I have several neighbors within a block of me who have more pets than kids. Some have four or five animals and no kids. Now, I like dogs and cats, but there seem to be quite a lot of people who say they can’t afford kids, yet they manage to cram themselves and the pets into rather small spaces and tight budgets. (I know because I go shopping with neighbors whenever possible, as well as running into them on walks.)
They’ll regret it later, most of them. If I could be 17 again, I’d shoot for a dozen. You can’t buy family.
“...You can’t buy family.”
So true. And it is particularly painful when one can’t have children.
I am single, never married, have two dogs and six cats.
Now, I like dogs and cats, but there seem to be quite a lot of people who say they can’t afford kids, yet they manage to cram themselves and the pets into rather small spaces and tight budgets.
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OK, I know you’re not comparing the cost of raising pets to the raising of children. But that is what it sounds like.
I’ve never had more dogs than kids for the record. We found a way to have 3 of each. Of course now the kids are grown and gone and we still have 2 dogs. And always will.