Posted by 10derHeart on August 17, 2005, at 23:06:44
In reply to I hate spiders!, posted by happyflower on August 14, 2005, at 3:00:15
....I kinda like them. I felt like you growing up, but now it's like 180 degrees for me. Okay, I don't *love* them. And I have a healthy respect for them. Yes, they can still scare me (a bit) and startle me - for sure - but it stops there. I guess, over the years of being a single parent, raising child who was DEATHLY afraid of them (she'd have nightmares, shake, freak out, etc.) I killed so many, the fear was "pounded" out of me, as I pounded the poor spiders with shoes, books, etc.
Where I live now, too, we have so many wolf spiders (near a big open field) and they love my screened in porch. I'm to the point I can be out there, sweeping, or sitting, or whatever, and even if one crawls over my hand, I'm okay with it.
But you're the *normal* one, for sure, not me. The kids at my church, when they found out I didn't hate spiders, and wasn't too scared to approach them...were amazed. Goes against the stereotype for women, maybe? In fact, when a new child would come to some activity, one of the boys would always grab them, point to me, and say, "That's Miss "My First Name," and she LIKES spiders. And I'm not kidding!" LOL. It was so cute.
Happy, I'll drop by and kill one for you if you want...I wouldn't mind ;-)
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