My boyfriend, me and a cat.

[CellarDweller]

Yes! .. But we were all raised with pets around, right? What if we weren't? Would we feel the same?

You don't have to be raised with pets to love animals.

I've seen people who don't have pets, go to a household that has pets. As long as the pets are behaved (no humping of legs, no jumping and climbing on people or things) they still respond positively to pets.

This reminds me of a video I've seen, where large manly men, are given tiny kittens.