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Irishgrrrl

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Let me start by telling you all this: I am DEATHLY afraid of spiders. I mean I''ve got to be the world''s biggest arachnophobic!!!
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So, last night I''m sitting on the edge of our bed and watching TV. There''s a window right beside the head of our bed, and there''s a dark blue velvet curtain on that window. The TV sits right in front of the window on our nightstand, and there''s a lamp beside it. Suddenly, I see this eensy tiny little white spider hanging off of the lamp shade. He was almost cute! But, I yelled for DH anyway, just because that''s my knee-jerk reaction whenever I see a wee beastie!
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DH was downstairs at the time. He comes upstairs, sees the teeny spider, and says, "Awwww, he''s so cute! I just can''t kill him!" So DH takes him outside and lets him go and we move on.

About fifteen minutes later, I happened to glance up at the window. Remember that dark blue curtain? Well, there are about FIFTEEN OR TWENTY eensy little white spiders all over it!!! AAAAAAACK!!! So I''m like:
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DH came upstairs again (because I''m of course SCREAMING MY HEAD OFF by this point), and saw the spiders on the curtain. He stands back, puts his hands on his hips, and says "Well, would ya look at that?"
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He found some bug spray in our garage and sprayed the curtain. It seems to have killed them . . . at least the ones we can FIND!!!
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Please please please tell me there aren''t a bunch more of them lurking in our bedroom!!!
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Oh boy, well, one spider I am not afraid of but lots of them yes, then I am scared and they tend to bite me! I guess I am tastey.
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The spray should work but open a window; I am sure the spray is not good for you to breath in. Now I am very afraid of mice and roaches,
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thank goodness I don't see those in the house.
 
Aaaawwww... those were almost certainly newly-hatched spiderlings. I just love that word... spiderlings...
 
OMG! Just reading your post made my skin literally crawl - I got the goosebumps and everything! I am so so so afraid of spiders too. I have about three cans of Raid in different rooms in my one bedroom apartment just in case I get "cornered" by one! I didn''t sleep the night I first watched the movie Arachnaphobia.
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I hope you got them all!
 
EWWWWW, I would have reacted like you. I don''t mind spiders outside but I don''t want them in my home.

About 2 weeks ago it was late and I was watching TV sitting on the floor by the window. I saw a black dot of dirt on the floor. Then I realized it was moving. I looked closer and realized it was a swarm of black moving. (it was dark in the room except the TV ) Then I realized it was thousands of tiny little ants ALL over the carpet in the room. I screamed too but everyone was sleeping.

I ended up calling the exterminator in the morning and that took care of it. But I am so afraid of seeing them again.
 
Yick!! I''m pretty scared of the spideys too - but I agree that the white ones are a little nicer. At least they weren''t quick moving black ones!

Asscher, I had a similar ant experience when I was in HS - I had a water fountain on my bedside table that attracted ants like crazy. One day I walked into my room, and there was a new string of ants, and they were carrying little white pellets - it looked like they''d taken apart a sugar cookie. This was strange, because since I''d had a problem with ants before, I NEVER ate in my room. I pushed my bed back, and there was a huge swarm - and the little white pellets were a pile of EGGS! Even after my parents cleaned the mess up and killed the ants, I couldn''t sleep in my room for about a month. To this day, the smell of RAID makes me think of that pile of white pellets. Oh ick.
 
Not afraid of bugs. Your story reminds me of a few days ago, sitting at home over my morning coffee and reading the paper. Suddenly I see out of the corner of my eye a little black spider comes floating down from the overhead light fixture and lands in my plate. Kind of a cute little guy. I've heard that they spin nifty parachutes for descents like these. But, poor timing on his part, because his life came to an end shortly thereafter.
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I''m SO glad I''m not alone in my fear of spiders!
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Skippy, I''m OK with mice but I can''t even bear to type the word r0@ches!!! LOL!
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We made sure the spray was dry before we went back into the room . . . the container said it''s OK to be in the area once the spray dries. And I''m thinking we got them all. I went home at lunchtime (I work really close to our house) and I checked out the window area and didn''t see anything. I HOPE they''re all gone!!!
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Ninama, I think you''re right . . . they were probably babies. "Spiderlings" . . . LOL! As a card-carrying arachnophobic, it''s hard for me to mention this, but they were almost cute! I almost felt bad getting DH to spray them! LOL! Now Mama on the other hand . . . she''s a WHOLE different animal, I''m sure! DH tried to find her last night, but no luck. The whole situation made me think of Charlotte''s Web. I seem to remember Charlotte died right after she had her babies . . . I hope that happens to all spiders!
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IndyGirl22, you understand exactly how I feel! Spiders and bugs always "corner" me, too! DH doesn''t understand how I can''t bring myself to walk within like ten feet of one, but he just DOESN''T GET IT!!!
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And I''m proud of you for even being able to watch Arachnophobia . . . I couldn''t do it!!! Still haven''t seen that movie, and I have NO plans to! DH always teases me whenever it''s on TV . . . he threatens to strap me down and make me watch it so I''ll get over my fear!
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Asscher, EW!!! I don''t blame you for calling the exterminator ASAP! Ants don''t bother me too much, but a bunch of them like that would freak me out!!!
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Elmorton, your ant story totally creeped me out! I don''t blame you at all for not wanting to sleep in your room after that!!! YUCK!!!
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FlyGirl, I wish I was brave like you! I would have promptly lost my entire breakfast! LOL!
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Ewwww!!! I''m not really scared of spiders, but, I surely don''t like them. DD has a very tender heart and cannot bear for any creatures to be killed so I send creepy crawlies on a "waterslide adventure". Down the toilet that is!
 
LOL! Miranda, the "waterslide adventure" sounds like a great solution!
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That''s what DH does whenever one of our fish dies . . . but he calls it a "burial at sea"!
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Date: 7/11/2008 1:14:50 PM
Author: Irishgrrrl
I''m SO glad I''m not alone in my fear of spiders!
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IndyGirl22, you understand exactly how I feel! Spiders and bugs always ''corner'' me, too! DH doesn''t understand how I can''t bring myself to walk within like ten feet of one, but he just DOESN''T GET IT!!!
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And I''m proud of you for even being able to watch Arachnophobia . . . I couldn''t do it!!! Still haven''t seen that movie, and I have NO plans to! DH always teases me whenever it''s on TV . . . he threatens to strap me down and make me watch it so I''ll get over my fear!
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Don''t do it! If anything, that movie will elevate your fears because the spiders were very hard to kill and there were tons of them coming from everywhere! My dad always made fun of me when I would call him to kill a spider growing up and would remind me that I was a million times bigger than it and it was probably more afraid of me - I DOUBT IT! If I get near one I''m always afraid that it''ll attack me.
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LOL, IndyGirl, I feel your pain!!! I usually yell for DH and make him save me! LOL! I''ve gotten better about screaming my lungs out like the house is on fire . . . at DH''s request, I''ve toned it down a little. Now, I just say in a very CALM voice, "DH, could you please come here for a second???"
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I KNEW this would be about spiders! I was already thinking up something funny about it in case it wasn''t lol.
 
Date: 7/11/2008 2:09:31 PM
Author: MonkeyPie
I KNEW this would be about spiders! I was already thinking up something funny about it in case it wasn''t lol.
LOL! MonkeyPie, I think whenever anyone says "EEEK!" everyone immediately thinks of spiders. Maybe "EEEK!" means "spider" in some other language!
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Actually, when I saw the EEEK, I thought it was going to be about mice.
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Date: 7/11/2008 3:04:35 PM
Author: Fly Girl
Actually, when I saw the EEEK, I thought it was going to be about mice.
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LOL! Nope, mice don''t bother me at all. I think if I saw one in our house, I might be startled, but not scared. I think they''re cute!
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Date: 7/11/2008 12:41:21 PM
Author: Elmorton
Yick!! I''m pretty scared of the spideys too - but I agree that the white ones are a little nicer. At least they weren''t quick moving black ones!


Asscher, I had a similar ant experience when I was in HS - I had a water fountain on my bedside table that attracted ants like crazy. One day I walked into my room, and there was a new string of ants, and they were carrying little white pellets - it looked like they''d taken apart a sugar cookie. This was strange, because since I''d had a problem with ants before, I NEVER ate in my room. I pushed my bed back, and there was a huge swarm - and the little white pellets were a pile of EGGS! Even after my parents cleaned the mess up and killed the ants, I couldn''t sleep in my room for about a month. To this day, the smell of RAID makes me think of that pile of white pellets. Oh ick.

yikes!!
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ick to bugs! i hate em!
 
We occasionally get little baby spiderlings they are about the size of a pin head in our office downstairs, they are little huntsman babies. I hate spiders but my FF won''t let me kill them he names them, they are all called Bert he thinks they are cute
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If they get bigger then a fingernail they are goners
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I hate cockroaches but with two cats and a now dwindling gecko population due to one of the said cats we don''t see that many, though in Queensland they tend to be inevitable.
 
Irishgrrrl - yeh, i can''t STAND roaches. ick ick ick ick ick!!
and they are BIG down in the south. and fly. eeeeewwwwwwwwww.
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EWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWw is right!! I detest bugs. I hope you got them all. I would have freaked out too.

We get ants all the time, especially in summer and winter. We have an exterminator come every other month to spray.

If I ever saw a mouse in my house, I would panic big time.
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Deelight ~ LOL at "Bert"! I think your FF and my DH would get along great! LOL!
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JCrow ~ Which state do you live in? Remind me never to visit! LOL! I''ve heard that the ones down South have wings, but I just don''t want to believe it!
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I live near the Mason-Dixon line, and (fortunately) we don''t have the flying ones here.

Linda ~ I think we got them all, but I''m definitely going to be very much on the lookout for the next few days!
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trust me. they are DISGUSTING.
thankfully, they're not in my house... but i've seen them. and they do FLY. oh, and they are about oh,um...3 inches long.
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i want to puke just thinking about them. *shiver*
 
Date: 7/11/2008 3:37:34 PM
Author: jcrow
trust me. they are DISGUSTING.
thankfully, they're not in my house... but i've seen them. and they do FLY. oh, and they are about oh,um...3 inches long.
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i want to puke just thinking about them. *shiver*
BLECH! EW, ew, ew, ew, ew!!!!!
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Thanks for the reality check . . . this is making my spiderlings seem not so bad! LOL!
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Awww, at least your DH rescued you! FI makes me so mad but I won't get into it.
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I share your view about mice. I think field mice are cute. I hate rats though. And I will faint if there was a swarm of mice.
 
Date: 7/11/2008 3:51:24 PM
Author: choro72
Awww, at least your DH rescued you! FI makes me so mad but I won''t get into it.
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I share your view about mice. I think field mice are cute. I hate rats though. And I will faint if there was a swarm of mice.
Choro, I feel ya on the mice thing. One little mouse is cute, but a BUNCH of them? Or a great big RAT? No thank you!!!
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Date: 7/11/2008 3:53:35 PM
Author: Irishgrrrl
Date: 7/11/2008 3:51:24 PM

Author: choro72

Awww, at least your DH rescued you! FI makes me so mad but I won''t get into it.
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I share your view about mice. I think field mice are cute. I hate rats though. And I will faint if there was a swarm of mice.
Choro, I feel ya on the mice thing. One little mouse is cute, but a BUNCH of them? Or a great big RAT? No thank you!!!
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eeeekks! i don''t even want to see ONE mouse, let alone a rat. eeeeeks!!!
 
Date: 7/11/2008 3:59:29 PM
Author: jcrow

Date: 7/11/2008 3:53:35 PM
Author: Irishgrrrl

Date: 7/11/2008 3:51:24 PM

Author: choro72

Awww, at least your DH rescued you! FI makes me so mad but I won''t get into it.
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I share your view about mice. I think field mice are cute. I hate rats though. And I will faint if there was a swarm of mice.
Choro, I feel ya on the mice thing. One little mouse is cute, but a BUNCH of them? Or a great big RAT? No thank you!!!
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eeeekks! i don''t even want to see ONE mouse, let alone a rat. eeeeeks!!!
LOL! I would have TOTALLY LOST IT if I ever saw one of the flying nasties that you guys have down there, so you''re still braver than me!
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I am a baby with spiders, but centipedes are what freak me out the most. And we have them a lot here.

I used to hang my towel on my bedpost after showing, and it touched the floor. One morning after my shower I dried off, and when I went to shake out my towel to put it on my head, I touched something. I brushed it off the towel without thinking, and a centipede about 5 inches long plopped onto the floor! OMFG I probably was touching it the whole time I dried off! I still get itchy thinking about that. I never hang my towel anywhere near the floor anymore and I inspect it every time I use it.
 
Spiders are hideous. UGH. I hope you got every last one of them. They like to multiply those evil things. Fingers crossed for you.
 
MonkeyPie ~ EW! I hate those things too. We had one on the floor of my office here at work one day, and I FREAKED OUT!!! I made one of the attorneys come and kill it for me! LOL!
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AllyCat ~ I know what you mean! They just TOTALLY gross me out! I''m really hoping we got them all.
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