Any childfree by choice?

[DooLittle]

I think you most certainly can compare the two because a lot of people, myself included, view our pets as family members. Pets are a lot like kids in most respects other than the fact that they didn't come out of our bodies. Adopted children if you will. We care for them, they are messy, loud, annoying, expensive, we love them, you name it.

It is not even the same. I love my animals like family, "kids". When I was sitting in the waiting room awaiting results about a terminal illness on one of my pets, I was so upset, worried, scared, that I couldn't breath. So yes, I love my animals. But it is not even close to the same, doesn't even compare, to how you love and are bonded to a child. Maybe that's not everybody though, and that's why those people shouldn't have kids.