I feel like such a wimp, please tell me I am not the only one!

[Anne]

I am waiting for the cable/internet guy to come set everything up (not sure whose internet I am using now :lol:) Anyways, a couple minutes ago Emma yells "mom, look at that big spider!" And if there is one thing I can not handle it is spiders so I threw a dish on it and am planning to see if the cable guy will release it for me! If not the maintance people have to come over soon to fix the toliet, and then my sister will be around in about 24-36 hours.

If I am in the right mood, I can trap and release some but this one....:errr: I feel like such a wimp right now! It was big enough that standing I could see the details on its back and I am not to sure on what are good/bad spiders, another reason I do not want to mess with it! Can't wait until Dave finally gets down here!

[BonnieG]

No, you are not alone!! I am also a spider whimp! If I see one in the house, I can't stand the thought of it crawling around, but I hate the thought of it touching me too. So I just wad up a bunch of toliet paper and go over and squish it. With all the toliet paper, you can't feel it crunch in between your fingers (and you want to make sure it crunches, otherwise, if you open up the paper to see if it's dead, it will come crawling out on your hand...believe me, this has happened!!).

Happy hunting!!

[Jayne]

Um...I would get a huge mans shoe and kill it. Your not a wimp. I hate the darn things too but if I was the only one there I would definately kill it

[Karri]

spiders creep the hell outta me. so do centipedes, crickets, and junebugs. they all have their special place in hell. anyway, big spiders get smashed by a man's shoe and then vacuumed up. i don't touch them nor do they get captured and released (why? they'll just come back in my house!)

[BonnieG]

spiders creep the hell outta me. so do centipedes, crickets, and junebugs. they all have their special place in hell. anyway, big spiders get smashed by a man's shoe and then vacuumed up. i don't touch them nor do they get captured and released (why? they'll just come back in my house!)

Totally agree with the no capture and release!! You came into my territory, now you have to pay the price!

[Anne]

See I have the big shoe (mine :lol: ) but no vacuum yet and right now I know I can not handle the tissue paper part. What I can handle when it comes to spiders comes and goes and I have been through too much stress wise in the past few days to have that kind of strength!

[Hilary]

I vacuum up any bugs I see. :lol:

[Cami]

Ugh, I couldn't handle vacuuming a bug! Then I'd know I would have to empty the canister with it in there. :eek: I smack it with a big ole shoe (not belonging to me) and then use a big ole wad of heavy paper towels to throw it out with. Our house is freaking bug central here so I have a lot of experience in this area. :errr:

[marcy]

Glad I'm not the only one who uses a man's shoe! I tell DH it's because his are bigger than mine, but it's also so the bug guts are on his shoe :secret:

[MrsPeacefrog]

I have been known to spray an ENTIRE can of spray on one huntsman (they can be bigger than your hand)

I am pure arachnophobic! I can not handle them, I feel sick if I even see one on TV, so I do not hesitate to kill them, hence why I would not be a good buddhist!

So I guess what I am saying is! you are not a wimp I am impressed you got the plate over it in the first place!! I wouldn't have been able to get that close! :lol:

[Anne]

LOL thanks for all the support... The bowl is still there so I guess my sister gets to take care of it tomorrow!

[Clare]

You're braver then me. I wouldn't even be able to stay in the house knowing it was under that dish! If there isn't anyone else around to kill it, I have to summon every ounce of strength and beat it with a shoe. There's no way I'd let it go, like Karri said then it might just come back! :errr:

[Anne]

LOL what is killing me is I have to sleep on the floor tonight :errr: but I am trying not to think of that! Might be stacking some books on the bowl even though I am sure that is not needed!

[Nichole]

See, I'd much rather smash the crap out of a spider right away than put something over it. Git 'er done. :lol:

[Michal]

I have been known to spray an ENTIRE can of spray on one huntsman (they can be bigger than your hand)



:owow: okay, this is one reason I am glad I do not live in a warmer climate, it seems that the hotter the weather, the bigger the bugs.

[MrsPeacefrog]

:owow: okay, this is one reason I am glad I do not live in a warmer climate, it seems that the hotter the weather, the bigger the bugs.

Yeah, I am suprised I live here myself :errr: mind you Queensland (North Eastern Australia) is WAY worse :nod: :lol: (guess the tourist industry wouldn't be happy with me right now!)

but I am trying not to think of that! Might be stacking some books on the bowl even though I am sure that is not needed!

Yeah that is what I was going to say, put a few phone books ontop of it, there is no way that sucker can slide out of that! ACK I just got shivers thinking of it!

[valeria73]

I just Googled a huntsman and WOW am I skeeved. You'd need a wolf trap for one of those!!

[TtownAnne]

No kidding - this is why I couldn't live in Florida. Ever heard Paula Poundstone talk about "big ol' Florida bugs"? She's not kidding. Anywhere that the cars have special screens over the grills to keep the bug guts from coating the engine is just tooooooo much for me, thanks. The first time we went to Florida (1995 or so, September, hotter than the surface of the sun), we went to dinner one night, came out, and there was this HUGE bug on the passenger side window. I had to get in the driver's side and climb over into my seat, because there was NO WAY I was going to open the door with that thing on it and deal with it possibly ending up in the car with me!



:owow: okay, this is one reason I am glad I do not live in a warmer climate, it seems that the hotter the weather, the bigger the bugs.

[Jessica]

I hate spiders too. If I see a spider or a big bug, I grab one of my cats and show it to her. It's dead in a matter of seconds after that and I can just pick it up and throw it away. If she's busy and not interested, I just get a bunch of paper towels and smash it. :lol: I was so happy when I got this cat and discovered she can jump really freaking high and smack bugs dead right out of the air. :lol:

[~Deborah~]

I let my dog get it :lol:

[Lynn]

Spiders seriously creep me out to the point where I can't even walk into a room when I know one is in there.
Why, you ask? Because when I was 21 I was staying in a shady motel the night of my sister's wedding (It was the only place in town, we had no choice). That night, while fast asleep, a spider laid some eggs in my forehead. The bite grew to a huuuuuuuge welt (I thought it was a giant pimple - it was so freaking nasty) and a doctor had to lance it off. I have a good size dent in my forehead to prove it.

I can't make stuff like this stuff up. It's giving me the heeby geebies just thinking about it. :errr:

[~Deborah~]

Why, you ask? Because when I was 21 I was staying in a shady motel the night of my sister's wedding (It was the only place in town, we had no choice). That night, while fast asleep, a spider laid some eggs in my forehead. The bite grew to a huuuuuuuge welt (I thought it was a giant pimple - it was so freaking nasty) and a doctor had to lance it off. I have a good size dent in my forehead to prove it.

:jawdrop::faint:

[Anne]

That reminds me of the time years and years ago when I picked up a recorder in my room (you know the ones you play in 3rd grade or there abouts) and blew into and a bunch of baby spiders came flying and crawling out.... :errr:

[Clare]

Yikes Lynn! I know someone else that that happened to! Seriously heebie jeebie inducing stuff! :errr:

[Kaybee711]

Lynn- :faint: :puke:

[MrsPeacefrog]

HOLY SHIT LYNN!!! you hear about this kind of stuff happening but you think they are just urban myths! Now I can say I know someone who it happened too!

Crap, as if I wasn't scared enough of them! :errr:

[MrsPeacefrog]

I just Googled a huntsman and WOW am I skeeved. You'd need a wolf trap for one of those!!

Yep you pretty much covered it, they are massive and disgusting... and now that you have that image in your mind, the close encounters I have had with this freak of a spider is just :errr:

We had one lay eggs in our bedroom and our entire ceiling was COVERED in baby huntsmans I could not sleep in there for a week!!! Tony had to vacuum them all up for me then we let off a few spray bombs in there, and even then it took me a week before I would go back in there! :puke:

And once I was drive and one ran up my side window right near my head on the INSIDE of the car, I freaked out and slowly wound the window down so it could run out, then I shut it again when I looked back at the road I was heading for the side of a bridge! :shuffle:

And just a few months back one was on my wheel tyre when I went to fill up and I didn't want to go near it so a guy at the pump next to me came over and killed it for me! :lol:

ACK I HATE THEM!

[Karly]

I kill them. As much as it creeps me out to get close enough to kill them, I'd rather know they were dead than crawling around somewhere to bite me or my family in the middle of the night.