I don't want to own pets.
I have nothing wrong with animals themselves - I have had two dogs, a cat, and some fish, growing up and I loved them all. But personally, I don't want to own any. I see them as a hassle, and my fiance agrees with me, if anything, we would get a fish tank possibly, but that is it! I don't know... I just don't have interest in walking a dog twice a day, changing a cat box, cleaning a bird/bunny cage.
Also, I think the fact that I had bad experiences with the pets growing up. I had a dog with epilepsy who went blind by cataracts - i watched him die when I was 4. My 14 year old dog suffered brain damage during a surgery for a bathroom problem. His heart accidentally stopped, depriving him of oxygen for 30 seconds, messing him up in the head, and he had to be put down. I current have a senile cat that cannot even find her own cat box, so it needs to be in the hall so she can easily find it. She gets diarrhea and vomits often and can barely keep food down. None of these are due to poor care - old age in every case.
is it normal that I would never want to own my own pet? I feel that the care is too much of a pain and I have suffered EMOTIONAL pain with the animals I have lived with.