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| meggi |
Posted - 16/09/2012 : 11:32:30
hi everyone x Four years ago i got a snake for my 10th birthday.i know regret it. i have always/will always love animals and i still love him to peices. Howvever i feel like a wierdo with a snake as a girl. what shall i do?  |
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| NaomiR |
Posted - 24/09/2012 : 18:29:33
I don't even believe this is a serious question - what do you mean "what should I do?"
Tell everyone to bog off and mind their own business |
| spikeynikki |
Posted - 19/09/2012 : 20:19:29
Hey Meggi! I wish I was lucky enough to get snakes earlier in my life, I am now 32 and have just brought home my first babies!!
Are you feeling like this because of someone's reaction? Or do you think you 'Shouldn't' have a snake as a pet as 'normal' teenage girls don't keep them? (Note the quote marks btw)
Girls of your age are generally trying to find out who they are, what they like and where they fit in, in the world around them. A lot of the time young women, like you, feel like the simplest thing to do is to go along with what everyone else thinks they 'should' be doing because they are scared that people wont like them if they are 'different'.
Different is great, different is interesting, different is what makes you an individual and what makes you stand out amongst a crowd. It makes the world go around. How boring would the world be if everyone was the same?
I have purple hair, I have always wanted purple hair and was worried what people would think. But one day, I thought, I don't care what people think and now I have purple hair! I love it, its part of my personality but on the outside. Yep, people stare, yep teenagers make comments, but I have far more people come up to me and tell me how much they love it. Strangers have stopped me in the street and had discussions with me about it. It doesn't matter though, who likes it or who doesn't because I LOVE IT.
Do what you love, be who you want to be, it will make you a happier and better person in the long run. Believe in yourself, never do anything that you wouldn't want done to you, rejoice in your uniqueness because some people never ever find the courage! xx |
| EmSquem |
Posted - 19/09/2012 : 18:14:52
I'm a 15 year old girl and I have 5! Don't regret getting them because of what other people think . . . seriously, no one even cares that I have snakes. We're all weird anyway! :P |
| Dalymad2 |
Posted - 18/09/2012 : 16:14:20
I am sorry to hear you feel this way, my eldest two snakes were bought for are 10 year old son, he lost interest and i took them over and we now have three.
I have two grandaughters who cant wait to see the snakes when they visit and want snakes of there own.
You say you feel like a wierdo as a girl with a snake , but you love the snake aswell.
I would think of how you would feel if you gave him up and could no longer share that love.
If others can`t except a girl with snakes then they are wierd for not excepting you for who you are.
Best of luck with your decision. |
| LittlestarRed |
Posted - 18/09/2012 : 13:42:19
Aw Meggi, as others have said already if you still love him then it doesn't matter what anyone else thinks!
I'm a (much older, as in 33 yrs old) girl and I still get strange comments from people about our pets. The difference is that I don't mind people think of me as a weirdo LOL. I care more about being true to myself regardless of what people say.
Having an unusual pet just makes you more interesting than most. I have a 16yr old niece who has kept frogs for a few years now. She was teased at first, but now her friends ask to help her out with them. She got together with her boyfriend over a conversation about them too!
Don't let other peoples opinions change your own, you don't have to change who you are for anyone! ((hugs)) |
| naughtyboy |
Posted - 17/09/2012 : 07:44:03
my 3 girls all love having snakes, my 3yr old wont shut up about them in school and my 13yr old spends most of her time with one of our various snakes in her hands.
most of their mates at school think its great they have snakes .
they want more as do my 3 boys |
| smart bunny |
Posted - 16/09/2012 : 21:15:42
I'm another girl (albeit a grown up one lol) with snakes! When I was a young teen I kept lizards and didn't care what anyone else thought. We bought Corno for our 8yr old son (only cos I wanted one anyway :p ) and he lost interest in her fairly soon... but our 4yr old daughter thinks she's great and tells all her friends/teachers at school about the snakes! Also there is a girl in my son's class with a corn as well.
If you think it's a mistake because you don't want the snake any more that's one thing, but you put 'i still love him to peices' so obviously that is not the case. People need to accept you for who you are - you aren't weird, you are interesting!!! |
| Razee |
Posted - 16/09/2012 : 20:22:43
Don't worry about it Meggi, just enjoy your snake. If having snake is weird, then there's quite a lot of weird people out there. I'm a girl, too (though much older one ) and I wish I got to snake keeping earlier in life.
And it's true what Isoldael says, in the beginning people's first reactions are " why do you have a snake, yuk..." but more often than not, when they actually see them and touch them, they are fascinated. |
| Isoldael |
Posted - 16/09/2012 : 19:26:13
I'm a girl as well, and I love my snakes to bits. Some people might find call me weird for it (they say it as if it's a bad thing, lol) but I couldn't care less! I love my snakes to bits, and for every person out there calling me a weirdo there's 10 more who are as fascinated by them as I am :) |
| lupi lou |
Posted - 16/09/2012 : 19:19:51
the others have sumed it up perfectly! Enjoy your snake and what wrong with being weird, i always say why be normal when you can be different!! |
| scorpyshake |
Posted - 16/09/2012 : 16:34:08
quote:
Originally posted by meggi
hi everyone x Four years ago i got a snake for my 10th birthday.i know regret it. i have always/will always love animals and i still love him to peices. Howvever i feel like a wierdo with a snake as a girl. what shall i do?
Hi Meggi, I bought my girl a snake for her recent 12th birthday, I've always loved them and we now have 4 lol, don't worry about others shallow opinions, don't be a sheep and follow the crowd, be yourself and original, it's always better in the end :) If you love your snake, just keep it...simples... if others cant accept who you are as a person, and that includes your choice of pets, then they aren't worth your attention |
| Thorne Walker |
Posted - 16/09/2012 : 16:02:16
Just don't advertise... if you don't mention it then ppl can't judge you.
I'd personally love to find a cute snake positive woman... |
| scottishbluebird |
Posted - 16/09/2012 : 15:29:58
Has someone said something mean to you because you have a snake as a pet? |
| Okeetee Mick |
Posted - 16/09/2012 : 15:03:23
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Originally posted by paulie78
I think your letting others opinions influence how you feel about your pet dont worry about what other people think its not their pet its yours snakes are awesome pets and i have a sneaky suspicion theres just as many female snake owners out there as male if not more anyone whose got a problem is either just plain ignorant misinformed or phobic (in which case its not their fault)
Couldn't put it better. |
| paulie78 |
Posted - 16/09/2012 : 14:32:30
I think your letting others opinions influence how you feel about your pet dont worry about what other people think its not their pet its yours snakes are awesome pets and i have a sneaky suspicion theres just as many female snake owners out there as male if not more anyone whose got a problem is either just plain ignorant misinformed or phobic (in which case its not their fault) |
| Ness |
Posted - 16/09/2012 : 13:48:44
My daughter is 14 in a couple of weeks and she's just got her 1st corn for her birthday. We don't think it's at all weird and if others do, she doesn't care, nothing wrong with being different. It only matters what your animals think of you  |
| ScalySituation |
Posted - 16/09/2012 : 13:45:15
I'm 15 and female and will be adding to my collection of corns very soon. Many would describe me as insane, but that's got nothing to do with snakes :) |
| ean632 |
Posted - 16/09/2012 : 12:01:48
Dont worry what other people think:) owning a snake is very cool in my opinion, everyone has cats, dogs, hamsters, rabbits etc. I think its great that you have something a little different. Enjoy looking after your snake and anyone who thinks your wierd is not worth calling a friend. |
| serena_08 |
Posted - 16/09/2012 : 11:57:38
I'm a girl and have four! My mum has one too, and in fact most of the people I hear of owning most reptiles are female! Don't worry about what others say, as my mum says 'those who matter don't mind, those who mind don't matter'.
As long as any animal is looked after well, it doesn't matter who owns it :)
And as Auld Baulsy has pointed out quite nicely, we are a weird species anyway! |
| Moppet |
Posted - 16/09/2012 : 11:56:40
I'm a girl and I have snakes  I wish I'd had them when I was your age, I think they are great pets. Just carry on loving him and taking care of him and try not to worry about what other people think. |
