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What kinds of pets do you all have? And why are dogs the best?
I grew up with and like dogs but I think modern people have concerning relationships with them where they let them define their lives and sink way too much medical care into pets for their own good. Hence I've never really felt any need to own one as an adult
I'll go a step further and confess what I likely never will overtly say IRL: I don't like dogs. I don't hate dogs, I tolerate them to some extent, but I think they are smelly and gross, generally parasitical on the finances of most owners, annoying to be around due to barking/leaping at you/bothering guests, enormously disruptive for personal travel and to a lesser extent daily routine that I think I would resent, their QoL is often quite poor, and although somewhat useful for generalized companionship/mindless adoration and they empirically seem to fill child-sized emotional holes in people with decent efficiency, I don't really think the comparison is fundamentally sound.
I have yet to find the right balance of bringing this up when dating as sadly all too many women my age are dog-crazy and frankly it is actually a deal-breaker to me. Call me selfish but I don't want to be eternally second fiddle.
It would be easier to tolerate if the dog was ever an acceptable breed or well-trained, but it's always a poorly-behaved kick dog.
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