I'm pretty bummed.

my mother in law is like that too but with her its always
"i'm gonna visit you guys next summer!" then it turns into no phone calls, no show up, no nothing...i mean, i know with her living in germany, traveling here would be expensive but really, she needs to stop telling us she's gonna visit and then not. she gets my bf all excited and happy cuz he hasnt seen his mom since he was 16 1/2 and then he gets depressed and pissed at himself when she flakes on us.
but...according to him and his dad and stepmom this is very typical of his mom, promising things and not following through.
the next time she says anything about visiting i'm gonna finally tell her to just stop it unless she plans on actually following through cuz i'm tired of this flakiness. it's one of my biggest pet peeves with people in general actually.
as far as me with my kids, i simply do not, no scratch that, WILL NOT promise something if i even THINK i might not be able to follow through. as a result my kids get alot of the "we'll see..." from me and they know it doesnt mean no but it doesnt mean yes. it's simply...unknown until further notice.

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Originally Posted by rabernet

If she changes her mind between now and April, it would be my pleaure to gift him to you. :D

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That is extremely generous of you!

Igby glad to see you joined the forum. Sorry about your mom though. I know with as much time as you spent with the animal at the show you are a genuine reptile lover. I hope mom comes around for you. And Robin generous to a fault as always.

Ugh I know how you feel. I wanted one all my life. I really started wanting one around ehh. middle school days, when my cousin got a ball python hatchling for his birthday, I was SET on getting one. My mom promised me about getting good grades that I could get one, one time... Well I got the grades and when it was all said and done and I brought it up she denied that she ever said that... :please:

It really is annoying. BUT!!! Thankfully one day... good ole dad. He didnt see why not so I went out and got one finally! A LOT later then expected... Honestly, my mom doesnt even know I have a snake really, (she knows about it yes...) they NEVER see it since shes always in her hide, my dad asked if I still had it the other day lol... as far as everyone else knows it doesnt even exist.

Im still waiting to get my own apartment some day, hopefully next year since its better then being in a dorm CELL on campus, and paying more than it costs for an apartment...


(this mom also being the same mom that let my brother get an iguana when both of them knew nothing about them, now my brother doesnt do anything for the iguana and my mom does ALL of the work. and theyre a lot of work...) Here I am chillen with my BP loving how easy they are to care for hahahaha

what your mom did was not right at all you never break a promise how can you trust someone like that?