Millennials are using pets as a crutch to make up for their biological need to be parents which keeps going unfulfilled due to shit economics and shit ambition of the generation. We continuously postpone parenthood waiting for the "right time" that never seems to arrive, and most end up settling for an animal in the meantime.
My fiancée is like this, she loves dogs and wants a dog badly, but I think she actually just wants a baby and wouldn't be upset in the slightest if she ended up pregnant. I've seen it grow in intensity over the years we've been together, and I see the same thing in my friend's and their gfs/wives. The millennial "animal phenomenon" makes perfect sense when you think about it.
Dogs are great friends to man, and corporate culture is cancer. It would be cool if work was a little more casual, and things like this were more acceptable. That said, there are obviously many work environments where this would not be appropriate at all.
Jack Brown
Same with the nigger phenomenon.
Xavier Morgan
Most millennials were given a lot as kids because most of us had boomer parents that did very well for themselves. After experiencing all of this, it would only make sense that we wouldn't want to start families until we have at least the ability to achieve the same standard of living or better. This is also why many of us will work a job and do everything we're told, but we just don't get a feeling of satisfaction and fullfillment from it.
Ethan Rodriguez
I would so I can take my pure German Shepard to work and flex on those kikes
Robert Russell
Do you not believe that demons walk among us? The proof is here
Logan Clark
Dump your fiance. Find one who wants kids and is not afraid of having her vagina torn apart during child birth.
Jacob Parker
More like the greatest bond bull market ever fueled by easy credit has bid up asset prices to the point where you need to spend 10X+ your income on a 3 bedroom 2 bath home in most areas.
Just buy a house and raise 3 kids like your parents/grandparents did. Little do they mention stocks were trading at 10 P/E and AAA bond yields were 7%+ for these boomers.
Nicholas Harris
This is definitely another aspect of it that can explain a lot. I never said she doesn't want kids. We both do, but just aren't planning on it anytime soon due to us both working mediocre jobs, not having stable housing, and not being married yet. The point is that "responsible millennials" keep putting off parenthood because it never seems like the right time. This. I wasn't trying to imply that the economy is shit, just that the current economic situation isn't conducive to millennials succeeding in the same fashion as their parents or grandparents. The days of buying a house and raising a family on single blue-collar income right out of high school are long gone, even in the heartland. Hell, my parents made most of their money off compound interest savings and I am lucky to be earning enough to keep up with inflation.
