man, i had a similar situation once. this girl was college to be a lawyer, she already worked for one of louisville's top dogs and once she graduated she was going to be making the big bucks.

But this was beside the point. Her father was sick w/ a condition, so i heard everyday about salmonella and her dad dying for indirect contact w/ my snakes (he didn't die, she was just pessimistic).

Then she was scared of the snakes as well, but one day she started to warm up to them. So then she says, "how many of these snakes eat prekilled animals?" i say, "all but two." she says, well those two will not be living in my house. now mind you, we were far from married and she didn't even own a house.

So my reply was this, "The snakes were here before you, and they'll be here after you." needless to say, the relationship didn't last.

But here is the deal, if snakes are your passion, she should RESPECT your passion. if she doesn't, then she probably doesn't respect you.