Fish... Pets or Hobby?

[The Zigman]

My crazy GF is always up my butt about the fish I keep...
I care more about them than I do her..
They are stupid, what can they do? the cant play frisbee, or snuggle up to you on the couch..

She has a cat and a dog, I tried to tell her having fish is no different that having any other pet..

She dont get it..

So..

Are your fish pets, or a hobby?

 

[justahannah]

Fish are pets with individual personalities..but the upkeep and accessories are definitely a hobby

 

[Mgamer20o0]

where is the addiction option?

 

[Snakes]

My Fish Are My Pets and Hobby
I love each of there personalities thus they my Pets
and Learning about them and fish is becoming my hobby

 

[petluvr]

My fish are my pets, however I stopped naming them after about the 10th tank went up

 

[The Zigman]

where is the addiction option?

that would be option #3...

 

[muddskipper26]

im somewhere in between the first and second options

 

[bkw1982]

fish=pets

Fish tanks and etc=hobby

For about 6 months i had 2 tanks and only 1 fish lol. Now im up to 3 tanks with 10 fish and a bunch of shrimp.....i consider it a growth . I'd say I'm a hobbist not a fish keeper.

I picked 4 cause i didn't agree with any of the others.

 

[Eupterus]

I had this discussion before when I used to keep rats. For a different reason.
The thought that keeping rats could be a hobby insulted some of them.
I didn't know what else to put the expenses under.
Career, health, educational expenses ( yeah I was in college at the time) or basic necessities...So since I kept rats for pleasure and not to make money or to fill basic needs, then it's a hobby?. I guess for some of them keeping rats meant the rats were family members now and I was objectifying them.

Feel the same way about the fish unless they are a source of income or I'm going to do something functional with them like raise them for food.
And to answer the basic question here, I see them as both.


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[J double R]

Fish? I dont own any fish.. What the heck is this place some kind of fish forum or something?


this is true for me. lol