So I (M,33) have two small parrots that I love to death (a green cheek conure and a canary winged parakeet both about half way through their expected life cycles of 15-20 years and the CWP is mildly internet famous. I wish I was making that up lol) They have apparently been the reason the last few ladies that I tried to start something SERIOUS AND LONG TERM with weren’t interested or backed out and it almost always followed the “do you have pets question”. The birds seem to be winners with short term partners or anyone that just want to be friends. Maybe most people don’t realize how much time their pets take up, or how annoying dogs and cats can be, or they aren’t giving them the time they actually need, but birds are not that different from dogs as far as the amount of time they require. So, and not that I’d EVER ask a perspective long term partner to give up a pet, I don’t like cats and am indifferent to dogs and I don’t really want either in my life again but I’ve had both and...