The Irrelevant Petowner

This blog is written mostly tongue in cheek, with some informative comments. Please provide your feedback.
If you suffer from self-irrelevancy, please seek professional advice.

Hello. The same thing that makes a parent irrelevant (see Tuesday's blog) makes a petowner irrelevant. I'm known as my dog's walker. Everyone knows my dog's name, but not mine. To them I'm Irrelevant.
A member of the opposite sex talked today to me about my dog. If I were young and single, I would've asked for a name. However, I realized I was not a topic of interest. People only talk to petowners about the pet's characteristics. They have no interest in the petowner.
Is this fair? Perhaps not. Being a petowner shows some signs of responsibility. How a petowner treats a pet can say a lot about that person. However, a petowner can never make a first impression because the pet is always noticed first.
Do I take it personally? Absolutely not. It's unfortunately the same thing as noticing a person in a wheelchair. The wheelchair gets noticed first.
Will this ever change? Probably not. Again, I don't care, because it allows me freedom. I can walk anywhere and not get noticed. I'm hidden in plain sight. I've found a new form of invisibility. I'm one step closer to being a spirit. I'm Irrelevant, and proud of it.
Get a pet now, and lose your identity.

Regards,
Irrelevant