GF is Jealous of my Bird!

[lpolliard]

WTH! She is 52 years old.

 

[Bobioden]

More info.

 

[Bobioden]

Is SHE 52 or the bird 52?

 

[Bpd15]

I can so imagine you sitting there with your bird saying " oh whoses a pretty bird" then pan over to your gf and she's like "can't remember the last time he told me I was pretty" hahaha in all seriousness though she's probably just jealous of the quality time you spend with your bird. I'm sure if you were spending the time solely on something else she'd still be jealous (of the time if that makes sense). Maybe try to spend more time with her or get her involved?

 

[lexx510]

When I come home, it's always hard to decide whom to kiss first - my girlfriend or my green cheek conure, lol!

 

[MaraWentz]

I've made the who to kiss option simple: Put the bird next to the door Erin gets the first kiss when I get home and the last when I leave. And it is soooo annoying when my hubby wold get jealous over my birds. lol I treat Erin as my child so when my hubby gets all huffy and jealous I'm kinda like- she's not a fish or something, she's like my kid, and she wants and needs love and attention. He's pretty much over it, and when he gets jealous he goes over and picks Erin up and spends some time with her himself, which is a win-win for her.

 

[Sherry]

I thought my husband was jealous but as it turns out he's just scared of rocky. Hahah. It's really not funny and I'm trying to work with my husband to understand rocky a bit more but he says rocky looks at him like he's going to claw his eyes out so not true. Rocky has not so much as growled at him. Oh well, guess I will keep working on it.

 

[DerSchniffles]

My wife is pretty jealous of my girl. Shes a good sport about it and loves to make fun of me about it.

 

[MeganMango]

I had loads of boyfriends over the years who couldnt handle the relationship I have with my horse. Its a really weird situation, and makes no sense to me. Needless to say I found someone who loves me so much that all he wants is for me to be happy, and he recognizes that my pets make me happy. He isnt big on riding but he is fully supportive of everything I love. He at least pretends to like my horse, comes to all my horse shows and when we moved away from my family and decided I wanted to add a parrot to the family he helped me find Mango. Now we compete for Mangos attention! As far as I can tell, this is your girlfriend's problem, not yours. She needs to stop and think about it, and sort out why she is jealous of a bird. I would suggest talking to her about it, but I dont think you should have to stop expressing the love you have for your pet parrot.

 

[BillsBirds]

I've had birds for 45 of my 60 years, and my wife for 20. She learned when she met me that my birds come first. Even before thinking of myself. If she wasn't okay with that, I was not right for her, because that will never change. She is okay with that. It took some work, and understanding, from us both.

 

[MaraWentz]

I've had birds for 45 of my 60 years, and my wife for 20. She learned when she met me that my birds come first. Even before thinking of myself. If she wasn't okay with that, I was not right for her, because that will never change. She is okay with that. It took some work, and understanding, from us both.

I am the same way. They come before much husband and myself. I took them in with the intention to care and love them as much as I can. They depend on me to live and I took in that responsibility.

 

[kc_y0]

I get jealous when Audrey wants to spend time with my partner over me LOL! I just say oh fine then! But it doesn't happen very often xD

 

[mcw009]

Is SHE 52 or the bird 52?

This is exactly what I thought when I saw the little preview text, lol


Depending on the level of the jealousy, I'd ditch the chick. I mean, a little jealously probably makes sense- my boyfriend sure knows he's not the #1 man in my life- but if she's suggesting the birds needs to go... that would be an instant deal breaker for me.