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to not like animals? (lighthearted realisation)

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SomatoToup · 23/05/2017 16:17

So I was just thinking about the people around me, and have realised that every single one of them are pet owners! I've never had a prior traumatic experience with animals so it's not that. I've also had a dog, a rabbit, and 2 cats growing up (not all at the same time), and I simply ignored them and let others take care of them so it's not a case of me never having the chance to be "acquainted with animals" either.

Is it really that unusual for me to feel nothing for/have no longing to be around animals?

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Awwlookatmybabyspider · 23/05/2017 22:55

. You don't have to like children or be a mum to join Mumsnet
Some people cannot have children.
A lot of people on here might be TTC
or going through IVF. I don't think they'd be happy with a comment like that.

Plus who made you Queen of Mumsnet. Who are you to say who should or shouldn't post here.

Awwlookatmybabyspider · 23/05/2017 22:56

That was to Samantha, BTW

Mermaidinthesea123 · 23/05/2017 23:02

No it's not unusual, my parents and both sisters dislike pets enormously and I am the only one who has them. Not one of them will come to my house, they can't bear to be around the cats even though my house is spotless.
I have to visit them and only if i'm not wearing clothes with pet hair on.
I simply cannot understand how they cannot love my babies but I guess you have to live and let live.

SamanthaBrique · 23/05/2017 23:04

A lot of people on here might be TTC or going through IVF. I don't think they'd be happy with a comment like that.

Did you actually bother reading the comment I replied to? "Why bother" wasn't addressed to someone who didn't have children, it was addressed to someone who said they didn't like children. People who are TTC or going through IVF don't tend to dislike children.

user1491572121 · 23/05/2017 23:05

My Mum's like you OP and so is my DD! DD is only 12 and her friends are all when she's a bit meh over a puppy...it's weird as I'm crazy about ALL animals.

randomuntrainedcuntowner · 23/05/2017 23:05

I like animals generally, but don't understand the fuss about dogs. Why you would want a big, smelly, potentially dangerous animal in your house, whose shit you have to pick up is beyond me. And yes dogs DO smell. All of them.

Runssometimes · 23/05/2017 23:08

Humans are animals though. So you mean non human animals? I love other animals but think it's fine if someone doesn't as long as they don't seek to cause harm. Sometimes on days like today I despair of humans as a species. We cause so much suffering and harm.

Mermaidinthesea123 · 23/05/2017 23:10

I think my mum had her heart replaced with a stone, I remember she came over once when I had a new long haired kitten, he was the cutest, fluffiest, sweetest kitten ever and she just went urghhhh can you put him in the other room. I'm sure I was adopted

Awwlookatmybabyspider · 23/05/2017 23:14

Fair enough, but. You don't have to like children to join mumsnet.
People talk about all sorts on here. Not just their children

silkpyjamasallday · 23/05/2017 23:23

I feel the same, I had pets growing up although never the dog I begged for, and although I quite liked them and I always looked after them I don't ever really want a pet again. I find people who are madly attached to their 'furbabies' far stranger than those who just aren't fussed about them.

I don't like badly trained dogs, no matter how cute and the majority don't seem to be very well disciplined nowadays, it is a chore to spend time with anyone with a dog that's constantly being shouted at because it's clear when there isn't an audience they are allowed to do whatever they want. I like riding but wouldn't want to commit the time I would need to to look after a horse. I wouldn't have a cat as the hair everywhere and going on kitchen worktops is grim. I did briefly consider a Chinchilla but they can live almost 20 years and I may want to move abroad in that time so another no go. Other small furry animals don't interest me much I think they live pretty miserable lives in tiny cages.

We looked after a friends rabbit when they went on holiday and it just solidified the fact that I do not want a pet. I may relent when DD is older and can look after it herself with supervision but until then no way.

Beerwench · 24/05/2017 01:09

I don't think it's any more unreasonable than surrounding yourself with animals and them being a part of your family.
DM and DS feel like you OP, DB has a dog he treats like a baby and I have 2 dogs, a horse and a pony. I love both species, I love the silent strength and dignity of horses, they are beautiful to me. I love the loyalty and unconditional 'love' from dogs.
I'm not fond of cats. Had 2 when a dog wasn't practical, and although I cared for them, met all their needs and chose to have them, I realised they're not the animal for me. Now they are gone I'd not get another one.
I don't mistrust someone who doesn't like animals, DS is a clean freak and although she tries really hard, and would never hurt an animal, she rarely visits my home and physically recoils from any smell associated with my animals and has a horror of horse/dog hair! It's as much a part of her as me accepting those things about having animals.

esk1mo · 24/05/2017 01:21

you can argue against it or claim otherwise, but disliking animals or not being interested
in them is strange, and i would never want to associate with someone like that

OneMillionScovilles · 24/05/2017 01:25

Why bother joining Mumsnet then?

ODFOD.

Because it's one of the few predominately female spaces on the internet where you're less likely to be 'splained over? And has the critical mass of users that there'll be takers for most topics of discussion?

Nah, what do I know? - I'm not a Mum. I'll get me coat.

TenColours · 24/05/2017 01:39

It isn't wrong not to like animals, but it makes you a very different kind of person.

ScarlettFreestone · 24/05/2017 02:01

esk1mo

"i would never want to associate with someone like that"

How would you know? Seriously, if you met me, how would you know I'm not interested in your pets?

I'm nice, friendly, easy to talk to, how would you know I'm an evil animal ignorer in order to disassociate with me?

KatyN · 24/05/2017 07:14

I've only really 'come out' as not liking animals in the last year or so. Gradually friends and my (animal crazy in laws) are starting to catch on.
I don't agree with cruelty for the sake of it but I do think battery chickens provide cheap protein for a lot of people. I'm also not sure how much worse battery chickens are than milk production.
As for pets... my son got some ants to keep as pets this week. I am far from happy!! He keeps asking for a 'bigger pet'. It is never going to happen.

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