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Spider !

39 replies

serenada · 27/07/2020 23:25

What’s the trick for spiders? Have just got into bed, looked up at ceiling and saw 6 eyes and 8 legs looking down on me.

We are currently in a stand off as to who will move first.

Although if he falls on to the bed I just don’t know what I will do.

OP posts:
princessphoenix · 27/07/2020 23:26

Hoover it up, it's not too late.

parietal · 27/07/2020 23:26

creep very slowly out of bed. sleep on the sofa?

Icanflyhigh · 27/07/2020 23:27

Set the house on fire and never return. Its all you can do.

FishTaco101 · 27/07/2020 23:28

Its a spider. Dont be so dramatic.

If you really want to take it out of your house, grab a cup and put it over the spider. Then get a piece of paper and slide it under the cup, sealing the spider inside. Take the cup outside and set it on the porch- the spider should crawl out by morning.

serenada · 27/07/2020 23:41

@FishTaco101

It’s a big spider. On the ceiling. Just fractionally too high for me to reach.

A big spider.

OP posts:
WantToBeMum · 28/07/2020 00:04

Currently have a similar problem. This one looks badass. I'm thinking of moving out!

AliceinBunnyland · 28/07/2020 00:05

Oh OP I feel for you. Are you alone in the house?

Horehound · 28/07/2020 00:07

I bought a spider sooker from Lakeland. It's great! You just Hoover them up and put a cap on then realise outside.

Horehound · 28/07/2020 00:07

And they always look fab wearing a cap ;)

GlumyGloomer · 28/07/2020 00:08

Another vote for Hoover. Then stuff some tissue in the end so that it can't get back out.

sleepyohsodleepy · 28/07/2020 00:14

I vote for moving house! Or hoovering it up and chucking the hoover outside afterwards

I woke up once to the biggest spider on the ceiling right above my bed and I mean it was huge, and looked even bigger because of the shadow. I nearly died!! I had to hoover it up despite it being 0500 on a Saturday morning. I felt all funny all day because of it.

ComtesseDeSpair · 28/07/2020 00:19

Leave it. It will have scuttled away into a corner by morning and if doesn’t want to (and won’t) drop onto your face any more than you do.

Look, I don’t exactly love spiders either, but I’ve learned to respect and appreciate them because they eat pests and they’re part of the eco-system. The spiders we find indoors come indoors because they want the shelter. They’re living creatures.

FishTaco101 · 28/07/2020 00:21

@serenada
And? Its still just a spider. The chance that its dangerous is very very low. Probably just a wolf or common house spider. Go get a chair or something of the sorts if you really want to catch it, or just go to bed.
It wont hurt you, dont worry too much :)

SkiingIsHeaven · 28/07/2020 00:30

Wear a your face mask to make sure it doesn't crawl in your mouth when you fall asleep.

blubberball · 28/07/2020 12:26

I need a cure for my spider phobia. It is so stupid, and I've wasted so much of my life panicking about them. My rational mind knows that they can't hurt me, and it's just stupid. Something in my head just does not like them.

peakygal · 28/07/2020 12:29

Girl that ain't your house no more, that's belong to Mr Skinny Legs now 😂

Collidascope · 28/07/2020 12:31

@blubberball

I need a cure for my spider phobia. It is so stupid, and I've wasted so much of my life panicking about them. My rational mind knows that they can't hurt me, and it's just stupid. Something in my head just does not like them.
Same. I dread autumn because I know I'm in for about two months of them running out at me. I wonder if hypnotherapy works.
AliceinBunnyland · 28/07/2020 12:34

OP are you okay?

Those saying OP is dramatic or "it won't hurt you" type comments obviously don't understand what a phobia is Hmm

Thorilicious · 28/07/2020 12:36

I was severely arachnaphobic. What cured me was actually holding a tarantula, which sounds like it should have done the opposite Smile
We had an animal experience at home, and the person with the tarantula was so patient with me. She slowly built me up to look at it, touch a leg, stroke it and then eventually holding it.
I still don't like spiders, but I can now pop a glass over them, and take them outside.

Iloveyoutothefridgeandback · 28/07/2020 12:37

Hoover?

thepeopleversuswork · 28/07/2020 12:42

The hoover is your friend.

I'm also a gibbering wreck for about two months at this time of the year. I'm almost thinking about moving my boyfriend in solely to deal with this.

AliceinBunnyland · 28/07/2020 12:59

Wear a your face mask to make sure it doesn't crawl in your mouth when you fall asleep.

You should write horror Grin

Spied · 28/07/2020 13:02

I'd of left the room, pushing a blanket against the door so it couldn't run underneath and I'd of slept downstairs.
I'd be sleeping downstairs tonight too if whoever I'd summoned for help this morning couldn't find it.

TheMandalorian · 28/07/2020 13:07

Dh was fixing the garage window the other day and the resident house spider kept getting cross at all the hammering. She kept popping out of her hidey-hole and standing looking cross on the other side of the window every time he tapped a nail in.
So cute.
Ds named her Pop-pop. (disclaimer - don't know the actual gender identity of the spider).

CuriousaboutSamphire · 28/07/2020 13:08

The hoover is NOT anyone's freind. Spiders could run up the outside of the tube, or cling with all 8 legs to the nozzle.

It's bloody stupid to post "It's just a spider" ffs! About as stupid as arachophobia in the first place. The difference is we arachnophobes know we are being irrational!

OP, I hope it went away and you are now more relaxed!

@Thorilicious I am jealous. I've had a few rounds of treatment and holding a tarantula was interesting, gave me new insight into the physiology of spiders and left me just as reactive to house spiders as ever!

At 55 I am just about coming to terms, maybe becuase I can't move away as quickly. But I don't recommend getting spectacles if you are aware your eyesight is going... crystal clear vision is fucking terrifying the first time you then see an 8-legged critter Grin

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