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Original poster

To wake DH up to save me from the mahooosive spider that has just run into the room?

53 replies

DorisIsALittleBitPartial · 06/09/2014 00:35

It's huge. The size of the palm of my hand.

It came into the room earlier this evening but went under the sofa where DH couldn't get to it. I've had my feet up on the sofa all evening in terror.

It's just reappeared with all it's long yukky limbs but DH is now asleep on the sofa. I've tried poking him gently with my toe but he's snoring away.

WWYD?

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Flipflops7 · 06/09/2014 11:54

That's all they want to do, mind their own business ... :(

I need to start a Spider Liberation Front.

Only1scoop · 06/09/2014 11:57

I had a huge one on landing last night wearing dr martins on every spider foot....I put a large plastic bowl over him and lovely new neighbour has just put him out for me into field by house.

Dp away til tues and didn't want spider to starve....

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DorisIsALittleBitPartial · 06/09/2014 21:07

Well, I kept up the toe prodding and it worked but as soon as he tried to get it the fucker ran back under the sofa. Where it seems to have stayed till about 5 minutes ago. It's lucky to still be alive now safely deposited in the front garden.

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Janethegirl · 06/09/2014 21:26

I was moving wood outside today and there were huge ones with very hairy legs under virtually every plank.... They did run off though!

Edenviolet · 06/09/2014 21:41

The other day DM was washing up and being grumpy as usual, finished the washing up, tipped the water out but it didn't drain away. She asked me to unblock the plug, I said no so she huffed and puffed, stuck her hand in the soapy water and said " what's that? Must be a lump of food blocking the plug" pulled this huge soapy thing out and put it by the draining board, poked it a bit then screamed. It was a MASSIVE hairy house spider with really long thick legs! Its body was about an inch long and the legs were longer than my little finger.

ThatBloodyWoman · 06/09/2014 21:44

It is more reasonable to wake your dh than kill the spider.

PiperIsOrange · 06/09/2014 21:45

I have a huge shed, they could be happy all the time but why do the fuckers have to come in and spoil the happy mood.

The DC are scared of them and the screams and crying is enough to put us all in a bad mood.

cherrybombxo · 06/09/2014 21:48

I used to wake my dad up to kill spiders/moths/daddy long legs when I lived at home, YADNBU. My parents knew that the alternative was me burning the house to the ground as a precaution so they got over their annoyance Grin

OH kills all bugs now, though he doesn't seem to understand what a phobia is. He was completely bemused that I locked myself in the bathroom sobbing because of a moth the size of a bat.

WorraLiberty · 06/09/2014 21:51

I swear one day I'm going to round up all these damsel in distresses who need their DH's to dispose of little spiders (and yes, even the biggest of house spiders is actually little) Grin

Once I've rounded them all up, I'm going to lock them in a shed full of spiders and send their DH's to the pub.

I'm quite sure that would put an end to this silliness and that most people would learn to trap them in a glass and dispose of them.

I'm not talking about people with real phobias btw, just the damsels in distress who seem to think owning a penis, makes men spider catchers.

Janethegirl · 06/09/2014 21:52

My dd once phoned her db to drive 15 miles to remove a little spider from her bedroom.....and he did it.

Janethegirl · 06/09/2014 21:55

I don't need any man to catch spiders, I let them roam free. They don't bother me one bit. However, wasps :(

Notagainmun · 06/09/2014 21:59

On a serious point spider phobias have a real detrimental effect on daily life, especially this time of year. I can't sleep properly,especially after I shared my bed with one last night. DH and I has to gut my bed room and clean to make sure there was no mate bidding. Ruined our day off.

frignorant · 06/09/2014 22:01

There's a big fat spider marching around at the moment. I'm fine with it. Dh, on the otherhand, has his feet on the sofa and is watching it's every move.

WorraLiberty · 06/09/2014 22:04

My dd once phoned her db to drive 15 miles to remove a little spider from her bedroom.....and he did it.

Aww that's really sweet Grin

But again, a male catching a spider for a female.

I wonder if it is society or if there is another reason why there are way more females who are scared of spiders, than males?

I know some males are scared too, but there are definitely more females imo.

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DorisIsALittleBitPartial · 06/09/2014 22:18

Actually Worra my sister used to be my spider catcher when I was little and I would get rid of wasps for her. As far as I know she didn't have a penis Grin

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Iliveinalighthousewiththeghost · 06/09/2014 22:30

Ha ha bulb. Brilliant.
I don't know how your D.H is sleeping with insey winsey creeping around. They seem to be getting bigger every year.
Terry. I will google wolf spiders. My curiosity has got the better of me. Do you mind me asking. Where are you from.

AgentZigzag · 06/09/2014 22:39

Yeah, definitely not a penis thing, if DH isn't here to save me from the brutes DD1 is willing to if the price is high enough Grin

I actually find myself wondering things about them, (like how do the little ones know you're there? How can something so small understand you're a danger?) But I can't google the answers that'd probably make me less in tune with my primeval revulsion Grin

WorraLiberty · 06/09/2014 22:42

It's not always a penis thing Grin

But there are tons of thread on MN started by women who need their DH/DP/Dad to dispose of spiders.

WorraLiberty · 06/09/2014 22:44

I actually find myself wondering things about them, (like how do the little ones know you're there? How can something so small understand you're a danger?) But I can't google the answers that'd probably make me less in tune with my primeval revulsion Grin

Can I just clarify. Are you talking about penises or spiders? Blush

AgentZigzag · 06/09/2014 23:03

'Can I just clarify. Are you talking about penises or spiders?'

Arf Grin

Bit of both?

A google search of how spiders feel about having small cocks is bound to flag something up somewhere, I'm not having that in my computer history.

Puzzledandpissedoff · 06/09/2014 23:20

All this talk of vacuuming spiders up ...

For those who have a bagless machine with a clear plastic drum, I do hope you realise that they sit in there watching you through the plastic and planning their next move???

Just saying ... Wink

BigChocFrenzy · 06/09/2014 23:39

Wonder where the spider is now, OP .... Hmm

To wake DH up to save me from the mahooosive spider that has just run into the room?
AgentZigzag · 06/09/2014 23:44

I have it on good authority that they've been conspiring with the cats for world domination Puzzled.

Watching...always watching.

kslatts · 06/09/2014 23:53

I would just let the spider roam around the house.

cherrybombxo · 06/09/2014 23:54

My ex flatmate (male) was as scared of spiders as I am. We were absolutely useless if one appeared!

Jane I once phoned my dad in tears because there was a spider in my room but he was working on a job 50 miles away and I was furious that I'd been left alone with the beast. In my hysterical state I thought it was perfectly reasonable that he jump into his van and save me immediately Grin