rat snake directing hate

[Faolan]

My gonyosoma hates my boyfriend, i know snakes don't have emotions, but this snake is said to be one of the more intelligent types. Here's what i know:
The snake has extreme distrust of my bf, and only him. With me he distrusts, but also "respects" me. When i interact with him he is defensive, but it's only bluffing, puffing up and hissing, and he's only struck at me once (though he missed me somehow). He ignores other people, but keeps an eye on them. With everyone but my boyfriend he is weary, and only defensive if someone gets too close or looks at him too long. With my bf he is automatically defensive, and even offensive. The last two times he saw, only looked at, my bf he struck at him.
Also, when my bf has had to handle the snake, when moving him from his tub to his terrarium, he has ignored my bf's hands to go for his face. There is no way my bf could have abused my snake, and if the snake considered handling to be abusive then he would hate me much more by now. I also don't think it's because he used to me handling him either.
So my question is could a snake have distrust for one particular person and recognize that person? and why?

[Annarose15]

Perhaps your bf's body temp is slightly higher. I know a certain mod on here that is almost guaranteed to get struck at if she walks too close to any snake that isn't her own! :-P

[Stewart_Reptiles]

Perhaps your bf's body temp is slightly higher. I know a certain mod on here that is almost guaranteed to get struck at if she walks too close to any snake that isn't her own! :-P

No kidding

To the OP body temps can play a big part, nervousness on your BF part can also play a role.

[swansonbb]

Maybe you have the "Lassie" of the snake world - less barking & more scales. How well do you know this guy? Maybe your snake is trying to tell you something. Keep the snake - lose the guy.

[xFenrir]

I've noticed that my boyfriend seems to be the popular target for my snakes: I've only gotten tagged twice when I had my BP (once was when I was feeding her and she missed, and the other time she didn't even get her teeth in me, she just bounced her face off me) and NEVER by my boa, but my bf has bled plenty of times from both of them. All he has to do is put his hand in the tank! But then again, everyone complains about how cold I feel (skin temperature-wise, lol), and my bf is like a freakin' mini-heater. We're pretty sure that they don't recognize me as anything because I'm too cool to trigger a response from them, but he gives off "I'm as warm as your dinner!!" temperatures.

That might be the same problem you're having. Your bf is just too hot for your snake.