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To fecking hate spiders?!?

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ShowMeYourTARDIS · 03/04/2014 07:35

I'm making my bed and a GIANT FUCKING SPIDER crawled out from inbetween my blankets. I have got in contained in a glass now. Not sure of I'll be able to sleep.

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deakymom · 03/04/2014 07:38

im spraying the house it kills the buggers before they have a chance to terrify me!

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ShowMeYourTARDIS · 03/04/2014 07:41

All those sprays make me sick. Otherwise, I'd

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ShowMeYourTARDIS · 03/04/2014 07:42

Use them constantly. Stupid phone.

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Ledkr · 03/04/2014 07:47

Spider x. is the cure.

What the fuck did that spider want in NON SPIDER SEASON grrr

JumpingJackSprat · 03/04/2014 07:52

Yah is not nice to have it in your bed but it's probably not going to kill you. Just stick it outside theres unlikely to be another one.

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ShowMeYourTARDIS · 03/04/2014 07:56

I'm pretty sure it's always spider season where I live.

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ShowMeYourTARDIS · 03/04/2014 07:57

Mrs Giant Spider is now outside. Now how do I get to sleep?

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Ledkr · 03/04/2014 08:26

Why are you going to sleep at this hour pray tell?

Lagoonablue · 03/04/2014 08:27

Spiders are good. I know they loom horrid but are useful around the house! To eat other bugs that is, not to help with the housework!

Lagoonablue · 03/04/2014 08:27

Look horrid not loom. Though some do loom.

KittensoftPuppydog · 03/04/2014 08:37

London zoo run a great course on overcoming arachnaphobia.

PickleSarnie · 03/04/2014 08:41

Spiders are brilliant. They eat flies. Flies are shit. Therefore spiders are brilliant.

UncleT · 03/04/2014 08:41

YANBU and it's that bloody time of year now, the bastards are bloody everywhere! I despise them with huge intensity.

patienceisvirtuous · 03/04/2014 08:47

Get a cat? Mine snaffles them in an instant. And flies :)

UncleT · 03/04/2014 08:50

Would so like to, but for a range of reasons can't have one (for the moment). Sad

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ShowMeYourTARDIS · 03/04/2014 08:56

I'm not in the UK. I'm American, hence the seemingly odd hour.

I'll go look for the cat. She'll protect me, lol.

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twofingerstoGideon · 03/04/2014 09:03

YABU. Spiders are fantastic and are the enemies of flies. Flies are disgusting. Can't stand the thought of people killing spiders, actually.

Sallyingforth · 03/04/2014 09:39

OP, I do sympathise with you as I know how real spider phobia can be. But even phobics know that it is irrational. In the UK there are zoos and clinics that can treat the phobia, and serious cases can be treated free byn our NHS. I have a friend who was successfully treated that way.

It's very possible that you 'learned' your phobia from the reactions of your mother or other relatives. Please do not teach your own children the same phobia by your own behaviour.

jendot · 03/04/2014 13:02

Not spider season??? Are you bonkers???? There are spiders everywhere at the moment!!

deakymom · 03/04/2014 13:47

get some conkers? my kids are too young but if yours are older they worked the last time i tried it x

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ShowMeYourTARDIS · 04/04/2014 00:15

My dog would probably eat the conkers. Hmm I don't have a proper phobia, as I can deal with spiders if I need to. I removed it all by myself without screaming.

My mother loves spiders, oddly enough. I definitely didnt learn it from her!

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ThatBloodyWoman · 04/04/2014 00:25

My mum loves spiders too.

She used to chase us with them when we were kids and try to put them down the back of our necks.

God, I loved the 70's......

MexicanSpringtime · 04/04/2014 00:35

Read Charlotte's Web.

Spiders are wonderful, they help to keep the mosquitos and flies down.

Alisvolatpropiis · 04/04/2014 00:43

Yanbu!

ThatBloodyWoman

I'd have had a breakdown of some kind at a very young age if your mum had been my mum. The mere thought is stressing me out!

ThatBloodyWoman · 04/04/2014 00:47

She's lovely my mum.( really, she is!)

It only took me about 35 years to get over my fear of spiders after that Grin

I'm pretty ok now.I can trap any spider and put it out, and I even held a tarantula.

I live in the country and won't kill them so I've had to make my peace with them.