This is actually a great point. I have zero personal interest in pets or plants, so I'm always baffled by how people can live with animals running around at hom

This is actually a great point. I have zero personal interest in pets or plants, so I'm always baffled by how people can live with animals running around at home or with plants cluttering up the home. I understand the appeal to others, I just don't relate. So for me a few pets or plants is indeed already 'many'.