I've never owned a pet other than having some fish in an aquarium, in college and after I got married. I never wanted the bother of taking care of any pets or getting attached to them. The last fish I had were two 8" piranha, Sparky and Chuckles, the only fish I cared for enough to give names to. Had them in one tank, with a second tank for all the feeder goldfish I gave to them, so definitely no fish to get attached to there, lol. Sparky jumped the tank while we were away on a weekend vacation, and I found him all dried up on the carpet when we got home. I just unceremoniously flush him down the loo...
We did have a white german shepherd when I was still home in high school, but that was basically my mother's dog, and she was a nightmare to keep, very destructive, so we had her only for a little over a year before we gave her to a local farmer. My mom also had a little white bishon friese many years later, which passed away at 12, just a month or two before my elderly parents quit housekeeping and moved in with me. I wouldn't have minded her in my house, she didn't shed, and wasn't a lot of bother. But I would never, ever have a cat in my house - sorry, but I really, really dislike cats to the extreme. Hate me now...