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					Originally Posted by Wylie's Mom  ^^^^ Rachel, this is a perfect example of filling a void. Can you see that maybe your opinion about 'filling a void' with animals is your  experience, and that you were perhaps projecting that on others?   
Nothing wrong with that, but not everyone has a void that is fulfilled by pets.   | 
 
  
By void I actually mean more or less the natural human instinct to "love unconditionally" another living being (that may/may not depend on you for care). Does that sound a little less insensitive because that's more what I'm meaning here.