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Originally Posted by chimera17
You know logically at the time you become the pet owner that one day you will sadly have to say goodbye. As a parent, you are not supposed to outlive your children. In that regard, our relationship with our fur babies can never really be like the relationship we have with human children.
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I would like to point out that the minute you bring a child into the world, you know you will have to say goodbye to them at some point as well. Assuming you're doing your job as a parent (to a human child), then you are preparing them to leave you. Hopefully it's not because you outlive your children, but it can still be incredibly painful.
(This has nothing to do with the parenthood/pet-ownership debate. I just felt it needed to be pointed out.)