Anyone ever go through this??

Agent_Scully

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I have a question (obviously). This is kind of hard to capture all of my frustration and rejection in words. Does anybody live in a situation, rather it be in school, work, or at home, where you are made fun of or rejected because of your love for animals or fish? It may just be me but whenever I'm at school I something really exciting happens like getting a new fish or pet and I tell my "friends" they just kind of get this look on their face like "Why are you even telling me this freak? Its not like anybody actually cares!" Sometimes people actually just stop and look and me and say "Nobody cares!" Even my close friends will tell me to stop thinking about animals so much. *Sigh* And my family hates animals. ALL of them. And I don't mean just my imediate family. They gave all my dogs away, rejoiced when my hamsters died, and think fish are gross and ugly. Am I the only person out there who went through this? Sorry for such a random post but I think about it a lot. :cry:

Does it ever stop? I'm not posting this just to tell a sob story. I really want to know if anyone is going or went through something like this. It gets to be where my only friends are my animals.
 
Nope. Never have. Sorry you are in that position.
 
Why do you think I'm here? lol

Seriously, my friends couldn't possibly care less about animals. My Sister likes them, but keeps them in less than ideal conditions despite my protests. To each their own...
 
Yeah, its nice being on a site with other people with similar interests
 
scully don't let them get to you! I'm in almost the same postion you are except I have A friend that has the same passion I do...everyone else just doesn't care ~shrugs~ do you get joy out of your tanks/pets? If you answered yes (which I hope you did) then what is the problem? For example....Your mom might tell you in the morning "scully have a good day make sure you do the dishes etc. etc. etc." my mom goes "Danny lets try and not bring anything else living into the house today ok? can you do that for your mother?" lol
 
LOL! Yeah my mom got mad when I adopted a snake out of our backyard. I hope I can find a friend with the same passion. For example my good friend comes over and I show her my goldfish. I thought she'd say oh they are so beautiful. She said they looked like death...LOL!
 
see, in high school, there are three types of friends.

there are "friends"
and then there are friends
and then there are acctual friends.

i only talk about what goes on at home with my acctual friends. they all like my tank too; they come over all of the time to see it.
 
Wow... when does school start again? I'm way too old for the drama. Shouldn't you all be studying to prepare? :silly:
 
too soon. LOL
 
I have a quote. "Dont make someone a priority when all you are to them is an option" Its your world Scully, so make it your own. You dont have to make anyone happy but yourself.
 
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