The downfall

[SPJ]

Never again will I spend a lot of money on an unproven African morph. It's just not worth the arguments.

This guy was the beginning of the end of my collection.:main_angry:

 

[Gary Orner]

Who is argueing with you? Where?

 

[BalloonzForU]

Steve is that the one you have up for sale?

 

[SPJ]

That's one of them.:main_thumbsdown:

All but 3 are up.

 

[BalloonzForU]

edit: read it wrong.

Keeping Lucky right!?!?!?!

 

[Gary Orner]

I just say with unprovens you will get the people that want to throw around BS. Bro let them. Pieds at one time were thrown away becuase they were thought to be ill.

Sell your animals at what ever price you choose. If someone does not like it they can buy from someone else.

I see nothing wrong with you pricing your snakes at the price you do. REALLY, let haters hate bro.

 

[BalloonzForU]

I agree with Gary. We all price our animals for what we feel they are worth. To someone else the price may be too high, to others too low, can't make everyone happy.

 

[SPJ]

No. I meant the wife. I need to liquidate all the animals.

http://www.faunaclassifieds.com/forums/showthread.php?t=101420&page=1&pp=5

 

[BalloonzForU]

WOW Steve, I'm sorry. I know how you feel. Why do you think the reptile hater doesn't know about my snakes. He knows I have close to 100 geckos, but he would freak out if he knew about the legless reptiles I have.

But then again I'm gone soon.

 

[dragonflyreptiles]

I tell mine to kiss off, he knew I loved animals when we met and he "tolerates" them, n ot that I don't hear his crap from time to time but to me its worth hearing the crap to keep the animals I love. There are things about him that Im not so fond of myself (ddemolition derby for one) so he hears my crap about that.

 

[Gary Orner]

Steve my friend I am not sure what to say. It plain sucks brother. Is there anywhere you can keep them untill she sees your love for this hobby?

That just plain sucks man

 

[Fedawg]

Hey Steve , sorry to hear , saw the ones you had for sale , nice snakes. I will hope for the best man.

God Bless

Derek

 

[Golden Gate Geckos]

I don't understand WHY our 'significant others' cannot seem to understand that even though these animals don't mean anything to them, they mean something to us. I honestly feel that it is jealousy and insecurity when our spouses can't deal with the time we spend with our animals. They think it is taking away from our time with them. What they may not realize is, they don't need to share the same enthusiasm we do, they just need to be supportive of what we love in these reptiles.

Sometimes I think that if my husband made me choose between him and the geckos, I'd probably pick the geckos. It's a good thing he would never make me choose... he most likely knows what my choice would be.

 

[PaulSage]

Aw, sorry to hear that, Steve! That sucks!

Are you sure there's no rationing or compromising?

It has always irritated me when someone tries to dissuade me from "taking a chance" regardless of how extreme that chance may or may not be. Never taking a risk or a chance at something is BORING.

I agree with what others have said regarding a person respecting their spouse's love for reptiles. My love for reptiles is part of who I am, and if someone can't accept all parts of me, well... then the heck with 'em.

Although sometimes I wonder if I'm single because of the reptiles, or if the reptiles are why I'm single. lol

 

[SPJ]

saw the ones you had for sale
Derek

Just don't tell her they are that my albino, spider, and pastel are priced a teeny bit higher than market.

Of course with my luck, someone will agree and she'll see the email before I do.:main_angry:

I've tried compromising. I get to keep 3 of the "old timers".

It all boils down to the fact that she does not like me spending time with the animals, online, or paying for them. The unproven male was the proverbial straw that broke the camels back. The sad part is she knew about it BEFORE the payment was made.

 

[Golden Gate Geckos]

Sometime I think I like my reptiles better than most people I know.

In all fairness, my husband is an avid coin collector. I find coin collecting about as boring as things come. He spends hours going through his collection, rating the coins and cataloguing them. He spends hours on eBay looking at coins, and has several books and publications that help him keep track of their worth. He spends LOTS of money acquiring rare coins and adding to his collection of "Standing Liberty's".

But, when he gets a new coin I rave over it! I have gone to coin shows with him. I act excited over it... not that i excites me, but because HE is excited over it. It's funny, because the more I get excited over his coins, the more excited he acts when I hatch a great little gecko!

The point is, that not everything we do is shared with our 'other halves', and mature people realize that. When my husband gets excited over an 1863 coin, I am excited because HE is excited. He may not adore a newly hatched gecko, but he knows I am thrilled... and he is thrilled for me. For that reason, he gets to keep his coins and I get to keep my geckos.

 

[Grinning Geckos]

Hum...maybe I'm a long lost daughter. I collect coins (off and on) and have geckos. LOL

On the serious side, my hubby couldn't care less about the geckos or snake. He's not afraid of them, but doesn't understand the attraction. Over time he's found a few that he likes...but he still wouldn't take care of them. He's stopped complaining about me having too many because it doesn't matter - he doesn't take care of them. That being said...he wanted to get me a gecko for Christmas. While it didn't happen, he gets mega-brownie points for the thought.

 

[BalloonzForU]

Sometime I think I like my reptiles better than most people I know.

In all fairness, my husband is an avid coin collector. I find coin collecting about as boring as things come. He spends hours going through his collection, rating the coins and cataloguing them. He spends hours on eBay looking at coins, and has several books and publications that help him keep track of their worth. He spends LOTS of money acquiring rare coins and adding to his collection of "Standing Liberty's".

But, when he gets a new coin I rave over it! I have gone to coin shows with him. I act excited over it... not that i excites me, but because HE is excited over it. It's funny, because the more I get excited over his coins, the more excited he acts when I hatch a great little gecko!

The point is, that not everything we do is shared with our 'other halves', and mature people realize that. When my husband gets excited over an 1863 coin, I am excited because HE is excited. He may not adore a newly hatched gecko, but he knows I am thrilled... and he is thrilled for me. For that reason, he gets to keep his coins and I get to keep my geckos.

See this is what the "Reptile Hater" doesn't get, and I'm guessing never will. I've loved everything that gave him joy that he does because he loved it and I loved him. I didn't think it was asking too much to expect the same from him. Not that I really loved these things, but I cared about them to the point if he was happy I was happy and if he was upset so was I. But now I don't even care anymore.

 

[wilomn]

Makes me wonder what else there is that is as yet an unknown in the relationship.

Being single I don't have the same problems as those of you with signifigant others but I have taken a pass on occasion because someone I was interested in was not so enamoured with my scaley friends as I am.

BUT, having worked in retail pets for many years, I saw one scenario play out over and over and over.

I'd have a customer, generally a long time one, male and female, and then they'd sort of stop coming in so often. Then they'd come in and want me to buy the snake(s) they had because the signifigant other was not willing to have the snake/lizard/tortoise around. I'd say 7 times out of 10 that within 6 months of getting rid of the snake/lizard/tortoise, some of which had been pets for years, that person would be back asking if I still had the pet they sold me because they had broken up with the one they got rid of it for.

Think long and hard about what and why and maybe look at things from the outside, from a new perspective. Maybe this is a sign of something bigger that you haven't seen or the prelude to an end you didn't anticipate.

You can also feel free to send them to me in exchange for half of whatever is produced.

Good luck man, you sure can use it.

 

[dragonflyreptiles]

Been missing your post Wes!