u/chloeo512

I’m in college and moved into an apartment with a new roommate through a school instagram posting where she said she was looking for a new roommate for the next year. in the post, she stated that her previous roommate had a cat and she has a dog at home, so if I had an animal it would be a bonus. Unfortunately, my dog passed away before college, so I wasn’t going to have a dog immediately, but in my first message to her I explicitly stated my plans to get a dog throughout the year. She told me she would be so down with living with a dog.

Once we moved in and started talking about pets, i explained to her that I was waiting until I could get a job to buy a puppy, and she said that made sense. As the year went on she kept mentioning how much she missed living with a cat, and I had stated before that I didn’t love cats but was okay with them, but also I’m pretty scared of them. We had a conversation that whoever got a job first would get either their cat or dog. During winter break, right after she found a job, she texted me about our neighbors finding a cat on the side of the road that she wanted to keep. I told her that I was happy for her and wanted to her to have a cat like she wanted. At this time, I was under the impression that she was moving back home after this year, seeing as she was graduating this year. I didn’t really want to live with a cat, but I knew how much it meant to her and wanted her to be happy if I hadn’t had a dog yet.

Throughout our time with the cat i’ve explicitly said multiple times a week how much I wanted a dog and missed dogs, and whenever I would see a dog on campus or in town I would freak out and almost cry because I missed living with a dog so much. I resigned my lease way before her, and she didn’t sign it until the day after it was required to sign, and I had realized that meant I was living with this cat for another year.

This weekend was the weekend before my birthday and also mother’s day, so my family was coming up to visit me at college. While they were here, my mom surprised me with my dream puppy. I immediately texted her and told her I wanted to have a conversation with her about it, and that for now the puppy would be going home with my mom.

The next day we had the conversation, and she immediately told me she was not comfortable with me bringing a dog into the apartment ever for the remainder of her time living here. She said she had already talked to our apartment manager about another animal being a “hinderance to her cats job as an emotional support animal” and it was be illegal for me to bring a dog, despite if she was also an ESA (while also claiming she had “no idea” I still wanted a dog after she got the cat). I told her that I was willing to wait for the dog to move in, but to tell me I couldn’t have a dog here at all is unfair. She told me to move out if I wasn’t okay with it. I’m planning to talk to my apartment manager tomorrow. So, AITA for wanting my dog to move in?

I’m in college and moved into an apartment with a new roommate through a school instagram posting where she said she was looking for a new roommate for the next year. in the post, she stated that her previous roommate had a cat and she has a dog at home, so if I had an animal it would be a bonus. Unfortunately, my dog passed away before college, so I wasn’t going to have a dog immediately, but in my first message to her I explicitly stated my plans to get a dog throughout the year. She told me she would be so down with living with a dog.

Once we moved in and started talking about pets, i explained to her that I was waiting until I could get a job to buy a puppy, and she said that made sense. As the year went on she kept mentioning how much she missed living with a cat, and I had stated before that I didn’t love cats but was okay with them, but also I’m pretty scared of them. We had a conversation that whoever got a job first would get either their cat or dog. During winter break, right after she found a job, she texted me about our neighbors finding a cat on the side of the road that she wanted to keep. I told her that I was happy for her and wanted to her to have a cat like she wanted. At this time, I was under the impression that she was moving back home after this year, seeing as she was graduating this year. I didn’t really want to live with a cat, but I knew how much it meant to her and wanted her to be happy if I hadn’t had a dog yet.

Throughout our time with the cat i’ve explicitly said multiple times a week how much I wanted a dog and missed dogs, and whenever I would see a dog on campus or in town I would freak out and almost cry because I missed living with a dog so much. I resigned my lease way before her, and she didn’t sign it until the day after it was required to sign, and I had realized that meant I was living with this cat for another year.

This weekend was the weekend before my birthday and also mother’s day, so my family was coming up to visit me at college. While they were here, my mom surprised me with my dream puppy. I immediately texted her and told her I wanted to have a conversation with her about it, and that for now the puppy would be going home with my mom.

The next day we had the conversation, and she immediately told me she was not comfortable with me bringing a dog into the apartment ever for the remainder of her time living here. She said she had already talked to our apartment manager about another animal being a “hinderance to her cats job as an emotional support animal” and it was be illegal for me to bring a dog, despite if she was also an ESA (while also claiming she had “no idea” I still wanted a dog after she got the cat). I told her that I was willing to wait for the dog to move in, but to tell me I couldn’t have a dog here at all is unfair. She told me to move out if I wasn’t okay with it. I’m planning to talk to my apartment manager tomorrow. So, AITA for wanting my dog to move in?