Ohhhh yeah, I experienced that 10 fold.

My wifes aunt who was baby sitting 1-2 days a week while me and the wife went to work will no longer babysit or even step foot into my house now that I have a snake. To show the extent of this we just had my sons two year birthday party this past Saturday and she would not even attend his party. This is a person who was a big part of my sons life for the first year and a half to the point he always looked forward to seeing her. The way I see it, if she is willing to stop her relationship with my son because I own a snake then it's most likely for the better anyways. Her loss and a big loss at that. I am not going to live my life to cater to other people and their ignorance, simple as that.

My other life long friends responded with "why the F do you own a snake" and "why would you buy a snake" when I told them. That did'nt even deserve a response IMHO.

I get the same type of mentality when it comes to my tattoos and to be quite honest it doesnt phase me in the least.