My wife HATES my snakes :lol: (Even though I know she understands how much I love them and wouldn't wish anything bad to happen to them because of this)...she HATES my elapids even more! My daughter was hiding my lowlands copperheads in her bedside drawer for awhile - until I got them set up properly – so I always had the kids onboard (and as such have a healthy respect for snakes) If I had to wait for permission I'd never had been allowed to keep them. What I wanted wasn’t going to affect her, so as far as I was concerned it wasn’t going to be her choice.
Life is too short for people to be holding others back from their passions. Partners shouldn’t be there preventing one another from doing new things or taking up new hobbies (no, I’m not talking about swingers clubs or organizing six-somes :lol
. She was delighted (not) when I told her I’ve applied for my firearms license and getting back into shooting – again, not her choice. If I respected every wish she ever had, I might as well have bronzed myself and stood in a corner. Compromise? That’s a word I hear plenty of! Errrrrr….I’ll only keep Allans lolly snakes, and be the only 40yr old running around with a cap gun.
Partners, wives, husbands should be there to encourage, support and allow each other to flourish, not impose limits, regulate and control one another because ideally that’s how they wish to view their partner. That sort of thing breeds resentment. I don’t impose, regulate or control, and expect the same in return. If you’re pulling your weight, available, courteous and all the other things you should be, then it’s a two-way street as far as I’m concerned, and if they don’t like it, tell them to take the nearest side street – unless of course you’re under the thumb :lol:
