I've [28M] been putting more effort going through dating apps again recently. I'm personally pet-free, with a hard boundary set on not wanting to own a dog or cat (smaller animals like hamsters or reptiles I'd be fine with). However, I feel like this immediately eliminates 90% or more of the profiles of women I encounter on dating apps. I know this is kind of a self-imposed problem to some extent (though I can't really control having allergies and having grown up around poorly trained and violent dogs in my neighborhoods as a kid/teenager), but it still feels frustrating, especially since pet filters are a paid feature on Tinder, and can't even be filtered on Hinge or Bumble.
Curious if anyone else is in a similar spot of feeling like a single, otherwise-innocuous lifestyle choice, preference, or otherwise feels like a big limitation on dating. Also curious if anyone has found ways to adequately adjust around such limitations to find people on the same wavelength more easily.