As a kid we didn't have a good run with pets so it's just easier to say "no" to owning animals and move on with a clear conscience. Having said that, I do find

As a kid we didn't have a good run with pets so it's just easier to say "no" to owning animals and move on with a clear conscience. Having said that, I do find myself always playing devil's advocate with myself: "But how can your conscience be clear when millions of abandoned pets are being put to sleep in animal shelters? So it's everyone else's job to deal with that is it? You would deny your children the joy of owning a cute little doggo woggo?" and to that nascent neurofractal I say, get in line, the CBT will get to you eventually. So I dunno, I don't want to come across as being down on people who've made a decision to own pets, it's possible to overthink things and underthink things. I know many pet owners and the vast majority are kind and caring. I think it comes with the territory. Some have been more domineering and lord over their creatures like a ruthless dictator and I think that says a lot about a person, but I digress... I pretty much agree with everything you just said, and I pretty much kill every plant I touch as well. Brown thumb gang!