I have a similar issue but I’m the opposite of you. My husband insisted for years that we get a dog for our children , however , I don’t want to . I have so much going on... my kids won’t care for it ... and I’ll end up having to take care of it .... which I honestly don’t even have the energy for . I got the kids a rabbit .... thinking they would care for it ... all they had to do was fill it’s water and food tray ... and clean it’s cage once or twice a week ... but they couldn’t even do that ....so it made me realize they would take care of a dog either !
If we ever got a rabbit the same would happen to me! And they live longer than I though!
That’s why I’m thinking it’s best to get a pet that I like too so if they lose interest I won’t resent taking care of it. They spoke about it again this morning and apparently want fish so we will probably go for those first.