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Sashanan posted...

I prefer to think of myself as a guardian. I've taken charge of the cat's well-being, all the way to having him put to sleep if that's how it ends, as has been the case twice. Calling myself his dad is nothing but a term of endearment, it is quite understood that I am not biologically related to him.

This sounds about right.

Glob posted...

Owner implies theyre just a commodity that you could trade away or something.

To be fair, that isn't far off the mark for many pet owners, and the whole breeding industry absolutely does treat pets as commodities, plus of course there's a long history of pets primarily being owned primarily for utilitarian or vanity purposes. While it's incorrect to lump all pet owners in with that, it's also not entirely baseless.