A snake.
I really, really want a snake.
But my parents don't like the idea.
Part of it is because they don't think I'll be able to feed it properly, and also because when we're on trips, my grandmother would have to feed it, and she'd probably be afraid to.
And then the other day my stepmom explained to me that the main reason my dad doesn't want to get one is that it could be dangerous.
When I explained to her that ball pythons (the kind I want to get) are very docile, she said, "Not when they're 8 feet long and big enough to eat a toddler." Then I told her the truth, which was that ball pythons don't even grow 8 feet long. They only grow to be four or five. And then one of my stepmom's friends brought up this thing on the news recently where a snake ate a toddler, and we had to point out that it was an incredibly dangerous boa constrictor, not an incredibly docile (and not big enough to eat a toddler, anyway) ball python.
Oh, and did I mention that we don't even have toddlers in the house in the first place?
*sigh*
So I want a snake but there's no way I'll ever get one. At least I can get one in 2 1/2 years when I'm 18.
My parents are ignorant snake-hating bigots. :XD
I really, really want a snake.
But my parents don't like the idea.
Part of it is because they don't think I'll be able to feed it properly, and also because when we're on trips, my grandmother would have to feed it, and she'd probably be afraid to.
And then the other day my stepmom explained to me that the main reason my dad doesn't want to get one is that it could be dangerous.
When I explained to her that ball pythons (the kind I want to get) are very docile, she said, "Not when they're 8 feet long and big enough to eat a toddler." Then I told her the truth, which was that ball pythons don't even grow 8 feet long. They only grow to be four or five. And then one of my stepmom's friends brought up this thing on the news recently where a snake ate a toddler, and we had to point out that it was an incredibly dangerous boa constrictor, not an incredibly docile (and not big enough to eat a toddler, anyway) ball python.
Oh, and did I mention that we don't even have toddlers in the house in the first place?
*sigh*
So I want a snake but there's no way I'll ever get one. At least I can get one in 2 1/2 years when I'm 18.
My parents are ignorant snake-hating bigots. :XD
September 6th, 2009 at 03:18pm