How do I…

[Kokaneeandkahlua]

….convince the BF we need JUST ONE MORE RABBIT??? *sigh* he won’t even budge a little and I found the cutest bunny, male-neutered…They allow bunny dates (She said they do it with dogs and cat’s but never have with bunnies!!! But she said of course no problem)  and they say he is a sweet little lap bunny !!!

 

http://www.edmontonhumanesociety.com/pet_search.html

 

and you scroll down to "Rupert"….*sigh* I am in LOVE!!!!

Any ideas on bribery/blackmail to get my bf to agree???  

[bigsis7]

Do anything he wants! Or take him to the shelter (don’t tell him where you are going) and have him meet the bunny.

[xnovalentine]

I suggest my method of convincing my boyfriend about animals. Warn him in advance, and just do it. Haha. Thats what I did with Lullabelle. I’d been telling Nick for weeks I wanted a pet of some sort, a rabbit, hampster, something like that. Well I didint really say anything about it when I brought Lullabelle home, I just did. He really wasn’t as mad as I thought he would be. He likes her, he just wont admit it. I’m planning on another rabbit he’s already said no too, but he doesn’t know that his opinion doesn’t mean anything. LoL! He usually falls in love if you force it upon him, its just getting them to agree to it. Haha I hope you can convince him!

[angoralvr]

Posted By xnovalentine on 12/27/2007 2:35 PM
I suggest my method of convincing my boyfriend about animals. Warn him in advance, and just do it. Haha. Thats what I did with Lullabelle. I’d been telling Nick for weeks I wanted a pet of some sort, a rabbit, hampster, something like that. Well I didint really say anything about it when I brought Lullabelle home, I just did. He really wasn’t as mad as I thought he would be. He likes her, he just wont admit it. I’m planning on another rabbit he’s already said no too, but he doesn’t know that his opinion doesn’t mean anything. LoL! He usually falls in love if you force it upon him, its just getting them to agree to it. Haha I hope you can convince him!

Lol, may be bad, but I used pretty much that same approach with my animals! I wouldn’t really recommend doing that though unless you are pretty sure it isn’t actually going to cause a fight.

[babybunsmum]

awww k&k he’s so cute!  since i’m a guilt-freak i could NOT just go ahead & get a new bun without some sort of agreement.  i would have no trouble at all resorting to bribery though.     i’d have a really good favor and/or compromise in mind, as well as the whole new set-up all planned out as well as a general bonding strategy.  and then take the bf for a surprise visit & spring it on him all at once while the little bun is right there infront of him.  then he’ll hear how much planning & thought you’ve put in & he won’t have to bother worrying how it’d all work out cause you’ve got it all planned.  the cute bun & the really good favor and/or compromise will be the clinchers.  lol.  good luck!!!

[Sarita]

LOL – I really have no advice to offer on this one but let us know what you decide :~) and how you end up convincing him.

[Lisa_43]

Try crying, begging, sexy pyjamas and promises you don’t keep LOL

[Sarita]

LOL – Lisa43’s answer is a good one :~)

[ScooterandAnnette]

K&K – we’ve seen Rupert at the Shelter, he seems like a lovely bunny! It’s so hard going into the bunny room though, I just want to take them all home!

And the EHS definitely HAS done bunny dates before – when we adopted Reno from them we took Bailey in to meet her to see how they’d get along (he sniffed at her and them immediately mounted her, so I guess he liked her).

As for the boyfriend, tell him you’ve been just itching for another little one to look after and it’s either the bunny or a baby…..

Oh and just for ease of viewing I’m linking to the pic of Rupert.

 

– Annette

[JK]

JUST DO IT!!!!!!!!!!!!! I’ve been married for 27 years and I have brought home many kittens & puppies over the years and hubby always says no way!  Then he’s the biggest mush of them all and loves them to death! He even said no way are we getting a rabbit and my son and I just looked at each other and got him anyway.  Once again he loves Edson as much as any of us! Go get Rupert! – he’s a little cutie! You are saving a life!

[BinkyBunny]

Well, for me, I did just bring home a bunny once, but he looked so bummed – sort of defeated.  I didn’t like him feeling like that. I felt bad because he’s my best friend and if he got something that he KNEW I already was against, I wouldn’t be mad at him for very long, but I wouldn’t really feel respected much.

So I usually try another method – which usually ends up benefiting us both – it’s a form of bribery, but I get him to make the suggestion. I learned that if I keep dropping hints and he sees how much I really really super duperish really want it, then he actually wants me to have it, but then he feels stuck because he doesn’t want it, SOOOO usually he comes up with a compromise, a defeated sigh then followed by something he wants – like golf clubs. I know him, he’s thinking "I don’t think I’ll win this one, so I’m going to milk my loss for all it’s worth" Hey, he’s no dummy.

So think of a way you can both win with this decision. But I don’t recommend saying it as a "trade" right off the bat, but get him thinking about what he wants without the rabbit trade attached yet. Once he’s got whatever it is in his mind and you can see he’s really thinking about it and wants it, …then go into bribery mode!        I know, we women….pure evil.

[Beka27]

we used to bring home animals and surprise my dad.  he would get really mad for about a day, but then he’d get over it.  once i had a hamster in my room for a couple weeks before he found out.  i’ve also snuck in an iguana before, which wasn’t easy with the huge tank and lights and all that.  lol…  good luck.  and i do like the "it’s either a bunny or a baby approach…"  bunnies are a lot of work… but not nearly as much as children!

[Kokaneeandkahlua]

Some really good ideas!! I may actually just run through them all until I finally win! I really need to figure out what he wants so I could trade off!!

Actually I like the its a bunny or a baby idea!! He doesn’t want children so I could definitely pull that one out if it gets to that….*sigh* I’ve just been outright begging for a few weeks now…

[LittlePuffyTail]

Oooohhh, I’ve been here many, many times. My tactic; the Bart and Lisa Simpson “Can we get a pool, Dad” approach:

“Can I get a bunny, Ricky”, “Can I get a bunny, Ricky”,”Can I get a bunny, Ricky”,”Can I get a bunny, Ricky”,”Can I get a bunny, Ricky”,and so on. He will wear down eventually!

I will be once again using this approach if I ever find an English Angora in my area. AngoraGirl’s Henri made me totally in love with them!!!

[BunnyLugs]

sigh! Yeah that’s a tough one! I say just do it!! It’ll be better to have two in the long run – who wears the trousers??

[Kokaneeandkahlua]

Arggs…I looked and Rupert is still there (and there is like twenty bunnies there now *crying*)…Dave won’t budge…Hes been there over a month now!! I am almost considering moving into seperate apartments so he can lose his ‘say’ in how many pets i have!!

I’ve been trying the ‘can we get a pool dad’ approach…*sigh*

[MooBunnay]

Is there some type of man-ish thing he really wants but you’ve said no to? perhaps a really insanely too large TV, or ridiculous video games, or something else? Those are always good things to bargain about e.g. if I want another bunny (which fortunately I can’t because I have 7) I’d consider offering getting my BF get some musical type of equipment that I never know what they do but he loves.

[JK]

As a new Forum Leader it is your job to rescue Rupert!  Just kidding… What’s one more bun when you have that many!  Just get him…the bf will get over it.  What’s he going to do leave you??? Nah.  You’d be saving another little bun from agony!

[xnovalentine]

Just get him…the bf will get over it. What’s he going to do leave you??? Nah. You’d be saving another little bun from agony!

^^ worked for me

[Kokaneeandkahlua]

OOOOHH so tempting you have no idea!!!

Hhehe has all those ridiculous man things already!! My only bargaining chip is cleaning…I laid it down last night (ie. pick a cleaning night when we both clean and he can cop out and not clean…I must really need this bunny)

The good news is he’s stopped with the “NO LESLEY!!”s and he’s now just thinking about it…. *hyperventilating* we might be close to a bunny boyfriend for my girlies!!

[JK]

So "thinking about it" is a definite YES in my book!

[ScooterandAnnette]

K&K, we saw Rupert at the shelter yesterday.  He was napping but woke up when we got to his cage.  Then he decided to get a bite to eat.  Very cute little guy.  Hope you manage to convince your other half to adopt him!

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