# Poll: Is raising pets an acceptable alternative to raising kids? (take two)

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-is-raising-pets-an-acceptable-alternative-to-raising-kids-take-two/957949>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [January 17, 2022, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-is-raising-pets-an-acceptable-alternative-to-raising-kids-take-two/957949 "2022-01-17T20:47:55Z")\
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**Author:** ![Max\_S](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/46a35a/32.png) [@Max\_S](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_S)\
**Post date:** [January 18, 2022, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-is-raising-pets-an-acceptable-alternative-to-raising-kids-take-two/957949/65 "2022-01-18T22:28:31Z")

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> [@wolfpup](#):
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> > [@JohnT](#):
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> > > [@Pardel-Lux](#):
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> > > I vote “Disagree with premise” because I think you are makeing a category error.
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> > This.
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> > You do or do not want kids.
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> > You do or do not want pets.
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> > The decisions are independent of each other. You’re the one making them dependent.
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> Totally agree with all the above. I did not vote.

Please note that comments #7-25 were posted in a previous topic and merged into this one. You are, of course, free to post without voting. I just want to point out that when those people say they voted “disagree with premise” that was an actual option in a previous poll. The [old poll](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-is-raising-pets-an-acceptable-alternative-to-raising-kids/957938) let you vote “N/A or disagree with premise”, the current poll does not.

> [@wolfpup](#):
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> You can want children. You can want pets. You can want both, or you can want neither.

This shouldn’t prevent you from answering any current poll questions.

~Max

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