i just had to let this out

I use to be scared to death of anything with more than 4 legs and my husband (before we were married) always told me how he wanted to get a "goliath bird eater" tarantula, "the largest tarantula in the world" dontchaknow! My response..."it'll be a cold day in hell before you bring some gigantic man eating spider into MY house".....
Now we have (had) two, our male finally died and MY adult female is 10+ inches, sitting in a 20 gallon long about 2 feet behind me right here in the living room and I LOVVEEEE my Shela girl, along with all my other tarantulas and scorpions. :D
Snakes....never had a fear of them. A school trip to the local zoo when I was 5 and a back yard full of garter snakes (and 2 brothers to chase me around with them and try to scare me) made sure I'd not grow up with those fears.

I agree with the others...if some woman doesn't like your pets, either she'll get some education or move on.
Fear and/or hatred of something is simply ignorance, plain and simple and if some girl is that plain and simple...she's not worth you, or your pets' time and effort. Granted, it took me a while to even consider looking at a spider, but my husband was patient and actually, it was my son who finally drew the straw that broke the camel's back....he wanted a tarantula. :eek:
Basically, if a woman is open minded, even if she doesn't like your snakes, chances are, she'll come around.
There is, IMO, nothing worse than having a hobby and a love that is not shared or at the least, respected, by both people. :(

yeah i see what you're all saying.i guess the only way i'll find a girl thats right for me, is when i go to a university and when i go to the entomology department there, the girls there obviously like insects and spiders so maybe i'll get a chance there.even then,that's still a few until i get out of community college.

Snakeman,



You are too young to be worried about a girlfriend. Get your hobbies all squared with your school and work. The girls will come naturally. The good ones know that you are available. The bad ones just take anything they can get -- not the ones that you want!



I found my wife when I was not even looking. My work and hobbies were taking 110% of my time. Bam, I got a girlfriend that turned into a wife.:carrot:

too young? maybe,im only 18.right now my main focus are my hobbies and school.most of the time i dont think about getting a girlfriend.the only reason that it suddenly occured to me was because earlier today, the girl that ive been "talking to" for the past couple of weeks, turns out she has a bf already.she tells me he's constantly mad at her.i guess she didnt see that i would've been a better bf for her, and she likes tarantulas but HATES snakes.i even showed her my blood and the most she did was touch her for like asecond but nothin beyond that.

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Originally Posted by Adam_Wysocki

Just get some game ... you'll be a'ight. ;)

-adam

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:8: LMAO

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You are too young to be worried about a girlfriend.

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No doubt! The key phrase for you snakeman is, no strings fun......get 'r done ;)

18? Jeessshhhhhh .... relax ... when I was 18 the only hobby I had was a little game called hit it and forget it ... BAM, there it is! ... DO WORK! ;) :sweeet:

-adam

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when I was 18 the only hobby I had was a little game called hit it and forget it ... BAM, there it is! ... DO WORK! ;) :sweeet:

-adam

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LMAO!!

i could do that, but im not that type of guy:P

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Originally Posted by Snakeman

LMAO!!

i could do that, but im not that type of guy:P

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Some type of medical condition? :O

-adam

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Originally Posted by Adam_Wysocki

Some type of medical condition? :O

-adam

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lol not at all...i just respect girls.

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Originally Posted by AkivaSmith

Snakeman,



You are too young to be worried about a girlfriend. Get your hobbies all squared with your school and work. The girls will come naturally. The good ones know that you are available. The bad ones just take anything they can get -- not the ones that you want!



I found my wife when I was not even looking. My work and hobbies were taking 110% of my time. Bam, I got a girlfriend that turned into a wife.:carrot:

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So true - "LOOKING" for a girlfriend is like LOOKING for a $100 bill on the sidewalk - it isnt going to happen when you want it too. My love came right when I wasnt looking or wanting a new boyfriend, but we compliment eachother quite nicely and now that I look back at it, it was perfect timing.

HE never told me that he thought I was weird for my hobby, but he thought I was worth the effort and time to at least try and see where I was coming from. And now he's researching, helping me feed/clean the snakes AND the rats, and buying snakes left and right. He loves me for ME and everything that comes WITH me -

you just have to just twidle your thumbs and do your thing until she comes around for ya. IT will happen, and when it does, dont let the opportunity slip by!