My partner and I live separately. He has two dogs, while I have no pets. I like animals and have no issues with them, but I absolutely cannot stand animal hair. His home and all his clothes are completely covered in it. I’m serious, it's everywhere. I can't even touch him without getting hair all over my clothes. It's a disaster when I wear black. If he gets into my car, the seats and floor are instantly covered, and the same goes for my sofa and bed when he visits my house!
I've bought lint rollers and other cleaning stuff for his washing machine. The issue is that he doesn't bathe the dogs or hoover often enough because it doesn't bother him. He fails to grasp that having pets means you need to clean more frequently. Hoovering once a week just doesn’t cut it! He keeps asking, "How will you manage when we live together?" I will adjust. If I live with pets, I know there will be some hair! Right now, I don’t have any pets, so why would I want to be covered in hair? We end up having the same argument over and over.
I just think his excuses are ridiculous and it’s laziness more than anything. I have family and friends with dogs, including a Labrador, who don’t have this issue because they clean and hoover regularly! I understand it’s impossible to eliminate every single hair, especially with dogs that shed a lot, but am I being unreasonable to be frustrated that he doesn’t even make an effort? I’ve told him it bothers me, but he just laughs and says I’ll get used to it.