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Pets are ridiculously expensive and definitely a luxury.
My cat costs 100 bucks a month. And brings me the only source of joy I have.
That's cheap and I consider not having suicidal thoughts to not be a luxury.
This seems expensive.
How tf does your cat cost $100/month?
Mine lives a life of luxury and it cannot be half of that even when all yearly spending is averaged.
Easily. Combination of pet insurance and normal medical bills plus a canned diet with occasional toys, treats, litter, specialty furniture, and cleaning supplies. You can do with less and gamble with health problems, unexpected emergencies, and boredom-linked destructiveness.
(I had a diabetic cat. Between him, a girl that can't eat dry food or cheap canned without getting bladder stones, and a third cat that eats whatever but isn't worth the effort of separating at meal times I was spending $400+/month just on food. It's less now without the diabetes to manage but still not cheap.)
Pets are the new kids
Goldfish are the new pets
Pet rocks are the new goldfish
Kids are insanely expensive and time consuming. Which normally isn't a problem in a healthy society with functional communities and affordable goods and services. We aren't in a healthy society.
What? Compared to having a kid they're extremely cheap. My small dog costs me at most about $2000 a year.
Tell that to the tremendous number of homeless people in poverty who have pets.
lol, I can assure you that is a very yuppie mindset. Vast majority of people with pets can't afford much beyond the food.