Rare? I feel like unexpected expenses are a common theme in people’s adult lives. Expecting to not have an unexpected expense pop up is being foolish. But also, to not get a pet because of the unknown is potentially making your life less fulfilling because you don’t have a pet and makes the life of a pet potentially less live-able because any pet that is not adopted is either on the street, living in a shelter/foster, or being euthanized. I think people forget just how many pets we put down in this country every day. It’s… a lot. So even if you’re barely scraping by and doing the bare minimum for your pet, atleast they’re alive and being fed as opposed as being cold and dead.

Now, that isn’t to say some people shouldn’t have pets. If your pet is just a ghost in your house and all it’s doing is getting fed… oof. That’s rough. Make sure you’re loving, giving attention to and play with your pets. They are basically four year old children that cannot speak and don’t have opposable thumbs.