I need to vent.

[anatess]

I've gotten used to it now. My family is the same. Only one brother visits me now. Everybody else, including my parents, does not come to visit me anymore. No biggie. I knew it was gonna be that way when we got the snakes. I can completely understand because I used to be one of them.

Even within the snake community you encounter the same prejudices. Do you know how many ball python owners tell me my spider shouldn't be bred because he is defective? Or how stupid I am for feeding live? Or idiotic for having glass tanks? You should check out the British forums...

We can't really control what other people think/do. We can only control how we react. I choose to see it from their perspective and then try to find ways to change it so it gets closer to my own perspective of things - or at least, for them to be able to understand my perspective even if they disagree.