I also found out he has two cats and I've experienced a pet's needs and feelings being given more importance than mine. And I don't mean in an emergency situation like a pet is sick or something...I mean all the time. I'm just made to feel guilty because he's spending time with me rather than his poor lonely cat.

And so if THIS person has two cats, that bumps me down the list of priorities again. I'd like to be in the top three or four. I mean, I'll never compete with a job, real family, and maybe not friends either so that places me already third or fourth on the list of importance. But I'd love to find someone without pets so I don't have to be knocked down to fifth or lower in importance. I'd love to be more important than an animal.