>or that they're old enough they can do things on their own, like get themselves to school and go to the bathroom on their own.
Kids can do these things by the time they're 2-6 years old (bathroom earlier than school of course). Dogs never can: you're basically signing up to take care of an invalid for 12-15 years. And kids can use diapers before this age.
>And I work from home so I don't have to pay for doggie daycare.
Yeah, that's a luxury most working people don't have. So as I said, dogs are pets for rich people.
>My dogs are much less expensive than children
Children aren't pets; they're actual human beings and the next generation. Dogs are just animals and pets.
>My wife also had to Uber home every day, costing about $500 extra per month, because we only had (and have) one car, and could only drop her off at work in the mornings, but we also did that for eight months, despite it also being inconvenient.
This is what you get for living in a car-centric society with no public transit. Again, rich people problems.
>I'm far from unique here.
You're far from unique in modern America, but go back in time 30 years and people would laugh at you. It's pretty obvious why American society is so unproductive these days and unable to compete with China.
Kids can do these things by the time they're 2-6 years old (bathroom earlier than school of course). Dogs never can: you're basically signing up to take care of an invalid for 12-15 years. And kids can use diapers before this age.
>And I work from home so I don't have to pay for doggie daycare.
Yeah, that's a luxury most working people don't have. So as I said, dogs are pets for rich people.
>My dogs are much less expensive than children
Children aren't pets; they're actual human beings and the next generation. Dogs are just animals and pets.
>My wife also had to Uber home every day, costing about $500 extra per month, because we only had (and have) one car, and could only drop her off at work in the mornings, but we also did that for eight months, despite it also being inconvenient.
This is what you get for living in a car-centric society with no public transit. Again, rich people problems.
>I'm far from unique here.
You're far from unique in modern America, but go back in time 30 years and people would laugh at you. It's pretty obvious why American society is so unproductive these days and unable to compete with China.