So, when I read this the other day, I realized that this summed up my feelings perfectly.
I have no affinity for animals. I don't hate animals and I would never hurt an animal; I just don't actively care about them. When a coworker shows me cute pictures of her dog I struggle to respond correctly, like an autistic person who has been taught to recognize human emotions from flash cards. In short, I am the worst.
- Tina Fey in the book BossypantsAnd yes, I grew up with a brother that asked for a pet every Christmas. We went from gerbils to birds to cats and dogs and well, the truth is.. I just didn't really care if they weren't there in anymore (a.k.a missing, given away, in pet heaven.)In short.. I am the worst too.
I'm not sure Graham will ever recover from this seeing as he wants a
I feel exactly the same way. I'm actually kind of happy my husband is allergic, because I have an easier answer to the question of "can we get a dog?" than the real one, which is "because I don't want one".
ReplyDeletehahaha. i am sure you are going to get a ton of comments commiserating with you. not from me though—i LOVE cats. :) but i definitely appreciate your honesty! seems that dogs are the new awesome around the blogosphere.
ReplyDeletelol @ Mary's comment. I'm just gonna say it: I hate pets. I will never have one. I'm disturbed by thought of living with an animal.
ReplyDeleteI am a sort of kind of animal lover (not over the top but I enjoy them) with a new puppy that is very cute but driving me out of my FREAKING MIND. I hope it gets easier.
ReplyDeleteMy sister has a great dane and he is the chillest most relaxed massively huge dog ever.
i'm laughing so hard! i'm an animal lover like your brother, so I can't understand the detached feeling, but all i can say is.. i hope one day G does change your mind about puppies. because they CAN be the best thing ever... ;)
ReplyDeleteI love animals, but sometimes they're really annoying...
ReplyDeleteahahaha i love this. i had no care for animals until my siblings begged for a dog my freshman year of college and we got cricket. now i'm obsessed. but only with her...i don't care about anyone else's. ha!
ReplyDeletei have to agree - i dont mind animals but i have no need to have then in my house, or as a part of my family.
ReplyDeleteand i just tagged you in a post! i hope you'll play along :)
i'm with kate lines, i like animals but they're annoying. i never had a pet growing up and so i feel a lot like you and tina too. but then we got some cats last year and i loved them! then they got annoying. then we got rid of them. now i vaguely miss them. i like chickens because you can eat them and their eggs. does that count?
ReplyDeleteI kind of wish I was like that. I care too much about my pets. When my first dog died I was devastated for weeks. I have two dogs right now and one of them has cancer. Once they are gone I'm not going to get any more because losing pets just makes me too sad.
ReplyDeletehi.
ReplyDeletejoe is YOU in this situation and i am graham.
except i don't want a dane.
i want a little lovey cuddly puppy.
i love animals! but we're all allowed our differences, so i'm not going to hold it against you. ;)
ps. i love bossypants. i feel like i relate to tina a lot. evenmore, i think i relate more to liz lemon. and they differ a little.
I don't care for pets either and my excuse comes easy when I can just blame it on Rob's allergies! Ha. We do have a turtle...turtles are ok in my book. I grew up with stray cats hanging out in our broken down boat but there was no attachment.
ReplyDeleteAh glad to hear that someone else feels the same way. My roomate really wants to get a pet and asked me if i would be willing to share the expenses for the food. I said no. I still feel horrible. But I rather spent my money on activities with people. :)
ReplyDeleteoh kate kate kate. i knew we would be best friends in real life. i HATE pets. i just finished bossypants and thought the same thing when i read that part! i could not agree more.
ReplyDeletei just can't get over the cat or dog's little bum hole going poop outside and then coming inside and SITTING ON YOUR COUCH! GROSS! THEY DON'T WIPE! or the hair! who wants to live with dog/cat hair everywhere? so nast.
so, anyway, i agree.
So crazazy, when I read this book last summer I was like THAT'S ME! And my next thought was 'I'm bloggin this!' But I never did bc I am a bad blogger, but you lady, you are on it. Props and kudos and snaps! Its like something we can never admit to people or they look at us like we cray cray. We need to unite in a sisterhood! Too far...?
ReplyDeleteditto. i am sooo not a pet/animal person. i love that quote from tina fey.
ReplyDeletepet haters unite! hahahaha robin's comment made me laugh too.
ReplyDeletethis was really funny to me. I think all the cleaning issues bug me about pets/dogs. I'm on the fence because I happened to birth a little boy who loves dogs with all his heart. I'm sure I'll crack one day and we'll put up with a dog for all the "right reasons?" I see the novelty.