Pets: Good for Your Health?

strike one.....nothing in my comments denotes whether i'm male or female
strike two....you are making blanket comments again
strike three....can't speak for the other 2 people who posted, but i've not personal attacked you in any way, shape or form......just the ignorance in which you speak........

if you find ignorance to be offensive, look up the meaning in the dictionary.......i'm simply making reference to the fact that you are misinformed about the importance of animals......

i'll pray for you for apparently you have bitterness totally unrelated to this conversation. peace out my brother.

3 women against 1 man, this is unfair for me. This shows that pet owners have no respect for humans because all 3 of you are targetting and attacking me but I haven't targetted or attacked anyone yet. Thanks for helping me prove my point further : )

davideo7, some people do both and are quite capable of balancing life with human and animal.....i'm sorry you feel an animal's life isn't worth anything and that a computer has a life......a computer has no "life" it is a machine.......that computer didn't suffer through medical trials and physical pain/abuse to bring you a life saving drug or surgery......before you make blanket comments about the unimportance of animals, you should educate yourself a little more about the vast benefits their existence brings to your life....oh and by the way, do you eat meat???? if you do, how are managing to eat something that has no value??? have a nice day.....i'm outta here......i've much more important things to do than respond to ignorance.

I do think pets help decrease stress, I have a 7 yr. old calico cat, whom I love dearly. She is my baby and I love having her around. She (thinks) she is queen of the castle. I've grown up with cats and couldn't imagine my life without one.
Yeah, and for the weirdos who hate pets -=good ,don't have them!

Decrease stress? More like increase. Cat puke, Dog Poop, fur everywhere, constant barking, constant meowing due to being in heat, cat spray, dog humping, clawed up walls, chewed up valuables, etc. I've lost a lot of sleep due to animals, not to mention loss of money and time... animals are very stressful and overated and just flat out expensive.

Decreases sterss? I hate pets, they increase my stress terribly. Cat poop, dog puke, fur everywhere, constant meowing or barking,...I"ve lost a lot of sleep and patience due to animals not to mention money and time.

What about the people that OBSESS over their pets to the point that they are losing loved ones-friends etc.?