Parents think snakes are evil (I want a bp?)

[madelion]

My parents are convinced, it seems, they crawled out of the deepest, most fiery crevices where Satan himself would not venture and wriggled into the earth to put an end to the miserable lives of us all and drag us to where they came from. Maybe not quite that bad. There's no irrational fears. Just a 'I don't want a snake in my house.' I wrote a report on ball pythons -- eleven pages! Three pages persuasive essay, two pages reviews on ball pythons, one page a March calendar with dates to get the snake, clean, feed, handle, etc., four and a half printed website information from various sources to prove authentication (including links!) and half a page pros and cons. Plus a title page with a normal morph, a melanistic morph and a blue eyed lucy morph. Hand drawn! I've been trying to get my mom to read it about a week now. First day (thursday) -- gave it to her as I left for school, asked her to read it. Come home from school. She doesn't mention snakes or anything. "Did you read it?" "No." On Friday I left to go for my dads. I forgot it on my dresser. I BBM'd her. "Could you read my duotang over the weekend, it's on my dresser." She didn't touch it. Monday, she went into the hot-tub with my stepdad. I took advantage and put several sticky notes on, saying altogether, "READ ME... AND CONSIDER." I put it on their bed and went to bed. Nope, didn't read it. Today, Tuesday, I come home and -- YES! It's on the kitchen counter. Later, my brother comes by and picks it up. He begins reading out certain parts. He was making fun of it with my mom. She explained how she only skimmed through it because it was so long so far. I guess I did too much research for her.
I kinda skipped a big part of the story. Sorry it's jumpy.
About three weeks ago, I said to my mom, "I'm thinking of buying a ball python." This was after weeks of research. I'm 13, but I get better than good grades, I have a paper route and enough money and I look after my baby brother EVERY DAY -- I think I can handle a low activity pet. (Yes I'm OK with thawing & feeding mice.) She made a face and I explained to her how great they were, I can pay, they're just amazing, it stays in my room, she doesn't see it. Nope. She said, "Why don't you think about it?" "I HAVE thought about it!" "Well, I haven't." Surprise, surprise, that's all a lie seeing as she only wanted time to tell my stepdad and make HIM deal with it. The next day he took me with him to shop at Farmer Al's. "What's all this talk about a snake?" "I want a ball python. They grow to, like, three feet and I can buy it." (I want a male, not a female, BTW.) "There's no way we're letting a three foot snake into our house." He then flies into a rant about how I'm not responsible enough because I don't have a clean room. Sure, my room gets messy, but every Friday it's clean, laundry done, sheets changed, vacuumed, etc. Also, I'd pay WAY more attention to a snake than myself. Anyways, he eventually says, "If you think I'M uncomfortable with it, your mom's WILDLY uncomfortable with it. Why do you want a snake?" That was the ONLY question he asked me, and the ONLY question I couldn't answer. I've got a better question for him! Why's he keep dogs and like them when he's allergic? It just happens. When he couldn't answer, he proposed an answer. "I think you want things you can't have because you like to be angry." He didn't ask ANY questions about the actual snake which I could answer immediately. I was pissed. Three feet is NOT big. But then the miracle happened. A miracle I didn't realize until a couple hours later. He said, "Now, I'm a slave to logic. Maybe you could start with something smaller and easier and native, like a garter snake, if you did RESEARCH and could answer some questions. If you have logical answers I can't say no. Your mom might still veto it though. SO when you've got some answers, come find me." I later got thinking about garters. I looked it up, and they are not as good a beginner snake as a ball. Because:
-They eat fish (I feel these would not come frozen/thawed; it's a hassle to get live ones constantly, especially because garters supposedly eat more.)
-They grow about the same as a male ball python -- 3 feet
-They are snappier
So, I wrote a VERY logical report on ball pythons.
So, I was wondering if anyone had any tips on this. Also, why do you love snakes? Don't bother replying if
a) You'll say I hsouldn't have one
b)You'll say "their house, their rules"
c)why a snake?
d)it'll constrict the baby omg
e)snakes are bad
f)itll kil ur famly tats why they don want it snaeks r rlly bad nd itl constric u nd its venom wil kill u
..or anything of the sort. Thanks in advance!
Only HELPFUL stuff, please. Thanks in advance.