are you afraid of spiders?

@cassidy22 (2974)
United States
April 28, 2007 7:28pm CST
If you are, what do you do about it if you are alone? If they are someplace they won't bother me, I leave them alone. But they keep showing up in the KITCHEN!! If they are on the floor, I try to get my dogs to notice it... they'll usually sniff at it and then swat at it and eventually stomp it. But I just noticed one swinging down from the ceiling and it landed on the STOVE! Now I can't see it and I don't want to get closer to it. UGH! (and I am hungry and want to cook dinner!) What would you do?
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16 responses
• United States
29 Apr 07
nope not afraid of them..but i do give them respect and of course there space..i have one tattooed right on my left shoulder creeping accross a web..i find them to interesting , as well as funny being that they can creep people out within seconds which is why they play such a huge part in horror movies and holloween parties for decorative purposes..spiders in general do something good and thats eat all the other bugs that we dont want around..i would say of course be very careful around them because some are very poisonous and nasty about there habitats or they may even have a nest with their babies that they are trying to protect..but all in all im sure theres a bug out there that everyone would love to see a spider take care of, just think if there were no spiders to eat them we would have to deal with them more frequently!
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• United States
29 Apr 07
as for dinner? well if you have looked and you dont seem it..then i would say cook on!! also, maybe you would want to contact a local exterminator who can perhaps give you tips on keeping the spiders at bay..for tonight, order out!
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@hey_baby (425)
• Philippines
2 May 07
i SO hate spiders! just thinking of them gives me goose bumps. esp when i see it on fear factor where they have spiders all over.. i don't think i could get near a spider, not even for a million dollars!i would just die of fear and heart attack!
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@lilaclady (28207)
• Australia
29 Apr 07
I don't mind the daddy long legs ones as they kill the other ones, but I am terrified of spiders, I don't like killing anything but I can not have a spider in my house, I guess I should buy one of those capture thingys and take them out side but when I see a spider I tend to go into panic mode and they usually get squashed.
@darkzzt (757)
• Canada
29 Apr 07
i am a little afraid of spiders. although i am not very fearful, i wouldnt like it if they were in my kitchen. thats just nasty. is there some way to get rid of them? i dont want them ending up in any food that I eat.
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@amydawn11 (906)
• Canada
29 Apr 07
I hate spiders. I used to get more freaked out then i do now and the only reason that is because my daughter and even my boyfriend won't go near them. So when there is a spider in the house it's me that has to get rid of it.It's so funny cause my bf is a pretty muscular guy and just to see him get freaked out about the spider and then little old me has to get rid of it.lol
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@Inky261 (2520)
• Germany
29 Apr 07
Yes, I am. Especially of the big black ones with the fat legs. If possible I take the vacuum cleaner and they wind up in the bag. I have one of these spray cans, too. But mostly they wind up in the vac...
@tamanash (950)
• India
29 Apr 07
ya,i am afraid of them but not ordinary ones.there are different types of spiders and some of them are poisonous too.but the spiders which are found in our houses are harmful unless you eat them.so,just go and cook your food without any fear.make that spider your best buddy.LOL.
• Canada
29 Apr 07
Don't get afraid, human being are more clever than spiders.
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@marzieh (51)
• United Arab Emirates
29 Apr 07
i dont like them and there is some idea that the people that cheat in buisness and making money their home is like as spiders home.it will destroy
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@bugbaby (1787)
• Indonesia
29 Apr 07
no, i am not afraid with spiders...but with tarantula spiders i am scared.
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@ounamahl (45)
• Estonia
29 Apr 07
Hmm... I dont scare spiders, infact i love spiders and snakes.
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@dlkuku (1935)
• United States
29 Apr 07
I'm not particularly scared of them, but since I moved here, I have seen spiders bigger than ones back north. And let me tell you, they do creep me out. Last fall I was digging up the flower bed so I could put bulbs in, when I hit a nest of spiders. They came pouring out of the ground at least 50 of them, that I saw, I didn't stick around to count them, lol. Some of them were as big as my thumb. YUCK! I did look them up on the computer, and they are harmless, but still... YUCK!
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• Pakistan
29 Apr 07
well i usually leave the spiders alone. i dont bother them and they dont really bother me, but if i find them in my room i have to kill them, cause then i am afraid that they may climb on my bed.
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@gizmo528 (731)
• United States
29 Apr 07
I would be freaking out and constantly on the look out for it. I hate spiders with a passion. If I'm alone then I will try and kill it if I'm able to reach it or I try and get my cat to look for it. However, if someone is the house with me I will start screaming and yelling for them to kill it. I got into the shower one night without looking and there was a freaking spider on the ceiling hanging down. I took the worlds fastest shower that night while looking at the spider the whole time. LOL, but anyway if I'm hungry and there is a spider somewhere near the stove then I would go hungry.
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@Willowlady (10658)
• United States
29 Apr 07
No way, we like them alot since they eat other bugs. Balance in all things and nature often strives for just that. I do prefer them outside however spiders are the most welcome of the 'bug' world inside the home if we have to have any to begin with. I would let it be and try to use a burner so it wouldn't hurt the spider. Good luck with this.
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• Oman
29 Apr 07
im terrified of spiders and i especially hate those little ones that jump...one moment they are right in front of you and the next you havent got a clue where theyve gone...for all you know they could be sitting on your head. luckily for me ive only seen the small ones. ive never come across big spiders. i do the same thing if they are on the floor.. i show my cat and she deals with them for me. i dont seek them out and kill them if they are far away. most of the time you will just find me running into the next room. if i were you it would have just been takeaway. i would have ran out of the kitchen and closed the door to make sure the spider didnt get further into the house. then my boyfriend would have to deal with it when he came home. :)
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