I don't like pets in my house.
OK, I have surrendered to my kids wishes a few times and now we have an aquarium with gold fish blah blah blah

Kidds and moms . Yet another source of .... stress, sometimes
When you try bribe kids out of something, moms step in and change the course of history. Grrrrrr


I believe that in a survival situation only the fittest strongest most capable people can survive it. Handicapped people, kids, pregnant women , elderly folks all add up another level of needed preparedness. Pets also require more prepadness. But the difference here is that I can do WITHOUT pets to lighten the load. Something you can't ( or shouldn't ) do with kids , handicapped, elderly folks ..etc.

In case I have to bug out in a minute , that goldfish will be lunch to one of Blast's cats. I am NOT going to carry a small aquarium full of water to spill in the car and kids looking for that "poor" goldfish. The only poor creature who deserves sympathy in that case would be me.

YMMV, but that is only me