I actually had a discussion with a teacher today in my psychology class. We're supposed to have rats for a behavioral experiment thing, and, while I'm not against that, I am against what happens to them AFTER. When I voiced my concern, the teacher was very understanding, and actually listened to me when I said that it was not fair to the rats, that after they had been so "useful" to us we just end their lives. So I am going to be having to find homes for 4 rats, because I volunteered to take them to keep them from being euthanized.
My friend's roommate has snakes, and adores them, and when I first got Mikey she was just disgusted and we had MANY arguements about her ignorance. MANY. But now she's calmed down about and seen how great they are, and she'll pet and hold Mikey and Denny and talk to them like babies. She also has stopped feeding live (!!!!) after interacting with my two. But she always tries to tell me what I am doing is wrong (such as rats can't have veggies and such :roll: ) but my friend just reminds her that I've had them as PETS for years, and she's only had them as food. That usually keeps her quiet.
My sister's boyfriend is another case. He makes rude comments about my rats all the time. One he said a particularly cruel thing (how about we set them loose and set out mouse traps?) and I went ballistic on him and called him a number of names. That's like saying "Hey, why don't we put some anti-freeze in your puppy's water bowl? Wouldn't that be FUN?!" You don't say it. It's rude and cruel. Come to think of it, her LAST boyfriend also didn't like the rats I had. And he was a JERK and the JERKIEST JERK you've ever met. So that's how I'll judge the boyfriends on, if they can or can't at least be civil about the rats.
People irritate me.