To prefer animals to humans?

[malificent7]

Ok i know im a grumpy old sod.
After an afternoon with a tricky class i reglected on something i oftwn think about....how much i prefer animals to human company .
( dp excepted.)

Animals are so much more simple, honest and just easier to be around.
Give me cats over colleagues any day.

[WhyDidIEatThat]

Humans are animals 😕 aren’t they?

[Afternooncatnap]

I loved my cat very much. I love my dog (not as much as the cat) but neither compares to the love I have for my son.

[LaurieFairyCake]

I love people, they are wonderfully intricate and complex and the relationships I have are amazing all the way down to my soul

And I love my dog a huge amount, it's a much simpler and probably more joyous relationship because it's so simple

I understand why other people (and me half the time) prefer the simple joy of pets - I'm an introvert and pets suit my nature

I tend to think people who love pets like their own company and are content being accompanied without being drained

I know for sure when I was raising teenagers I preferred the company of the cats - didn't mean I didn't love them or think they're amazing - but omg the work of shaping adults ! And the conflict in the house while they developed their personalities

[TooManyPaws]

Much prefer animals. The relationships are far less complicated and exhausting. I can't be around humans all the time as I'm very much an introvert and my cats and dogs are calming and loving. They don't twist things and put you down; they don't swing from love to hate in a heartbeat.

I used to have a cat who only really liked human company; she just wasn't interested in other cats, even her brother though she did mourn when he died.

[SureJan]

I prefer people! Out of your immediate human family, surely you don't love your pets more?!

[FatherChewieLouie]

The people I’ve met that hate cats have turned out not to be very nice people themselves. That’s my experience, anyway.
Acknowledging that you said in your experience, but still... my abusive bastard ex loved his cat, as did I (in fact I was the only person whose hair the cat tried to chew other than the ex). My brother, on the other hand, fucking hated cats purely because when he left for school one day he saw a cat with a mouse in its mouth. He was a diamond of a guy but he (wrongly in my opinion) ascertained that cats were evil. I love all cats and want to make them all mine (or rather, let them all make me their pet) but I must query that point.