Quote Originally Posted by LGray23 View Post
So can't children, and full time jobs, and school. If someone can't at the VERY least accept a passion such as this, how can you expect them to accept other parts of your life? I'm a 24 y/o single mom, I work more than full time in a very high stress job, I'm also in the Air Force Reserves, and will be starting school full time very shortly. How can I expect a guy to deal with all that if he can't even handle my snakes?

You can't. This is a passion. It's not like a drug addiction, or an alcohol problem, or anything dangerous. It's keeping reptiles. If a guy tells me he can't accept my reptiles and tarantulas, then he sure as heck can't accept the more serious aspects of my life. Four years or not
It's definitely easier to accept jobs, school and children over accepting a hobby. Just because you're passionate about something doesn't mean it's right to ignore someone you care about. I used to play video games and hockey a lot more than I spent time with my now fiance. Just because I was passionate about it, doesn't mean it was right. I realized my mistakes and changed. Now we are engaged and have a beautiful baby.

Before you go spouting advice that could potentially ruin a relationship, maybe you should think that there are always two sides to every story. Not to mention, how you feel towards your hobby and your relationships may not reflect how she feels towards hers. Saying things such as "get over it or take a hike" is ridiculously bull-headed and selfish. That's a response that doesn't even CONSIDER the other persons feelings.