It is starting to get to my nerves whenever someone I talk to finds out that I have a dog and how well I treat him - a lot of people will respond with telling me to go have a child. I guess their intention is to tell me that I might as well save my effort and energy to spend on my child since I care so much for my dog.
The problem is I'm not married, I don't intend to have children straight away in the near future and I don't even see why treating my dog well (e.g. spending time with him before / after work, exercising him at parks and going to swim, treating him on his birthday etc) automatically means I should go have children instead. Having children doesn't mean I'm going to treat him less well and it seems like the two are conflicting priorities all the time (it can be difficult but can be managed well too). I don't even know how to respond properly to these well intentioned Christians who seem to assume that I want to have children in the near future - and then some think that my dog is an obstacle because I won't be able to treat my children that well. That is just offensive.
The problem is I'm not married, I don't intend to have children straight away in the near future and I don't even see why treating my dog well (e.g. spending time with him before / after work, exercising him at parks and going to swim, treating him on his birthday etc) automatically means I should go have children instead. Having children doesn't mean I'm going to treat him less well and it seems like the two are conflicting priorities all the time (it can be difficult but can be managed well too). I don't even know how to respond properly to these well intentioned Christians who seem to assume that I want to have children in the near future - and then some think that my dog is an obstacle because I won't be able to treat my children that well. That is just offensive.
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