I don’t understand how people can love their pets?

It's not normal to not understand how people can love their pets so much. But it's not normal to think less of them for it or to not care if your own pet dies. And that last sentence sounded psychotic.

I was kinda on board with what you were saying about people spending excessive amounts of money on their pets bc I've seen people literally giving their dogs fiji water. But then you got onto the kicking part and lost me. I hope you never have to watch someones dog/cat or be in contact with animals in general, who knows what would happen.

Ooooof that's cold wait until RoseIsablla sees this post.

I think you're a sociopath.

Researchers conducted a study in Sweden by looking at the country’s National Patient Register from 2001 to 2012. They found that dog owners experienced had a lower mortality rate of 33% from strokes and heart attacks. Loving your pet is healthy.

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You are certainly not normal. If I were in a burning building, and you were on one end, and my cat was on another I would get my cat, and that would be that! Seriously, I have more care for random stray dogs, and cats on the street than people like you. If I were leaving a sinking ship, and I had the last lifeboat I'd rather share it with all the ship's rats than someone who just hated animals like yourself.

I hope that you are as forthcoming about your distaste for animals in your day to day life as you have conveniently, and anonymously been here, because like, it or not there are more animal lovers around these days than people who don't love animals.

You say your opinion of your friend who lost her dog immediately went down after she called in sick to work, and I say that my opinion of people like you is always low. I've found through my many years of life experience that people who don't like animals tend to be lazy, selfish, and have a genuine lack of empathy. I used to be friends with a girl who didn't like animals very much, and she was very codependent, emotionally needy, demanding, and lacked the ability to admit to any of her wrongs. With her everything was always someone else's fault, she was always the victim, and couldn't live without a partner, or partners.

I don't hate that old friend of mine, but my friendship with her could only go so far, because of not only the lack of a love for animals on her part, but all also because she lacked the virtues which come along with a love for animals. One time I was helping my friend, at the time, move apartments, and I was waiting outside her place then along came this guy with two huge, fawn colored pitbulls who were friendly as can be. By the time she showed up I was one the ground playing with the two pitbulls, and you should have seen the look on her face! Ask me if I cared what she thought!

If you kick any animals in front of me I'm gonna hit you with my stun gun to the neck, give you a few good kicks, and see how you like it.

Like I said before there are more animal lovers than not these days. Dogs, and especially cats are at the top of the heap. There are plenty of people in this world, especially in the United States who will always choose animals over you.

I am cuddling and kissing my new kitten while reading this. I originally found him wandering aimlessly closed to my house all alone and took him back home yesterday. Some irresponsible dumbfuck must've abandoned him. It happened a lot in my town. From reading your post, you could be the same as this kind of irresponsible dumbfuck who would be heartless enough to do shitty inconsiderate thing like this to such an innocent, helpless creature.

I loved my first dog like a son, but my current dog really gets on my nerves. You just have to find the right dog and/or cat, but if you can't then just stay away from them, as I'm sure that'll keep them safe.

Damn, you're dead inside.

Kicking a living thing just because you don't like them?
Jesus I hope you don't feel that way towards children...

I see 2 sides of the coin, like take a dog for instance; I see the loyalty in them, the playfulness and simply puppies are cute little barstards. On the other side I can see, why would anyone want one? They are so stupid, they just run around making noise,they just bark at every little thing annoying neighbors and its stupid.

Why are there so many potential serial killers on this site?

lock the doors and turn the lights down low. pet this doggy that is soft and slow we ain't got no other place to go I hope get a pet

Maybe you're a psychopath. Not having empathy for pets is a sign of this

They are better than humans. Atleast better than you.

I’m not disagreeing that people can spend way too much on their pets, but there’s no justification for harming them.

Everybody is and feels different, some people are just not very empathetic, like you probably.
And people that hate humans or like is said, very sensible empathetic human beings often tend to love animals.
There are so many different characteristics, but also of course that mixed with what you grew up with. I for example put cats over everything,especially one of my cats because it feels like it’s the only thing I can love. Humans mostly only gave me pain, but my cat gave me comfort when I cried and I knew that he’d never be able to hate behind my back. I trust him and he forgave me for every time I didn’t treat him right as a child and always followed me to school or only listened when I called him. He doesn’t follow, cats have quite unique and free characters, that’s why I know it’s so sincere. And well, because of him there’s my love for cats
But yeah mostly it’s your ability to sympathize, empathize and change

I also think from analyzing, that you have something against weakness and are a bit conservative, a very harsh and organized person.
And somehow from somewhere there is jealousy? I can’t quite name it, maybe it’s a small subconscious part of yours that wanted to actually feel sadness when your dog died or something. You normally don’t notice that and for sure will say it’s not like that, but eh that’s my guess

As a zoophile I find this extra horrible considering my affection for animals is a bit stronger than the average pet owner.

But to the point animals are like family to people, like achild. To normal people anyways its complicated