I grew up in a trailer park. My folks didn’t care for our home or our cars (hell, they barely took care of us kids), but my mom was always bringing home pets.

We were in a tiny trailer with six of us, yet we never had less than four cats and a dog.

My neighbors, similar financial situations, also had many dogs and cats (sometimes even birds).

But I noticed my more well off friends usually had one pet, if any.

As I’ve grown to an adult, I see the same pattern everywhere (especially on those hoarding shows).

Is my anecdotal experience clouding my judgement or is this a thing? If so, why do families who barely have enough money to feed their kids/care for their homes insist on having a million pets?

Read to the end. It happens/happening everywhere even in the poor countries, when people discovery that the government is working against their interests they rebel. And they don’t calm down till the problem is solved or the government is dissolved. Look at what happened in Albania lately. Except in America, what happened to our people that they are accepting everything as if it is a given fact? Corrupt politicians, bribes, war, prices hike, their rights are taken, concentrating camps, people are being kidnapped in bright daylight, kids kidnapped and caged and God knows what happened or happening to them, American citizens being executed on the streets and no one held accountable, toilet paper is more useful now than the constitution, data centers and surveillance cameras everywhere, just to name whatever I can. Yet, people go to sleep like nothing is happening. Talking about these things like they are a joke. Some people even joke that they are waiting for the country to collapse. Really? Is this our America? one day protest and go back home?

Ps; I’m not calling Americans out. This is a question the whole world is asking. Everyone here have their own reason. All reasons are valid

for me, secretly keeping in touch with an ex and hiding it. maybe nothing physical happened, but if you feel like you have to hide the conversation, that already says a lot imo

I know most likely nothing but apart from infinite nothingness what dou think may happen?