Silly People

[Patricia]

Yep I look like your typical older mom type, yep I to the horror of my daughters tend to wear high waisted "mom" jeans, yep I've been known to drive a mini-van full of stinky hockey equipment and yep I do spend a lot of my time yelling "if I have to pull this car over.....!" oh and I'm an elementary school library lady.

OMG, other than hockey equipment, you sound just like me, even down to the elementary school libary lady, ROFL!!!

Why are people who have never touched or been near a snake scared of snakes???

It's been nearly 40 years after falling in love with snakes when I finally got one. I still can hardly believe it! Alas, only the day after we brought it home, that story broke in the news about the python that had killed a 2yo girl in Florida, I think it was. Over in another forum I frequent was a most hateful thread about "the only good snake is a dead one." Of course, others chimed in their agreement. A few of us spoke up, but the person was so adamant, to the point of purposely continuing to spew hate. I was still in that glow of thrill and disbelief that I finally had my own snake (instead of only touching other people's), so that REALLY burst my bubble. Thankfully, that same day (last Wednesday) I found this forum. Amen!

The week prior, when we were still looking, I showed my co-worker the Craigslist ad of the BP we wanted, and she was stunned. "Why do you want a snake? They're just cold-blooded killers. They don't know any better." <--her actual words

Since then, even though we happily chat about most everything under the sun, I haven't told her that I finally brought one home, and don't plan to tell anyone else. It's hard when you have to shut up about something that makes me so happy.

So again, amen for this forum!