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Does anyone else deal with their wife/girlfriend not being so fond of their monitor madness? If so, how do you deal with it!?

My girlfriend loves my monitor as much as I do!!

I don't have monitors yet, but I should have stayed single

Quig
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Don't interupt me when I'm talkin' to myself

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My husband is not too fond of my sav. And he says that Pombe doesn't like him either. Which is true. Pombe will be basking with me in the room and he is fine, my husband walks in and he starts huffing and puffing. He walks out and hes fine. My husband does feed and hold him but they just aren't comfortable with each other.

Each time you come home with something new simply swear, "Honey, that's that last one." And of course always cut purchase price at least in half when they ask. And finally, have a 2-3 cold beers in the fridge waiting for you and your new purchase. That way you can sneak off with your new addition and celebrate, getting a nice buzz while you're setting it up. That will take away any lingereing guilt or anxiety. (if you're not drinking age, don't worry about it, as civilian rules don't apply to us). Follow this prototal for the first few years and she will simply give up and no longer pay much attention.
Hope this helps.

LMFAO! So true. Thats more along the lines of what I was looking for. Guess she'll have to learn that saying no won't help them go away.

It came from my homeland, !!!!!!!!!!WAHT???????????? if they say/ask more, repeat!!!!!!!!!!!!!WAHT?????????????, In combination with rapid eye movements, they usually go away. Cheers

Haha. Nice Frank.

I guess persistance is the key.

Well having your wife meat the girlfriend should take her mind off the lizard?

Other then this in time she will give up, as Mike said.

I think you might need more than 2-3 beers after that adventure though.

That's hilarious!

NO!!
Hilarious is when she runs off with girlfriend, and leaves you with lizard.

Yeah, but as long as I can take a few pics before they leave!

I told her, "Go ahead, YOU tell him he's got to leave."

NICE picture, Mike!

my girlfriend flipped when my Dumeril's arrived without my warning her. I had to go out and buy this new laptop to make it up to her (was planning on doing it anyway). Always have your ace in the hole. Also, my favorite saying in life certainly applies here: It's always easier to do something and say you're sorry than it is to ask permission. Words to live by.

I love Croc's but theyve always looked better to me in someone elses house. Something about that cold stare gives me the heeby jeebies. Good looking animal,a real life dinosaur.

Is what I said. All was well until I came home with an eight foot trough and two minature dragons. "YOU brought a pig trough into our house!!!!" HAHAHAHAHA I keep some beer in my herp room fridge. All in all I guess I am really lucky to have a wife that puts up with 30 snakes and the monitors. Every once in a while I can drag her out for some field work, but usually despite the smiles in the photos all I here is, "my feet hurt, there's too many bugs bla bla bla,". She knew what I was all about before the wedding.
Cheers,

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"Relax, Don't Worry, Have a Homebrew!" Charlie Papazian

With me it is just the opposite, I (the wife) has the monitors and other herps, while my poor husband (non-animal person) tolerates it. I have always been respectful of his non-interest and have never forced him to interact, feed or care for any of my animals. He does like to watch them and will gladly go to any reptile show with me. Sometimes I wish he didn't, as I would like to spend more time looking and talking to other herp people. All in all, he has been a very good sport about it and I think he gets a kick out of telling people that his wife has a room full of reptiles, the reaction of other people is usually priceless.
My advice is to always respect your wife's opinion, listen to her, and then do something nice for her before your next acquisition. Don't let your animals muck up the house and keep them as clean as possible. The less she has to complain about, the better for you. Good luck and have fun.

Pam
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1.1 u. macfadyeni (Amani & Abeba)
1.2 u. ornata (Husani, Zari, & Bintu)
0.0.1 geochelone carbonaria (Rojo)
1.1 hyla chrysoscelis (Pudge & Squirt)
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to stop you from buying more reptiles or to limit the amount of money spent? I think that is the only reason that I would be able to get my husband to go with me. He HATES snakes! And I only have the small corns and milks, but you would think that they were retics or burms. He made a remark about how HUGE my 42 inch corn was.
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She wasnt so thrilled bu the first time she held a monitor lizard she was hooked. The only reaso she stopped handling Sobek was she grew too big, and too strong.
She just didnt like the rattlesnakes I fostered at one time, she even liked the rare spider I had, but would never consider handling her.