How do your friends react to your reptiles?

[purplemuffin]

Our close friends all respect and enjoy our hobby they love looking at my pictures of them!

The people I'm not closest to think I'm weird, but you know what? I'd rather be weird and loving my life than normal and worried about what everyone thinks of me!

[Johnny84]

All my fiends kinda make fun when showing my reptiles off! There are only a few family members that like them, but they just want a freebe when I finally start hatching out stuff! My true friend and only person that loves them as much as I do and helps me take care of them...is my Beautiful Wife!

[Johnny84]

Our close friends all respect and enjoy our hobby they love looking at my pictures of them!

The people I'm not closest to think I'm weird, but you know what? I'd rather be weird and loving my life than normal and worried about what everyone thinks of me!

Same here...right there with ya!!

[guambomb832]

A good amount of my friends love my reptiles! I could only recall a few that were disgusted, but that was only with the snakes, but they love my bearded dragon and especially the crested geckos! Cresties are such crowd pleasers

[ballpythonluvr]

I don't really know any other folks outside of this site that are into snakes. My mother thinks they are disgusting and the people that I do know where I live think that I am just nuts.

[pbjtime8908]

most of my guy friends are a little skittish whenever they come over while i have them out and will make comments about them sometimes. weirdly, most of by brother's gf's friends, who are all still in high school, really love my bps and wanna see them every time they come over. my roommates gf just move in with us and we're slowly getting her more comfortable with them, she'll only hold my smaller one and kinda jsut pets the big female while i hold her.

[Reakt20]

My roommates think I'm crazy. They call me an animal hoarder.
I don't even have that many reptiles right now. I have 3 snakes, a tortoise and a gecko. They should have seen my collection 9 years ago!
Its cool though. I don't let it bother me. They just don't get it. They haven't known me for very long so they don't understand my longtime love for reptiles. Still haven't told them I have another snake coming on Tuesday!

A lot of my friends, on the other hand, like my snakes and tortoise and when new people come over, they are impressed by my setup and how well i "take care of them." (its mostly the digital thermometers and hydrometers, i swear. LOL)

Just last Friday, I attended my son's pre-school class and decided to bring my super pastel in for the children to see. it was a blast and even the skeptics came around and enjoyed visiting with the snake.

regardless of what others think, i will continue to be myself, though. i don't really mind the haters. i feel their ignorance will shine in the eyes of others so no need to say anything!