My boyfriend and half of my family are the same way .. i hate it .. my dad will not go near my room cuz i have " a snake" ... mom made me sneak the ball python in the house so he wouldn't kno i have it and now upon that shes making me hide a new one im hopefully gettin within the next few weeks ..

i can't even move one of thjem to my boyfriends house cause his parents said they will burn it
WHICH I WOULD GO TO JAIL IF THEY DID ! NOONE MESSES WITH MY BABIES

I got my boyfriend outta the fear of them ... he's 21 years old and he couldn't even watch a snake movie he was that terrified .. i finally talked him into gettin a corn snake last september for my birthday so he went halfs with my mother on one he came very friendly and loving to her within the first 3 weeks i had her it was awesome but he said no more ... from septemeber to december i bugged him and tricked him into gonig down to the pet store with me when i got paid and came home with my Ball python which he actually loves to death, he wont hardly let me hold my lil guy .. and he tells everybody its his , he HAS to feed it himself and everything .. kinda cute actually and now he wanted to buy a corn snake and a ball python .. but ONLY like 4 or 5 of my friends will come over to my house cuase they are scared . one of my friends also killed my corn snake when they found out it bitten my boyfriend. ... im happy to say though i got some of my friends opionins changed... only 4 or 5 will touch them but the others just think they are cool and whatnot but still wontn come over .. HELLO THEY ARE IN TANKS AND THEY CANT GET OUT ! LOL