I'm living in a retirement community now, and we have a communal dining room; so we sit around a series of dining tables and talk as we eat.

We spent some time talking about pets.
This community permits people who have pets (some restrictions) to bring them when they move in. HOwever, if you move in without a pet, you are not permitted to get one after you arrive.

The people with pet dogs kind of stand out, well, the dogs do, I mean. They make more noise, and they have to be walked.

But tonight I met two roommates, two women, who own a pet cat. The cat owners are harder to spot because the cats don't come out and they are not seen or heard outside of their apartments.