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One of Charlotte’s babies has taken up residence under my eave. Protecting her safety has become an act of daily vigilance on my part.
Why are bearers of the Y chromosome so horrified by spiders?
Some of the burliest men I know (my brother and the four penis-bearers in my house, as well) can be reduced to wimpering ninnies at the sight of a spider in their path.
And I don’t get it.
Spiders eat the other insects that aren’t as pleasant to be around. They protect small pink pigs (one of my favorite books as a child) and they do cool things in space.
What’s to fear?
Now disease carrying rats, venom-spewing snakes and squirrely administration officials–that’s the stuff of horror films.
September 19th, 2007 at 10:45 pm
I agree. Well… mostly. Except for last night when there was a spider the size of MY ASS (and we all know that’s big) in our basement and I squealed like a little girl. It was purely physiological… I couldn’t help it.
September 19th, 2007 at 10:55 pm
I love spiders. LOVE ‘EM!!! Seriously. I loved the spiders we had in S.C. Those things were massive. And then I’d show them to people visiting from the north. It was AWESOME.
September 19th, 2007 at 11:12 pm
My husband HATES them. And this is the same guy who wandered up to the house one night, holding a snake he’d found in the backyard.
Thing is, I don’t like them either. I think it’s all the legs. And the fact that some of them are furry.
September 19th, 2007 at 11:16 pm
I have no particular political views with regard to spiders. I’m Switzerland.
September 20th, 2007 at 12:00 am
As long as they are poisonous I’m okay.
September 20th, 2007 at 12:34 am
Spiders ….. I am a real girl then, cos I hate them! Well, the bigger ones anyway, baby ones are ok – you can squish them really easily!
September 20th, 2007 at 4:40 am
I can deal with the little ones but the big ones make me shudder…
I throw a telephone book and run!
September 20th, 2007 at 5:43 am
We have some truly gnarly spiders down here. When they are outdoors, I am can be perfectly magnanimous. Indoors…not so much. But I do try.
September 20th, 2007 at 6:19 am
This post is right on! I try my hardest to let them be, but my bedroom is off limits! I don’t like it when they surprise me, either, by suddenly dropping down from the ceiling on a thread – that freaks my shit out…
September 20th, 2007 at 6:36 am
I don’t like them, but I’m not AFRAID, unless the spider is bigger than a nickle. But I don’t like how they spin their webs everywhere, making me look like a terrible housekeeper. Usually I take the vacuum to their creations…
September 20th, 2007 at 7:08 am
I have a deal with the spiders. If they leave me alone, I leave them alone. They eat the mosquitoes we have that are the size of small dogs, and I like that. But I don’t want to find one of them in my bed. If that happens, it’s war. So far the arachnid peace treaty has held.
September 20th, 2007 at 9:27 am
Spiders get a free pass at my house. I will try to catch and release and wish them well, hoping they will set up shop right outside my door and eat lots of other bugs.
September 20th, 2007 at 9:54 am
I am afraid of ALL insects… except ants and spiders. They are so amazingly productive that I respect their work.
September 20th, 2007 at 9:58 am
Dude. Spiders are EVIL. Kill it before it kills you.
September 20th, 2007 at 10:00 am
You guys have totally screwed up my theory.
Bitches!!
September 20th, 2007 at 10:25 am
Must be spider season.
I have one that is growing so fast, soon he’ll overtake the entire house…
I should try to snap a picture.
September 20th, 2007 at 11:38 am
I’m with you. I respect and support spiders.
They eat mosquitos.
But…my husband agrees with me. He’s an animal lover, though.
Julie
Using My Words
September 20th, 2007 at 2:02 pm
My husband has NO fear of spiders or any other pest, for that matter. He’s like a little kid, bringing home (dead) black widows and other DEADLY pests just to “show me.”
I’m definitely the ninny in this house.
September 20th, 2007 at 2:18 pm
I guess this makes me a man because spiders have terrfied me since I was a kid.
You’re brave.
September 21st, 2007 at 9:37 am
Spiders used to bother me when I was a dumbass…or a dumberass. Now I’m their fierce protector.
Although, I did get large one in my mouth one night when riding an elephant through the Royal Chitwan Forest in Southern Nepal. That wasn’t very fun.