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So, I'm talking with a woman who I seem to be on the same page with about so many things. Our personalities, what brings us peace, what we're looking for, whether to have kids, etc.; we agree on lots of important things. I enjoy talking with her a great deal. She is my dream girl in so many ways. We agree on so much that I'm actually somewhat concerned that she might just be telling me what she thinks I want to hear.

One thing we don't agree about though, is pets. She's told me that she wants a lot of fur babies. She wants 2 purebred dogs, an exotic cat, and 2 exotic birds. She's listed particular species, but I don't want to include those to keep things somewhat private if she were to read this.

She doesn't have much experience with pet ownership, so I'm concerned that she'll buy these animals (which cost a fair bit of money) and then either lose interest in them or the responsibility of taking care of them will be passed on to me.

I don't want to be hyperbolic, but I feel like her wanting a lot of pets might be a bit of a redflag to me. Am I being stupid or is this a legitimate concern?

There is an attractive younger woman I meet at my local CrossFit gym a few months ago. After getting into a several friendly conversations with her I one day asked her to get breakfast.

She smiled at me and said “thank you but I have a bf”. I responded that I respected that and I wouldn’t ask again (while smiling). I believed her at the time and appreciated her handling it the best way possible. She was polite but direct. I didn’t pick up on any negative body language.

Since then I’ve ran into her several other times in class (including a small class with just her, me and the instructor). I act courteous. I’ll give a quick hello and goodbye after class. I even occasionally help her rack heavy weights and move machines (I help other people w/ this too sometimes).

However I don’t start conversations with her anymore. I don’t want her thinking I’m okay with a friendzone or stroke her ego too much by giving her additional attention. However I do act polite to her because she was respectful by how she rejected me

But she’s the chatty type and I’ve overheard her get into long conversations about what she is doing in grad school, her vacations with her friends and her weekend plans with other people. Not once has she ever mentioned her boyfriend. Never. I am starting to wonder she gave me a well intentioned lie.

That doesn’t mean I’ll keep trying if she’s single. She’s obviously not interested in me that way and that’s okay. We both know where each other stands.

But I just wonder why she lied to me about having a boyfriend.