A year ago my mom would have never gone to a reptile expo because of the snakes. Some way or another she seemed to figure out there was no reason behind her fear so she asked if she could go with me to my first expo. She held two snakes that day (a hog-nose and a adult ball) and now she is in love!
That was in October, we just went to another show on Sunday and I had to talk her out of bringing one home since we didn't have anything set up for one So within a short time my mom turned into a snake lover xD