Pet / Child Trapping Your Partner

People mistakenly believe that loading up a relationship with obligations means that commitment will follow. Who is going to look after the dog/cat/child if we break up? (Spoiler alert: the answer is YOU)
People are also incredibly naive about how long cats and dogs live for. Just like we may buy home insurance even if we think we’re quite careful, we are aware that things may happen which are not in our control.
The question to ask is ‘why’ are we getting a pet? Is it to experience what it’s like to take care of something together? Are there ways to do that without the commitment, maybe fostering? You can learn a lot about someone in other ways, how they take care of a home, how they take care of you.