Holiday trouble with my family :/ Snake related

[dragonboy4578]

This would definitely be a difficult situation to be in. I was lucky that my parents have always been supportive of my hobbies. This includes my snakes. When I was young my mother even bought my first burm for me. The problem that I have had is how to explain my collection to new people in my life such as a potential girl friend. I have had more than one girl that I was seeing quit talking to me because I told them about my love of reptiles, and the size of my collection which is currently over 40 snakes, and a few T's. With that said the only advice I can give is to give your mom a little time to let your passion for the reptile world settle in. I am sure that it would be one hell of a shock for her to find out that you had such a large collection. With time I would bet that she gets over her anger. It may take a while. After her anger subsides slowly start to give her some information on the different laws, and start introducing her into the reptile community.