Dear Maggie,

My husband and I get along wonderfully except for one area where we disagree. I love cats, and I have four of them.

He hates cats and wants me to get rid of them. We fight about it constantly. He says they stink up the house, leave hair everywhere, and he’s embarrassed to have people over. I say they use their litter boxes, which I clean daily, so it’s not as bad as he’s making it out to be. And besides, they’re my pets and I love them.

How do we solve this?

Cat-lady

Dear Cat-lady,

This is a doosie, but it’s really not so far different from anything else couples really, really disagree on. It seems like you can’t both have what you want, but I think you can.