Quote Originally Posted by Skiploder View Post
You need to learn to work the trade with your husband. I just picked up another blackheaded python which cost me a new computer armoir with the wife.

The black pastel I brought home this week - a new Dyson vac.

One way or another, I figure she's gonna start to equate snakes with good things.
Wow! Don't our little snake-loving brains work alike? I have already used that argument in arrears - um, what about the teleschope with 8" mirror, the motorcycle (for which he promised to quit smoking but picked up the habit again), and the wide-screen hi-def. tv he brought home one day after work without telling me! I even tried mentioning the 3-4 day long fishing trips he took by himself, leaving me behind with the kids.

But he had one very good point. All those things are not LIVING. And changing your mind about having a snake that lives 15+ years is not as simple as with a tv. Also, tv's don't need constant checking on temperatures and humidity like we end up doing with our BP.

I know I wouldn't change my mind - I am in this for good (anyone have information on snake idolization/worship???). But a snake needs more care than material things. But it also provides so much more:

SNAKE THERAPY!!! See you all at the NARBC show today!!