Mom who is afraid to even enter my home anymore because I have a "lizard"! Everyone here knows & agrees that these are our children!!!
I'm glad I'm not the only one who's Mom won't visit anymore because of Sweetie and it's been 1 1/2 years already since we've had her. I just visit Mom & Dad instead but I do take pictures and show them. My mom is the greatest person, would give the shirt off her back & raised 4 very energetic children to adulthood. We all live around Vancouver and get together alot, but still no-one in my family is really interested in Sweetie. They all have to bear looking at pics & take that with a smile. So we get to have our baby to ourselves and visit the rest of the clan beardieless as often as possible. My young nephews & neices, on the other hand, are fascinated about stories about Sweetie. The oldest nephew is 7 and the youngest is 2, and my neices are 4 & 6, so when they're a bit older, I'll probably get them to visit. My family just thinks we're weird to be so attached to a beardie, which is fine. I love them all, even if they have blinders where Sweetie is concerned. My son and d-i-l, who gave her to us, come over often to visit and play with her, so there's that at least. Which is all sad and pointless but wanted to say, momstruges, you're not alone re: family.