Lonely_Dolphin said:
I talked a bit about why I wont get a pet earlier, but for additional context, my sister already has a dog. Unsurprisingly she's neglectful, does the bare minimum to keep it alive physically/emotionally. You can guess where she got that from. Of course I wouldn't do that, but that's because I acknowledge the fact that I'm not fit to have one to begin with. If my only reasons to have a pet are to make myself feel better, well that's pretty selfish and unfair to the animal. I simply wont force another being into my miserable life. Hmm, maybe? In the past there were definitely good people (at least on the surface) that I could have tried to become better friends with but didn't cause I stupid I guess. At that time I did have a good number of friends already so perhaps that's also why I didn't feel the need to try as hard. Not sure if I'm really putting pressure on myself, but I definitely haven't been trying in recent times. Despite that, I do believe one should try to find friends and a mate as having reasons to exist are always good. |
There are some dogs that require almost no exercise and will just bum around with you on the couch too. I wasn't sure what type of person you were though. Well, I think rescuing a dog from being incinerated is a good enough reason to get one even if your reasons are entirely selfish otherwise. But I understand that it's additional responsibility and dogs certainly aren't for everybody.
I'm pretty Laissez-faire / blasé when it comes to getting friend's phone numbers. Almost all of my numbers have come from group texts or the friend asking me for my number first. I do not know if this speaks to you, but if you're running low on people to hang out with that may be a reason why. I'm very independent and introverted so I do not require much social interaction but when people do ask me to hangout I usually acquiesce because I don't want to be left out.
As to your last point, I would suggest you reflect on that a bit more. Your reasons to exist should not be reliant upon the existence of others. Could those people enhance your life? Sure, but they should not be considered as reasons for living.
