To humanely squash massive spiders

[Ifyourawizardwhydouwearglasses]

They're huge, they're in my house, and I'm terrified of them. 3 in 2 weeks. Big ones.

I love animals, I feel really guilty but I just can't live with them. They're massive and they're really unusually fast and I'm constantly on edge in my own home.

So AIBU to squash and remove?

(I'm only squashing because DH away and I am SO scared that leaving them to go through the house to pop up another day is scarier than getting near enough to squash. Although it still takes about half an hour to work up to it)

I was once a spider fearer, i forced myself to watch a programme on them and it showed how to get over the fear, its worked for me, i wouldnt touch it but i can expertly remove them without killing them proud face

What she meant was that the word phobia is becoming overused just like depression your original response to her made so sense because you made out like she's said phobia means depressed

Worra is right. I have a genuine phobia. When I see the trigger my blood pressure goes haywire, I burst into tears and sometimes I vomit. It's an instantaneous response. None of this 'I'm a bit scared of them so I'll call it a phobia'

You've confused me even more now

I meant exactly that. The word phobia is often misused...as is the word depressed.

Some people claim to have a phobia when they just have a strong dislike and some people claim to be depressed when they're just feeling very down.

I know 'phobia' doesn't mean 'depressed'.

no sense*

Or what Grays said but more eloquently

Eloquent bitch

gray - oh. I was actually talking about real phobias, while she was belittling them. A phobia of spiders is very natural.

I did think she implied that phobia and depression are both overused terms. I'm not seeing how that's incorrect, either.

worra - ok, I'm sorry, I don't meant to upset you or anyone else.

I just felt that you were being a bit dismissive of a very common phobia, that's all. It's not a big deal, and I'm sorry if I expressed myself badly.

Let mel take refuge from the big spiders and call it a night!

I was doing exactly the opposite of belittling real phobias.

The fact some people claim to have a real phobia when they actually have a strong dislike of something, is what belittles phobias.

In exactly the same way that claiming to be depressed when you're just very down, belittles real depression.

I seriously can't put it in more simple terms now, so this is my last attempt.

The first time I've ever been called eloquent

Now we have that misunderstanding out of the way...

Did I ever tell anyone about the time I was lied in bed reading a book and a spider TOOK A STROLL over my BOOB.

I'm not phobic, I don't kill them, but it bloody scared me.

Oh, X post

No worries, I should probably call it a night too

Night night.

Good night!

OMG that would have scared me too Grays!

Spiders have no boundaries - clearly

I jumped that quickly I kicked my very large dog off the bed who then gave me a vairrrrr dirty look. So all in all not a good night.

Night!

'A spider TOOK A STROLL over my BOOB.'

grays, have you thought of marketing this to the people who do primary school reading books? It'd be brilliant.

Jeanne, trouble is I can't even trap them, I can't get close enough! I'm terrified if I go near them they will move and run at me, them just existing in the same space as me is bad enough but them actually touching me is literally my worst nightmare.

I make my home as inhospitable as possible to them, I don't open any windows or doors unless absolutely necessary in case they get in, even in summer :(

Erm ... sorry, no answers! You can't even drop a bucket over one and know it's contained?

Jeanne Hmmmmm you may be onto something there...

I hate spiders. If I see one I use a mug and bit of card. Why does everyone recommend using a glass? I don't want to see the damn thing crawling around in a glass I just want to put him somewhere far away from me without hurting him and without me seeing him!

YANBU. Spiders have no soul.

Get a cat. My two will let nothing get in the way of them stalking, pouncing on and then eating spiders. The big ones they play with a bit before eating. They can go from fast asleep to hunting spider in a an instant as well, I don't know how they can notice them when their eyes are closed and they are asleep but they do. Weirdly they run away from earwigs!

I used to be very scared of spiders. When my eldest was a baby there was a huge one in our bedroom so I dragged his cot onto the landing in case it 'got' him, & spent the night sitting on the bed with all the covers drawn up out of its reach. At dawn I felt it was ok to try to sleep, so was alarmed to learn that they're not nocturnal..
My epiphany came when I was out with sister of a boyfriend who also feared spiders. A not too large one was on the wall about 6' away. She got up & ran around shrieking, knocking over 2 tables. The whole pub was staring & I decided that enough was enough. Maybe the loss of my port & lemon had a lot to do with it.
I can now proudly say that I've held a tarantula, tho I admit this doesn't count as it was more like a lightweight rodent (& I still can't touch a normal spider, I just pretend I haven't seen it).

Oh, yes.

And the only drawback with cat is being woken up by the sound of a loving purr, and the sigh of half a spider dragging onto your cheek, wriggling slightly, as puss cheerfully munches the rest.

A spider once offered me out.

I was sat on the floor of an empty room (moving house) and this 8 legged beast came walking towards me.

We had this state off as he froze when I realised I could see him. He started moving slowly, still heading towards me while staring.

I stood up and I swear to god lifted a leg and moved a foot like 'come on then'

So I did what anyone else would do and standing backing off. Suddenly he ran fast as fuck into a tiny hole in the skirting board.

3 hours later:

A fucking spider Mafia appeared! He went for back up! There were easily 8 spiders ranging in size.

I did the normal thing in this situation and got the fuck out Til someone could come deal with them.

Spiders don't believe in karma, they believe in revenge!

Why do you think it's fact that we swallow so many spiders in our lifetime?

Because the fucking are trying to choke us!

Murder suicide was introduced by spiders

thats hilarious!

I am so glad I have my dog!