Bottom line is what you think about your snakes. Only YOU know your snakes and their moods, moves, etc. There is really no way to know FOR SURE if they have the perpensity for love or not. For anyone to insinuate that someone is stupid or ignorant for believing that their snake loves them is just plain rude and quite frankly ignorant to others feelings. There is absolutely nothing wrong with believing that a snake can have feelings of gratitude, love, or recognition.