You find out the person you're dating is a werepanther. How do you react?

Incidentally, why is it spelled "were", but pronounced "wear/where"?
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No one heard of werewolves before? O_o A werepanther would be a werewolf. Except instead of turning into a wolf, they turn into a panther.

You guise really need to watch Trueblood.