Gen, I don't know what that's all about... sometimes I think that that response is still one of fear, but a fascinated fear... like the way I felt looking at my friends newly split tongue... I didn't really want to look, but after seeing, I was a little fixated... similarly when I told some friends about a recent girly piercing, I haven't heard the end of the questioning..."what's it doin' today?" every day LOL... Same with the snakes. Do your coworkers ask you how they are with a little wrinkle on their nose? Just curious... it seems like when non snake loving chicks talk to me about mine they have a funny look on their faces... LOL. I think it's cool that you and your coworkers have more to talk about now... that's always nice, right?

Yeah I'd totally take "she keeps snakes" to "she's ______" (insert cliche bash on a female here) please bust my chops about the pets I own if that's the other alternative!