Dontcha just Loooove how people see evil, poisonous, kid-killing monsters when they hear 'snake'...even if it's just a small BP or corn???

I have no problems with any of my family. My dad, by virtue of the Navy and trips to Vietnam and such, does NOT like snakes OR rodents and "can't understand how his daughter could love those things so much"...but he doesn't do much more than tease me about it.
My mom thinks it's cool, though she tells me it would take her a while to get physically used to them if she ever managed to visit.
My Ex and especially my 10yr old daughter think it's the greatest! In fact, I recently heard that Katy looks forward to my emails with picture updates of the snakes so she can "freak out her friends and classmates" (You know...the whole "Your mom has SNAKES??"). Both can't wait to come up for a visit and Katy always asks me how the snakes are doing. That's my girl!
My BF, Ari (the one who actually lives here with me and the snakies), has no problems at all and actually likes the snakes. He holds them for me from time to time and talks to them at night when they're out cruising their cages. He does have a tiny problem with how much space they take up...but since I'm working on fixing that with the stacked cage system and a second rack, it's not as much of an issue.

No, the people I get words and looks from are the random folks who overhear me talking about my babies with my friends. THAT'S when I hear the usual - "Aren't they poisonous?", "OMG, they're in your Bedroom? Aren't you afraid they'll strangle you in the night?", and of course - "Those things are evil, you should get rid of them!" Some people just will never be taught.