Let's talk about...
...spiders. I am somewhat of an arachnophobe. Sure, I recognize that it is an "irrational" fear. That's why I don't want to pass this fear of spiders onto Hannah. Heidi isn't the biggest fan of spiders either, so we have come up with a plan. It will go something like this:
"AHH! I mean...hmm...there's a spider over there. Do you see that spider Hannah?"
"Yes."
"Good. Now some people are very scared of spiders, but that is just silly. Don't you see how small it is? Now we don't want you to be scared of something silly, so to make sure that you aren't, you get to go and kill that spider."
I really don't think that we have any alternatives. Probably about a decade later, Hannah will be busy, and I'll come running into the room saying "Hannah there is a spider!". She'll ask me to kill it because she is doing something else. And then our horrible little secret won't be a secret anymore.
The topic of this post was prompted by the spider in the corner of our bathroom, right over our shower head. It had it's latest victim wrapped up, hanging there. I generally can tolerate those bathroom spiders for a couple of days, since they eat up the tiny little gnats that sometimes get in. I don't kill them until they do something really creepy. Like move. But this one went over and sucked on it's liquefying victim.
Just think if spiders were closer to our size. Something that could trap you in a web, wrap you up and turn your internal organs into goo that it could then suck out, all the while you get to relax in a super creepy hammock.
In closing, my "irrational" fear really isn't. I still think getting Hannah to kill the spiders might be a good idea.
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ahaha todays google ads were related to - adoption assistance - and spider pest control - ahaha google is amazing!
Spider pest control is something I am interested in! Too bad google made me agree not to click on any of those ads - they are totally losing business! Unless the spider pest control is really using spiders to control other pests, like flies. That is a completely awful idea. I think perhaps a combo purple martin (catches flies) and anteater (eats ants, in case you didn't know) would be a superior idea. That's actually a pretty awesome business plan, since they would find all the pests themselves, and you would just have to drop them off.
I personally believe that if spiders were human-sized, i would not be frightened of them. They wouldn't creep under your door, or through your screens, or produce that sudden tickle that only the lightest little eight-legged creature could...or suspend themselves from the bathroom ceiling, our scurry out of sight under your bed...out of killing's reach to just lay eggs all over and produce innumerable tiny, devilish creatures...
I mean, if I saw a big spider grazing in a pasture I would think "oh, cool spider" and would just go on with my day (the way that I do with cows or other large animals that I have no fear of) and wouldn't worry one bit about whether or not it was creating a habitat in my home. It's hard for a cow to sneak up on you...
It's also hard for a cow to wrap you up in sticky stuff and then suck out your insides. And really, maybe cows would be sneaking around if they weren't fenced up. Maybe that's also what cow bells are for (what are cow bells for?). If I saw a cow-sized spider, I would totally lose it because the thing is, spiders don't graze in a pasture! Perhaps I could adopt your view if in becoming larger spiders also became ruminants and otherwise eight-legged versions of cows.
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