Your dogs are family members as well. On top of that you and the dogs have known each other longer than your wife has known you. Also, the dogs give unquestioning love and trust. My guess is you don't necessarily think your wife does the same. More over you weren't forced to make huge life changes to accommodate your dogs. Your wife did make you change your life to conform to her per-exisiting burdens. So it is understandable and normal that you don't want to discard your older family members just because your more recent ones don't love them like you do. It might be that she feels she's competing with the dogs. It might be helpful to talk to her and put your relationship with her, the dogs, and yourself in a context she can understand not feel threatened by.
Is it normal I love my dogs so much?
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Your dogs are family members as well. On top of that you and the dogs have known each other longer than your wife has known you. Also, the dogs give unquestioning love and trust. My guess is you don't necessarily think your wife does the same. More over you weren't forced to make huge life changes to accommodate your dogs. Your wife did make you change your life to conform to her per-exisiting burdens. So it is understandable and normal that you don't want to discard your older family members just because your more recent ones don't love them like you do. It might be that she feels she's competing with the dogs. It might be helpful to talk to her and put your relationship with her, the dogs, and yourself in a context she can understand not feel threatened by.