I'm in college, so most people my age think that its pretty cool and they will ask a lot of questions about them, the most popular:

-Are they venomous?
-Do they just roam around your house?

I also have ferrets and for some reason people think that this is a great questions to ask:

-Do you ever let the ferrets and the pythons fight?

...seriously I have heard that one like 20 TIMES!!!

As far as misconceptions about me...I get a lot of "You are so weird!" from older people.