animals in bed

With time, and just enough affection, you might adjust to your boyfriend's odd sleeping habits.

The nighttime noises his dog makes, however, could be a different story.

In this Slate video, one woman asks how to cope with sharing a bed with her boyfriend's cat. It's not the first time a pet has interfered with a couple's sleeping habits. This blogger details how her boyfriend's dog has a nasty habit of leaving skid marks on the bed sheets.

When we really, truly love a pet, we overlook things an outsider would label disgusting. Say, an inescapable trail of fur on your silk sheets. Waking up with a dog's smelly butt in front of your face.

Invested in the thrill of pet ownership, we learn to regard those things as endearing. And we expect someone who loves us will love our pets by association.

That's not always true.

I'm curious: In relationships, what's your policy on sharing a bed with pets?

(Read more about the animal kingdom in Andrea's blog here.)