Burns / Infection / Unknown Disease : One of the Worst Snake Owners

[ladywhipple02]

I'm a bit sickened by the behavior of a couple people on this thread. Bullying to make a point? Bullying a CHILD to make a point?? And a 16 year old is a child, no matter what people say. They live at home and by their parent's rules, they go to school and live by the rules of popularity, they are impressionable, learning about themselves and the world they're growing up in, and THEY HAVE NOT reached maturity.

Beyond that, someone came here for advice on a situation, not to be belittled and mocked for their decision. I'd leave and never come back after some of these comments, especially if I was 16 and impressionable. I'd never get on another reptile forum for advice, either.

It's one thing to debate with an adult. It's another to try and pressure and bully a kid into doing what in YOUR OPINION is right (behind a computer screen, no less).

This absolutely infuriates me.


Nixon... you've done more than a great many people would've in the same situation. I'm in agreement with the suggestions to separate yourself. High school isn't life, and in a couple years everything will be completely different anyway. I've only kept in contact with exactly one person from high school and could give a crap less about the others. I went from a graduating class of 97 people to a college of more than 130,000 people, and met lifelong friends and acquaintances, and then moved another 200 miles away for a career in which I met other friends and acquaintances. You don't need these people in your life. The world is a gigantic place, and you'll be a better person for removing that toxicity from your experiences of it.