Say goodbye to loneliness, also to your privacy! (Things you need to consider when owning a pet).

For anyone that considers owning a pet they must be prepared for this fundamental truth that any pet owner will tell you, kiss goodbye to your privacy!

You see cats and dogs don't see the world the way we see it. A cat thinks nothing of bothering you on the toilet or even settling down for a cuddle, a dog thinks nothing of it either.

 As the very talented maker of this comic meme knows pets simply have no respect for personal space or decorum or boundaries or any other human nonsense like that.

You will definitely one hundred percent not be lonely, (your four legged companion will not give the opportunity for privacy enough to get lonely, except maybe rare moments when they sleep and you will be grateful when they sleep, they are nicer asleep...) instead you need to get used to a few fundamental things, the downsides if you will on owning a pet,

Things you need to put up with when owning a cat / dog:

• Home is where the pet hair sticks to everything but the pets! -No really I am not even kidding, get used to having cat hair in your morning beverage and all over the furniture and all over your clothes and pretty much everything you have ever owned. When you own cat everything is cat. The same is true for dogs. Pet hair is both a condiment and fashion statement. Some people hoover a lot and run around with lint rollers but most just get used to the inevitability of it all. 

 

• Dogs drool, cats...dribble... -Yeah you heard me! Mostly everyone in the universe is well aware that dogs slobber and drool and frankly produce a staggering amount of saliva, its become part of our shared collective knowledge of jokes, used on sitcoms regularly to get a laugh, the dog shaking drool all over expensive stuff. What you may not know is that cats also dribble, some more than others. Cats dribble for many reasons (and in some cases when no reason is present can be a sign something is wrong) most often cats dribble when they are excited and/or hungry, just like dogs. I have had many a time where Godric has been cuddly and has purred to such an extent he has dribbled into my mouth, yeah lush I know. Prepare for the saliva, love it, embrace it.

• No personal space ever! -As has been stated before pets will follow you everywhere, they will steal your sofa, your bed and generally any space for sitting or laying that you ever considered yours. The floor if they are on it suddenly will be at least 60% smaller than you remember it. Dogs at least seem to have some excuses when it comes to stealing the bed as most often they are on the large side but cats are terrible, there has a been many, a largely sleepless, night where I am curled up into as small a cube as I can psychically get while the cat is stretched across 3/4's of the bed, wondering to myself how something so tiny can take up such a large amount of space. 

• They will try to 'help' with everything. If you drop an object in this house one of two things will happen, either a cat will materialize and then endeavour to 'help' by batting said object around the room while you plead for them to stop or a dog will materialize and carry off said object with you pleading that they bring you it and drop it, chaos. They help you dress, often times by sticking their heads into your clothes as you attempt to put them on resulting in a dog with your pants on their head or a cat-headed-jumper-monster. 

In short you can expect noise, chaos, and a total lack of privacy in the pet based anarchy that will become your life.

However, its not all bad. Everything I have detailed here pales in comparison to the amount of love that your pets will give you. A pets love is utterly unquestioning, has no conditions or strings what so ever and can make your life complete. Pets are extreamly rewarding, will listen to you without ever judging you and their antics at times can be side-splitting levels of funny.

A pet can be one of the best cures ever for loneliness and I know my life is that much richer for having mine in it, the good and the bad. They teach us to be better versions of ourselves because they do think the world of you, yes even cats are incredibly loyal and love their humans despite how aloof they appear.

Its a big commitment getting a pet and you shouldn't unless you are prepared but its is well worth the downsides!