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Apr 5, 2012 19:02:56 GMT -5
Post by mintygreen on Apr 5, 2012 19:02:56 GMT -5
My mom annoys me when it comes to snakes. :/
Just earlier we were watching the news and some news came on about this pilot on a plane and how while he was flying the plane a snake came out from somewhere and crawled across his lap. My mom screamed at the top of her lungs. :/
I was like "Seriously mom. It's a snake. It's not the incarnation of evil."
The snake didn't even bite the guy or anything and there's no evidence that it was even a poisonous snake. They never did find the snake when they landed the plane so I don't know what happened to it but hopefully it's okay, wherever it is.
Anyway my mom is crazy because aside from the fact that she's never allowed me to have a pet snake(but I understand simply because this is her house, not mine) but she is crazy enough to say that when I don't live in the same house as her anymore....if I get a pet snake in my own house she refuses to visit me if I have a snake. She will refuse to come to my house. :/ How crazy is that? I mean seriously, WTF? She won't come to my house one day if I have a snake even though it will be in a cage somewhere in the house where she probably won't ever have to see it? Seriously?
She is so crazy it's like she's trying to prevent me from ever having one by threatening to never visit me one day if I have my own place and have a snake.
How much more insane does it get? -_-
Is there any way I will ever be able to change how she feels about snakes? It's just beyond sanity really.....to dislike them so much that she will refuse to visit my house one day when I have my own place and have a snake even though she probably won't have to see it and it's not going to crawl on her because it will be in a cage when she visits.
I understand some people don't like them....but to go as far as to say that you refuse to visit your own daughter simply because she has a snake in her house that is in a cage where you will probably never see it?
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Apr 5, 2012 20:18:51 GMT -5
Post by pitbulllady on Apr 5, 2012 20:18:51 GMT -5
My mom annoys me when it comes to snakes. :/ Just earlier we were watching the news and some news came on about this pilot on a plane and how while he was flying the plane a snake came out from somewhere and crawled across his lap. My mom screamed at the top of her lungs. :/ I was like "Seriously mom. It's a snake. It's not the incarnation of evil." The snake didn't even bite the guy or anything and there's no evidence that it was even a poisonous snake. They never did find the snake when they landed the plane so I don't know what happened to it but hopefully it's okay, wherever it is. Anyway my mom is crazy because aside from the fact that she's never allowed me to have a pet snake(but I understand simply because this is her house, not mine) but she is crazy enough to say that when I don't live in the same house as her anymore....if I get a pet snake in my own house she refuses to visit me if I have a snake. She will refuse to come to my house. :/ How crazy is that? I mean seriously, WTF? She won't come to my house one day if I have a snake even though it will be in a cage somewhere in the house where she probably won't ever have to see it? Seriously? She is so crazy it's like she's trying to prevent me from ever having one by threatening to never visit me one day if I have my own place and have a snake. How much more insane does it get? -_- Is there any way I will ever be able to change how she feels about snakes? It's just beyond sanity really.....to dislike them so much that she will refuse to visit my house one day when I have my own place and have a snake even though she probably won't have to see it and it's not going to crawl on her because it will be in a cage when she visits. I understand some people don't like them....but to go as far as to say that you refuse to visit your own daughter simply because she has a snake in her house that is in a cage where you will probably never see it? Mine was the same way, and swore I'd never live to see 20 because I'd die from a snake bite. Well, I've outlived her by a long shot; she died when she was much younger than I am now from the effects of smoking. She pulled that same threat of "I'll never come see you if you have snakes in your house", so I was like, "fine. Stay where you are, 'cause I'm having snakes!" Seriously, if someone phobia, a mental illness, is bad enough to keep them from visiting a family member, they need professional help. I hate to sound mean and blunt but it is what it is. If their irrational fear and hang-ups are stronger than a familial bond, there's not much you can do about it. I no longer try to sympathize with people who hate/fear snakes and aren't willing to change. pitbulllady
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Apr 6, 2012 20:57:02 GMT -5
Post by mintygreen on Apr 6, 2012 20:57:02 GMT -5
My mom annoys me when it comes to snakes. :/ Just earlier we were watching the news and some news came on about this pilot on a plane and how while he was flying the plane a snake came out from somewhere and crawled across his lap. My mom screamed at the top of her lungs. :/ I was like "Seriously mom. It's a snake. It's not the incarnation of evil." The snake didn't even bite the guy or anything and there's no evidence that it was even a poisonous snake. They never did find the snake when they landed the plane so I don't know what happened to it but hopefully it's okay, wherever it is. Anyway my mom is crazy because aside from the fact that she's never allowed me to have a pet snake(but I understand simply because this is her house, not mine) but she is crazy enough to say that when I don't live in the same house as her anymore....if I get a pet snake in my own house she refuses to visit me if I have a snake. She will refuse to come to my house. :/ How crazy is that? I mean seriously, WTF? She won't come to my house one day if I have a snake even though it will be in a cage somewhere in the house where she probably won't ever have to see it? Seriously? She is so crazy it's like she's trying to prevent me from ever having one by threatening to never visit me one day if I have my own place and have a snake. How much more insane does it get? -_- Is there any way I will ever be able to change how she feels about snakes? It's just beyond sanity really.....to dislike them so much that she will refuse to visit my house one day when I have my own place and have a snake even though she probably won't have to see it and it's not going to crawl on her because it will be in a cage when she visits. I understand some people don't like them....but to go as far as to say that you refuse to visit your own daughter simply because she has a snake in her house that is in a cage where you will probably never see it? Mine was the same way, and swore I'd never live to see 20 because I'd die from a snake bite. Well, I've outlived her by a long shot; she died when she was much younger than I am now from the effects of smoking. She pulled that same threat of "I'll never come see you if you have snakes in your house", so I was like, "fine. Stay where you are, 'cause I'm having snakes!" Seriously, if someone phobia, a mental illness, is bad enough to keep them from visiting a family member, they need professional help. I hate to sound mean and blunt but it is what it is. If their irrational fear and hang-ups are stronger than a familial bond, there's not much you can do about it. I no longer try to sympathize with people who hate/fear snakes and aren't willing to change. pitbulllady I agree. It's one thing for someone to not particularly like something but it's taking it to another level when you would refuse to visit the home of a close family member because they have that animal in their house, especially when it will be in a cage where the visiting person probably won't have to ever see it! It's not like she'd have to be in physical contact with it or even see it. To me it just ends up seeming like extreme phobia when it goes to that extent....because it actually gets in the way of your life at that point. I've actually told my mom in the past that maybe she should see a therapist, especially because she does have a lot of issues with being bitter about events that happened in the past, etc(not related to snakes in that case, she just has various issues about things) but she never goes to one even though I myself have gone to a therapist! I've gone to 2 different therapists myself! She's kind of a hard person to be around sometimes since she's the most bitter and negative person I've ever met and I really think she needs help....she carries way more baggage than anyone I know. She carries emotional baggage from an event that happened to me as a child which I have even gotten over better than her even though I'm the one who was harmed in that event, not her. Not to mention I was 8 years old at the time, not an adult like her and I still got over it better than her....although it's hard to get fully over it when she often brings it up.
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Apr 25, 2012 13:51:54 GMT -5
Post by annaconda on Apr 25, 2012 13:51:54 GMT -5
Harsh.
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