To burn the villa down

[Kinkyroots]

We’re staying in a villa in a hillside villa in Cyprus - DH (thank fucking god it was him and not me) went in to top our drinks up and a fucking tarantula was sat in the kitchen. He managed to catch it in the pool net but I am totally freaking out.

Even though I am afraid of spiders I feel I need to see a photo of it 😁

No pics, DH just wanted to get it out. I was too busy crying and shivering. DH is happy for the huge house spiders to run around in the uk but he was like this has to go.

Omg yanbu, let it burn!

They have tarantulas in Cyprus?

2 species. We’ve been here so many times and only ever seen lizards and giant bats. Have seen several reports of them being seen a lot this summer but I am SO glad it was his round. Unbeknown to me,I stood at the door giving him my drink recipe, not having any idea of it being there.

Takes Cyprus off the holidays list

For sure, that would completely freak me out.

Not sure if I was more scared of seeing a snake or a tarantula in Cyprus, naively I didn't realise they had either when I booked!

I know a nice hotel if you need it op😂

My kids used to try to fish for them. They're not aggressive, they're shy.

Now the jumping wolf spiders can be a handful.

Nope.

WHY DID I GOOGLE THEM

You mean, like I did, hoping DH would say ‘oh no, didn’t look like that’. He said yes, that is what it was. Even described thefucking walk when I asked (so I could go into hysterics again).

Sorry. ☠️

I didn't think of that.

😁😁 I’d be pulling the bed away from the wall and no barefoot walking.

But you’d have to be outside so you didn’t get burned too, and all the tarantulas would come running out of the villa to get away from the fire, towards you. I think you might need bomb the place from the nice safety of a plane.

Because a spider can’t climb up a bed?? 😶

I have Cyprus on my list to visit but they can get to fuck now. I bet they don’t put Tarantulas on the bloody tourist website.

‘All the tarantulas’. Prize for least helpful phrase so far.

🤣 I was thinking of pillows being an easy access point….but yeah.

They twatting don’t. The AirBNB we are in is absolutely gorgeous, the owner so helpful and accommodating, do you think he will be ok with ‘can you just completely gut the place and redecorate now please thank you.

We had a tarantula in our bathroom in a Cyprus hotel many years ago. DH saw it and I promptly locked myself on the balcony while he called reception who sent someone up laughing until he saw the size of the fucking thing. We laugh about it now however I was ready to fly straight home at the time 😩

Abso-fucking-lutely😱

Omg I was just debating cancelling my Cyprus holiday, and now this has 100% helped me decide.

Now the struggle is balancing drinking enough to sleep with the speed DH is drinking so I don’t have to go into the kitchen. And needing to wee.