:42 am

you don’t flush them?

claireJuly 22nd, 2009 at 5:21 pm

Tampons aren’t meant to be flushed. It can cause plumbing problems.

LunaJuly 22nd, 2009 at 5:29 pm

This guy is waaaaaaay to squeamish to think of having sex with anyway.

CCJuly 23rd, 2009 at 7:12 am

And it WILL cause plumbing problems if you’re at someone else’s house. Plumbing problems that require calling a plumber who will eventually get it out then show it to everyone in the house while tersely commenting that no one should ever flush one. It will be humiliating, even if you’re 13 and stupid.

Not that I’d know.

JBJuly 23rd, 2009 at 7:35 am

yeah, I’m a guy and period stuff has never really bothered me. I don’t get why it does for alot a guys it’s just part of nature. Not to be crude but I have asked guys before- So a normal natural monthly thing that happens to the thing you practically spend 24hrs chasing after bothers you? oh, and my dog has probably done this a zillion times to my wife.

ElizabethJuly 25th, 2009 at 2:12 am

wrap it in tissue before putting it in the trash!!!

EggiJuly 27th, 2009 at 5:42 pm

Don’t worry, my dog threw up last night at 4am and when I went to check if he was ok, there were tampon applicators all over his crate that he had been throwing up all night. Gross, I know!

jAugust 6th, 2009 at 7:18 am

My yorkie also has a fetish for nasti things in the trash can. Finally got larger trash cans he can’t get into.

ChellAugust 8th, 2009 at 9:37 pm

Wrap it in tissue! Of course! How could we all be so dumb? I’m glad you reminded us dogs cant smell through easily biodegradable paper. Genius.

RebeccaJanuary 3rd, 2010 at 12:38 pm

I do wrap it in tissue. And then the dogs drag it out of the garbage, rip apart the tissue, and chew on the tampon. All it does is make a bigger mess.

Seriously though, he definitely wasn’t the man for you if he couldn’t handle that. It’s a fact of life, especially if you have a dog to remind you of it.