Stop Asking Your Friends When They Are Going to Get an Alligator
Annoying things reptile-less people are tired of hearing
Ever since I moved to Florida, I keep getting asked when I’m going to welcome an alligator into our home. At first, it was just curiosity, but soon the constant questions became annoyingly judgey. Here are some of the most common things said to me because I do not yet have an alligator and why they are ridiculous.
“Your life will have more purpose if you have an alligator.”
There is a misconception in these parts that a woman’s sole purpose is to raise an alligator. According to proponents of this belief, she is incomplete unless she brings one into her home and nurtures it into a healthy adult capable of killing water buffalo. However, it is not the 1800s anymore. Women can do more than raise a cold-blooded reptile while maintaining their environment.
I have other goals that don’t involve alligators. Just because I have hands that could throw chickens into the gator’s pen doesn’t mean I have to. These hands can do more. I make gorgeous fences to keep alligators out of my yard, for example.
