I want 2.8k worth of snakes and no one understands!!!!

Grrrrrr. My want list is growing but my family thinks I am nuts! My last purchase was $275 and they thought that was crazy. They make me feel kind of guilty for buying these critters. My husband does not really like snakes and just kind of deals with them because I like them but he is far from obsessed like I am. My kids look at me like I have two heads as I look at pages and pages of different color snakes that all look the same. How do you guys deal with those close to you that just do not understand? How do you justify your purchases to them? Do you feel guilty? Just wanted to vent a little.

Its called a hobby. allocate a certain amount of funds to it on a 1/4ly basis and stick too it. and to justify it, tell them its because they all drive you nuts!

My family and my girlfriends family don't understand my passion. They hate snakes. My girlfriend is the only one who supports me. I told them someday when I'm making thousands on my amazing new morphs to not come knocking on my door for cash. I showed them the first male lemon pastel coral glow on NERDs site going for $65,000 and the bout died at how much it was going for. And just a little extra tid bit my list is costing me $12,000+ for all 22-24 snakes.

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Yeah, it's a hobby, some people spend thousands on fishing equipment, some people spend thousands on snakes. And remember, some people will just never "get it".:D:D

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Originally Posted by Mft62485

Yeah, it's a hobby, some people spend thousands on fishing equipment, some people spend thousands on snakes. And remember, some people will just never "get it".:D:D

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wait i do that for both, plus car stuff, and computers.... I think i have a problem :D

I have it pretty easy right now. I live alone in WI and my family all lives in NH or MA. I just don't tell them about my new snakes any more. :P

Well accept for my sister, but she gets it. She's going to move in with me next year and she already has her own collection started. :D She currently has 2 rat snakes that I am taking care of. It's too bad she prefers rat snakes to pythons or I could have someone to help me build my collection. :P

Most people I think just won't get why you are spending so much on snakes, but they probably have hobbies you don't understand or aren't as passionate about that they spend money on. So to each his own. :)

There aren't a lot of people out there who think dumping a bunch of money into snakes is a good idea. Can't say I blame them ;)

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Originally Posted by tcutting

Its called a hobby. allocate a certain amount of funds to it on a 1/4ly basis and stick too it. and to justify it, tell them its because they all drive you nuts!

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I totally agree with this. Everyone needs a hobby! Tell them you could spend $275 on a snake or $275,000 on a hotrod car. Which would they prefer??? (They'll choose the car, but you don't have the money for that. Sooo.....) :rofl:

you could always take the sense of humor road and say, "hey its cheaper then crack"

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Originally Posted by tcutting

you could always take the sense of humor road and say, "hey its cheaper then crack"

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Not so sure about that, but so much cooler.