The misconceptions people have in general actually began to cause me a bit of an issue. When my family, 2k miles away, found out I was bringing a snake home for our pet they were very concerned. My aunt went as far as to suggest she needed to send my wife some news articles about a family that had two children that were part of a tragic accident that involved a 20 footer and a shady reptile store. She insisted that it was dangerous and asked what I was going to so "once the serpent wrapped around my sons neck". At that point I began to get fairly upset that anyone, let alone, a family member would assume that I'm putting my kids at risk because of a snake. Then, to make matters worse, she put granny on the phone and had her ask "what would your grandfather (deceased) say about this". At that point I needed to get off the phone. I told the aunt that she didn't know what she was talking about and was so far out of line it was not even funny. I suggested that if she wanted to be able to call that sending my wife articles about a tradegy that had noting to do with my situation to "make sure she was letting me make the right decision" was not a good idea. The phone call ended poorly. The end result, 3 days later, was a call that I reluctantly took where she profusely apologized and had been doing a little reading about the deadly ball pyton I had brought home.

Its been a month and I'm still po'd.