Interesting piece, Christine.

You are more tolerant than I am, that's for sure. My credo is" Love me, love my pets" that covers my kitties and a dog, if I have one (currently no doggy).

Once you step into our home, you have to accept that we are animal people, and any averse reactions to our fur kids will not be well accepted.

We chose to hang with other animal people, and with covid, having people in the house is not happening anyway.

I cannot imagine having a romantic or friendly relationship with an animal hater of any type.

I am an animal activist and see way too many instances of people being rotten to animals.