Do You Have a Fear Spiders???

That's great that your sister will kill them. Brave lady.

It's a fair comment, I have a real fear of spiders. I'd let his sister kill them for me too;-).

I don't like killing insects, they have a right to life too - i don't exactly like buggies, and if i'm creeped out by one i'll get someone else to get it out the door, but i don't like to kill them. only if they are biting me, now mosquitoes for example I hate and squash everyone of thoes blood sucking vampires, i hate them, but a spider, i'de try to push out the window or door. I live in the northeast so i don't see many of them, only the damn mosquetoes are a nuisence in the summertime.

Oh I agree they have a right to life, but unfortunately I cannot allow them to live in my house. If they would just politely leave, then their chance of survival would be greater.

uhhh I have a terrible fear of spider!!!! bleeeah!! every day I see a spider at least.. sigh sigh..they follow me!! i am not crazy!!! you believe me....

I believe you. We had quite a lot in my last house which was out in the country, and I think we may have packed a few and taken them with us.

Aaah, spiders, eight legged demons of the night, black eyed serpents of the silk, monsterous messangers of the abyss.

Yep i love em

yes im afriade of them too if it is big i will try to squash, but if small and not in mode for killing i wil just tkae it in a tissue and throw it away

My husband tells me to keep an eye on it while he goes for the whole kitchen roll in order to kill it. I wonder why, he couldn't just ask me to get the kitchen roll! I don't think he's as brave as he pretends to be.

what is a kitchen roll?

It is a large roll of tissue paper that we use for mopping up spills etc around the kitchen.

Oh, that has also happened to me. Then you are confined in the space the car so you don't know where the pesky spider has landed.

I have to agree with your girlfriend. The men should be the spider killers.

I have to laugh at this because I also am the one that everyone calls to kill spiders...but the difference is that I am a girl...LMAO!!!

I wouldnt kill them if there was somebody else available to to the dirty work. You should protest.

What a glorious picture you paint of the horrid little creatures...just kidding. Some of them run so fast that it would be impossible for me to catch them in a vacuum. Anyway, I don't believe in throwing them outside, as they will most likely find there way back into my house and invite some of their friends in also. Best to flatten them on sight.

I'm a retard, but when I do that...flatten them...I sometimes get the feeling like their whole family and friends are gonna come track me down and flatten me!! It's silly, but I have thought of it...mostly when I was a kid.

You could be right. I think for each one I kill, two more appear the next day. Probably mummy and daddy wondering why their young one stayed out all night.

LoL...that's funny cause sometimes that came into my mind!!

I hate when I have to kill them myself and I try not to use my slippers, particularly if they only have a cloth sole on them. Imagine the awful mess that would be stuck to the sole of your slippers. I would have to chuck the whole lot into the bin.

OMG! I would move a million miles away. Is it in a glass case where you have to dust and all that? I fell sick at the very thoughts of it and I am miles away from you. If I were you I would put a cover over the container so that I wouldn't have to look at it. Ugh!

lmao!! Well, first it was in one of our (older child's) childrens bedrooms, but since I don't go in there everyday...I had to move it where I could see it because I kept forgetting it was in there and was scared it would get out and I wouldn't notice right away...So, now it is in the diningroom right where I can keep an eye on it all day long. Anytime it even gets close to the top, I tap the glass so it gets back down...We aren't going to have it much longer....It's going to "escape" (back to the petshop) when the old man is at work one day;-) I just couldn't do it right away..that would be to obvious! I'm horrible, aren't I? lol

Well, if you are like me, I would spend my days plotting on how to get rid of it. I don't think I could sleep at night with one of those ugly things in the house. Does your other half really like it?

Yes, and he says he HAS to keep it because his kids gave it to him. He never pays any attention to it though, doesn't seemed concerned about it's food and water....So, what's the point in having it? How are you supposed to play with a spider anyways? I'm tired of sticking my hand in the darn cage to water it...man it really goes through the water! It freaks me out! It's hairy and creepy and I don't like it...It's going on a little road trip soon! lol

I could think of a few ways of playing with a spider, one would be to dismember it so that it couldn't move. I have noticed spiders in some of my friends houses and they seem to be able to live for months without food or water because they are always stuck in the same corner of the ceiling when I visit.

Oh,I doubt if I could even let the cat near me if I thought it swallowed a spider. I think I am going to be sorry that I started this discussion as I will have nightmares to-night.

Me too. I hate insects of every description. I found Mr Muscle foam spray to be quite good for the spiders, as they cannot move after I squirt almost the whole bottle over them. I can hardly move myself with the fumes that come off it. I don't mind killing the wasps. I am the wasp killer and my hubby is the spider killer as he is terrified of wasps. I hope your poor dear kitty doesn't get stung as a wasp sting can be dangerous.

I use Raid for creepy crawlies (that's not the actual name;). But I don't like using too much of it, because it really smells and because of the cat, since it's toxic. Afterwards, I try to clean up the area I sprayed, just in case, because the stuff is long lasting. Fortunately, she wasn't alone when she tried to kill the wasp. But she always finds them when they manage to get inside, sometimes she spots them, hits them, they fall on the floor and I squish them with a slipper. We're quite a team!:D

I hate wasps as well, but I'm a bit scared of them, as they sting. I've never been stung by a wasp or a bee and I'd like to keep that record;)

Somebody has just suggested Lysol spray, so I am going to stock up on that in preparation for my next invasion.

Would that kill them or just make them shiny? Someone once suggested I used hairspray and a lighter to torch the spiders! Never felt like trying that!

That's really funny. You wouldn't have to worry about spiders being in your house any more, because you wouldn't have a house. When my husband is not around, his can of shaving foam works wonders.

Yes, with my aim, I'd burn down all the furniture at the very least! Does the shaving foam leave the spiders all sticky? Supposedly, heavy duty hairspray has a similar effect, leaving the spider kind of "frozen" till it starves to death. I don't know if I buy this one, my hairspray doesn't last that long:p

I don't know if the shaving foam leaves them sticky as I don't put my hands near it after I spray it. But they certainly can't move after I spray the whole can of it on them...too heavy.

What do you do after you spray them with it then? Do you wait for your husband to clean it up, like the "cleaner" from "Pulp Fiction"?:D

Usually, when I kill a nasty insect, I grab a handful of toilet tissue, pick it up quickly and run to flush it! You know those tales about the spider in the toilet? That's my worst nightmare, BTW! Is no place sacred??

Yes, I will wait for my husband to clean up the mess. If he is not around then I will do like you. I will use the toilet tissue or I might even use the vacuum cleaner.

I always look for spiders too before I go to bed at night, and if I find one, my husband accuses me of having looked for it. When I was a kid, I use to dismember the daddy longlegs. Ok, it was cruel, but what do kids know. I wouldn't do it now, I would just squash them.