Anyone else have this happen?
Was talking to my mom on the phone the other day about my snakes, and she asked if I was "done getting more snakes". Of course I said no and she went on to say that having 10 and wanting to get more is sounding obsessive to her and that I don't "need" any more snakes. We argued for a bit, me saying that noone needs anything; my snakes are merely a hobby that I enjoy being apart of and I would like to breed down the road when I become more experienced (on top of that I want to own my own exotic pet store someday). Since starting collecting, I never thought of my collecting as an obsession: it's my passion, and since I was very young I've always had something that I collected. It's just who I am and how my personality is.
Has anyone had anyone see your love of a hobby/your passion as being "obsessive"? Personally, when I hear of people being obsessed over something I hear that in a negative light. A bad obsession would be one where a person spends money on something that they can't afford, it affects their social life/family life/personal life negativly, or they are held back due to their obsession and don't go anywhere in life. To me, that's what I think about when I think about someone being obsessed over something - their quality of life goes down.
I suppose in a way her reaction made me sad because I don't want to share news about my snakes or new additions with her now because I don't think she approves of my hobby like I thought she did.![]()