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I've been a proud pet owner for many years now and I love my pets very dearly. Recently my boyfriend and I decided to move in together, but have not yet officially signed anything permanent. He himself recently moved home with family where he has several family pets.

As we were discussing moving plans, we started talking about pets. I know from previous experience my pets love to romp and play with others all the time; his do not and have had adverse reactions in the past to the introduction of new animals into the household. So we started discussing our options regarding bringing our pets into a new household.

The problem is we're moving into a small apartment, not a big house with lots of room. There's no way it could accommodate all of our pets. He proposed that we only bring a select number of pets from our brood, meaning I'd have to give up one of mine and he'd leave a few behind as well.

I do not have any alternate homes for my pets as of now. My family, whom I haven't lived with for several years, has stated multiple times they would never take in my pets. 

His family, however, has lived with his pets since they were adopted, and if our arrangement didn't work out they might be fine with keeping their family pets at their place. They also might not.

I want him to bring in his pets but also be able to keep mine.

I feel very torn. I love my pets very much; to me, they are family. They've never had any home but with me, and I view my adoption of them as taking on the responsibility of caring for them. I don't want to give them up at all, as I care about them immensely and would hate to part from any of them.

However, relationships require compromise and I'm having trouble thinking of any other solutions. What do you think?
<bot>: My boyfriend and I are moving in to a small apartment together with too many pets for one home; we brought up giving some up which means I'd have to find a new home for some of mine.