How do you accidentally marry someone?
I never owned a pet until recently. My parents wouldn't allow me to have a pet. Pets weren't allowed in the dorms or in my first apartment. And I, too, married someone who is allergic to cats.
Recently, we learned about Siberian cats, who are supposed to produce less dander than other cats. We visited a breeder and played with a litter of kittens to see if my husband would react. He didn't, until he accidentally touched his eye (lesson learned: wash your hands after playing with a kitty). So we got a kitty from the breeder's next litter.
Within a few weeks, I was sneezing up a storm. Guess who else in the family is allergic to cats?

I visited an allergist, and now we both get weekly injections. The injections should help with my hay fever, too.
I'll shut up before I completely hijack this thread. I wanna read about pref.