Anyone ever experience this?

Tanner Dzula

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i would definitely recommend re-thinking the relationship then.

Find yourself somebody who will appreciate or at the very least, respect your hobby. i happen to be very fortunate that my Signifigant other and i got into this Hobby together, so not only is she OK with it, but she even encourages it, and the only issues she has is reminding me sometimes that we dont always have space for the many species that catch my eye (like the MF T. Blondi i almost took in from my friend, until she reminded me, that we literally only have maybe space for 1-2 more 32oz deli's and god knows i have no idea where i would put a full sized Blondi enclosure, atleast until i get another Rack/shelf system going.)

so, if she won't appreciate or respect your hobby, and is going to take the step further and try to force you to stop or sell/get rid of any of them, i would definitely consider moving on at that point.
 

Leila

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I love how your girlfriend choosed the words.

- "... is getting out of hand" ah ah ah I like that, always. Is a classic :)

- "It's like aggressive". Amazing, sublime, marvellous!

With that said I managed to get rid of a couple of former 'gals' as well in the past but the 'spooders', even if involved, were innocents.

Epic was Ornella (Ornella is a name similar, so similar to ornata for not joking about), supposed to be the "woman of my life".

Well one day I've returned from a Chinatown feast (Milano one) where btw I was the only non Chinese guest in completely freaking heavy pre-molt (completely drunk, with the perfume of sexy Chinese "fun ladies" still on me etc) and she started to freak out, screaming, throwing things etc so I've said: "... ornata (instead of Ornella), please!".

Saying, pretty calmer: "Chris... I'm not one of your freaking spiders you can keep into a cage and enjoy with..." Ive never heard of her.

A thing worth of note is that I've never owned a genus Poecilotheria let alone a P.ornata in my entire life :pompous:
This is still one of my absolute favorite stories of yours! :rofl:
 

efmp1987

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We shall tell them "FYI, you're just one of the females in my life, I just sexed my vagans the other day and she's my newest female"
 

Blue Jaye

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If she can't support you with the things you love, she's got to go. Relationships aren't meant to tell one another what to do. Their meant to share in one another's lives, loves, etc.
 

Shampain88

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My gf was shocked and scared when I got my first T but soon learned to love my T (Stephanie the Porteri)... I got more and more as you do and her smile started to turn into a frown, that's when I started hiding molts in cupboards, drawers etc hehe she left me for a bit...
 

Chris LXXIX

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This is still one of my absolute favorite stories of yours! :rofl:
Because you didn't hear the one when, circa '92 or '93 (need to check, now) on the beach of Hammamet (Tunisia) after an epic 'cream and fruit' dessert dish, I literally returned from the beach to the Aziza Hotel in full 'Montezuma's Curse' Diarrhea running like not even Pietro Mennea, literally losing .... everywhere and leaving that even on the walls. And my bro that (lol, dastard) managed to guess everything, arrived first so he could close the door of our room on purpose in front of me for enjoy the lolz.

Anyway a couple of days later had my revenge on him :angelic:

This happened in another era: no Internet, camera/s everywhere etc otherwise I would become a YT star still today for that, ih ih ih.

Worth of note were those freaking elevators: since I/we were on the beach (after the lunch) I miscalculated a slightly detail... Germans, Dutch etc doesn't eat when Italian loves to eat, but after, so all the freaking elevators were occupied up/down up/down, noise and 'golden arrows' everywhere like not even in Las Vegas because they were reaching the restaurant/s, so I took the normal stairs route delivering .... everywhere :kiss:
 
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JoshDM020

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I had this once...but with regards to fishing....you're buying another rod/reel? More plastics? You're going fishing again? You just went all day yesterday?

My response was blunt.

I've been fishing since I can remember and long before I met you or knew you existed, and I will be out fishing long after you are gone, its who I am and what makes me, me. Pick your fights woman...because this is one you have zero chance of ever winning, its going to lead to nothing but bad feelings and arguments until you accept the facts. Its like me telling you that you spend too much time with sea lions (she was a sea lion trainer)...just a stupid thing to get mad over, be happy for my time on the water like I am for you when you are working with your marine mammals. Just think about all the bad things a 20 something year old boyfriend might be up to...now think about me...I'm gonna be on a lake, now is it really such a terrible thing for me to be out on the water so much?

She literally never said a word about my fishing again, not once...damn, I shoulda married that one.o_O

Know a guy who went through that exact same thing. Except they WERE married. Were.

Anyways, im with everyone else. If she cant deal, boot her. Feels like im gonna have to have a talk with my girlfriend soon, as well.
 

Nosiris

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My last girlfriend took one look in the spider room the first time she visited and then never asked about them ever again. We had this understanding that whatever it was that I got up to in there was my business. She wasn't scared or disgusted - just not interested. No, the arachnids were not the issue...
 

miss moxie

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So...how would she feel if you told her to slow down or stop one of HER hobbies or passions? Oh, it would piss her off? Then why is it OK for her to do it to you?
"Janice, the smoothie thing is just... Acai aren't even that popular anymore! It's all about Goji berries now! You have to move on and eat a solid breakfast meal for once!"

Honestly, if you can potentially talk to her and maybe educate her on it in a way that satisfies her negative feelings-- give that a shot first. Divorce was a great concept because it meant that people didn't have to be stuck in dead end marriages. But now it's given birth to a society where when things get difficult with someone we care about, we don't think anything of just moving on to the next. Always try, if you really care about that person. If you don't then there's no point in trying anyway.

If she still is at odds with you then move on. You're young. You'll find someone who accepts your hobbies or might even -share- in them. How exciting would that be? It's always better to be around people with the same passions as yourself.
 

Leila

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Because you didn't hear the one when, circa '92 or '93 (need to check, now) on the beach of Hammamet (Tunisia) after an epic 'cream and fruit' dessert dish, I literally returned from the beach to the Aziza Hotel in full 'Montezuma's Curse' Diarrhea running like not even Pietro Mennea, literally losing .... everywhere and leaving that even on the walls. And my bro that (lol, dastard) managed to guess everything, arrived first so he could close the door of our room on purpose in front of me for enjoy the lolz.

Anyway a couple of days later had my revenge on him :angelic:

This happened in another era: no Internet, camera/s everywhere etc otherwise I would become a YT star still today for that, ih ih ih.

Worth of note were those freaking elevators: since I/we were on the beach (after the lunch) I miscalculated a slightly detail... Germans, Dutch etc doesn't eat when Italian loves to eat, but after, so all the freaking elevators were occupied up/down up/down, noise and 'golden arrows' everywhere like not even in Las Vegas because they were reaching the restaurant/s, so I took the normal stairs route delivering .... everywhere :kiss:
HAA! Oh, boy! That made me laugh, dear friend! :rofl::rofl:

Well, in that case if you want to see endless pics of my dog, my Ts and my tits follow me on twitter. I'm @shanwich
Well, there ya go, @Kendricks :cat:
 

maggiefiasco

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I'm confused. Like is she mad youre spending too much money on it? Is it the time and attention spent? Or is this just an attempt at trying to control behavior??

I feel like I understand the behavior of my tarantulas better than I do of other chicks sometimes. I have a T currently trying to dig a hole to China and that makes more sense than any of this!
 

FatherOfDragnz

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My girlfriend was against me having Ts at first too, but now she's just kind of whatever about it long as I don't let any out lol

They're in the corner in the other room so she doesn't have to see them and not like she just goes looking for them.

I mean she's always buying makeup herself so lol
 
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