Spiders....

Englishman

Heh.

I'm sat here typing busily listening to yelps and squeals coming from the lounge.

HL is watching "8 Legged Freaks", can't bear to look, can't bear to walk away.

What is it with women and spiders anyway?

Englishman.

Men are just as bad as women, my son pays his girlfriend to kill them nasty 8 legged freaks. My husband is just as bad , when he kills a spider he jumps around so they don't get him, me i just turn and run while screaming.

Sassy

your talking to a girl born and raised in the country.. they do not scare me.. I do however prefer not to be bitten by them since I do get a nice reaction even to the non poisonous ones..

as for scary movies.. well.. I'm a big baby and will almost crawl into my bf's lap if I get scared, spiders theme or not..

Rabbit

Oh, boy Spiders.

If you did not already know ...I like spiders and the more you take time to learn about them, the less you will fear them, maybe. lol

For instance...in the US there are only 2 spiders, the Brown Recluse and the Black Widow, that are truly poisonous. Although, some people are hyper-sensitive, luckily I am not.

My new wife is learning...I don't kill spiders in my house -- unless they are dangerous. Then, I'll take them out away from the house and release them. They eat a lot of insects and are beneficial.

In Texas, we have these cute little guys called "Jumping Spiders" they are black with several white spots and sometimes a design on the top of their abdomen. They are short-legged and stubby, you'll see them around windows and ceilings...they 'jump' on flys and other small prey. People see a black spider and will almost always say...like my wife at first, "Honey, come kill this...it's a Black Widow!"

Now tho', after shes' seen me gently get him out of her way...letting him crawl on my hand, and put him elsewhere...she OK. If it looks different she'll still scream..."Come see what this is...and get it out of my kitchen, dammit!" I comply. She has let "Blackie" crawl on her hand, too.

Different 'jumping or hopping' spiders are all over the world, they are harmless.

See...? You can unlearn a fear by education.

In Britain -- do y'all have any poisonous spiders, insects or animals...?

dh

i think spiders are awesome creatures, though i have to say it does make me jump sometimes if i see one creeping along out of the corner of my eye, and the spiders that jump too are even more insane.