BF Asks If He’s Wrong For Not Letting Girlfriend’s Dog Lick His Plate After He’s Done Eating 2026

When people deeply love their pets, they sometimes do things that seem odd to others, all to make their furry friends happy. These gestures may include quirky habits or even altering their living spaces to cater to their pets’ comfort and happiness. However, it’s crucial to strike a balance if these actions make others uncomfortable. Ensuring everyone feels at ease, including both pets and people, is essential.

Recently, Reddit user u/GeneSaw began dating someone with a delightful Alaskan Malamute. However, OP’s girlfriend has a habit that OP finds a bit off-putting – she allows her dog to lick her plate after meals. While OP adores dogs and has owned them in the past, he’s never permitted them to lick his kitchenware.

Despite thorough cleaning afterward, OP still feels uneasy about it. When he expressed his discomfort to his girlfriend, she became upset.

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Source: u/GeneSaw

1. You cannot be an AH for doing something that is gross and out of order.

2. OP’s girlfriend has an Alaskan Amalmute who she lets lick her plates after she is done eating from them. OP, on the other hand, who is also a dog owner loathes this habit of hers.

3. The girlfriend didn’t understand what was wrong with this and got mad at her boyfriend after being confronted. OP says the dog still does it but not when he is around.

Source: u/GeneSaw

Here’s the stance the internet took on this:

4. Human food can be dangerous for dogs.

Via Alarming_Reply_6286

5. It is a rude behavior no guests would like to witness.

Via Traveler691

6. This person makes a good argument.

Via StrawberryChoice2994

7. No joke!

Via Ambition-brownie

8. These last few years, the filter on these people has vanished.

Via baroquebinch

9. If she keeps letting her dog lick her plates, she will soon be hit by a five figure vet bill.

Via Smiles-Bite

10. Neither would I.

Via SeatSix

To be honest though, one of the comments we just went through really did make me think about this whole scenario in a different manner. Although, it is understood that human food can be poisonous to animals. Dogs don’t deal well with salt or garlic which we absolutely love in our meals. Having said that, when we go to restaurants we eat in the plates that have been washed after some other person eats in them. Who knows who has what sort of infection? Maybe the guy washing the plates at the back also has a dog who he lets lick the plates. So in that case, everything we eat can be unhygienic.

11. This is the issue, you can’t be too polite to these people.

Via ArtisticAustisic

12. Won’t be doing that from now on.

Via Fut21guy

13. Yukh!

Via ScaryButterscotch474

14. It is all about how you perceive this. If you think the plates are clean, then they are clean. If you think they are not, then they are not.

Via KimB-booksncats-11

15. Even if the plate you eat in has been cleaned to your utmost satisfaction, the sight of a dog licking that very plate beforehand can make anyone sick.

Via feidle

16. Dog owners know a wash is not enough after a dog has licked the plate.

Via Octavia8800

17. Had the girlfriend not done this from the beginning, the dog would have never done it. She is to blame.

Via WiseBat

18. A dog will learn whatever you teach it.

Via Mereadsalot

19. I am sure she knows what the consequences would be to have her dog lick human food. She still does it because of the factor of ego.

Via BostonianPastability

20. This person uses their dogs’ licks for better hygiene. So weird the way this works.

Via smellyfoot22

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