03-30-2018, 11:10 PM
Sorry that you feel that way. Again nothing I said was meant as a personal insult, its just that I -- like all the old sourpusses -- have gone through the "ZOMG I want contact with X" (be it horses, dogs or a movie star) only to find realty starkly different, and many of us -- I, specifically, have -- have seen a friend pursue a fantasy to harmful ends. I know I very much did not feel welcomed when old hat zoos preached at me when I was a newbie, and I promise you I don't preach merely because its SomethingUnpleasant™ I was forced to go through and thus you too, but merely because there's a risk in working yourself up too much. I hope you are able to have a real taste of your dream, I just want you to be careful and prepare yourself for the reality that it may not go as you hope. Its sound advice to hopefully take greater care and reduce the hazard for you, I regret that it makes you feel unwelcome, that's not the intent, but I grant that's an effect particularly given my own poor communication skills.
