https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sun, 24 May 2026 20:03:37 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-see-a-spider/page/2#post-1712000 Fri, 20 Jun 2014 09:26:08 +0000 BlueWolverine 1712000@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I generally allow spiders to go on their merry way, unless they're crawling ON me. Go eat the bugs. </p> <p>Cockroaches on the other hand -- I run away screaming. F-bombs. DH always knows if I see one because he can hear me from across the house. They all deserve to DIE DIE DIE. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-see-a-spider/page/2#post-1711994 Fri, 20 Jun 2014 09:24:35 +0000 MrsBrewer 1711994@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I voted "try to get your pet to eat it" I literally did this last night! I was vacuuming and this nasty looking hard shelled black beetle thing came out from under our chair. I immediately called both dogs over, and they played with it until it was dead. Then one of my cats came over and ate it! HAHAHAH Now that's teamwork!! :-) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-see-a-spider/page/2#post-1711986 Fri, 20 Jun 2014 09:21:43 +0000 illumina 1711986@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Depends how big it is. If it's a small, like couple of centimeters total length I'll just watch it scuttle away somewhere...if it's big I'll shout for Dh to come and take it outside. When Dh wasn't here once there was a big one on the curtains in the living room and I just shut the door and didn't go back in there until he came home! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-see-a-spider/page/2#post-1711973 Fri, 20 Jun 2014 09:18:40 +0000 MrsKoala 1711973@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Ask DH to kill it. If he isn't around, I breathe slowly for a couple minutes and try to get up the courage to smoosh it with a paper towel and flush it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-see-a-spider/page/2#post-1711901 Fri, 20 Jun 2014 08:51:38 +0000 cyndistar3 1711901@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>If it's little I'll squish it with a (many times folded) paper towel and flush it, if it is larger or really fast and dh is around I scream for him to come save me, if it is large and or fast or too high I use chemical warfare until it is incapacitated then I squish it with a paper towel and flush it... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-see-a-spider/page/2#post-1711851 Fri, 20 Jun 2014 08:24:49 +0000 Mrs. Lemon-Lime 1711851@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>You had so many awesome poll choices, but I still picked Other </p> <p>I let spiders live and go on about their business eating other pesky insects. I haven't run across a spider inside my house though. Growing up we had daddy long legs in our den. They were so cool. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-see-a-spider/page/2#post-1711844 Fri, 20 Jun 2014 08:21:22 +0000 swurlygurl 1711844@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Danizaur: Hahahahaha to both your videos!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-see-a-spider/page/2#post-1711843 Fri, 20 Jun 2014 08:21:12 +0000 swurlygurl 1711843@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Something involving screaming and running away and trying to kill it.</p> <p>Lately, I'm trying to teach L to befriend bugs so she will be my savior since DH just laughs at me and tells me to suck it up </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-see-a-spider/page/2#post-1711822 Fri, 20 Jun 2014 08:12:07 +0000 artsyfartsy 1711822@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I saw a YouTube video once and a guy was talking about how he hated bugs. He said "Everyone always says that bugs do good things and we shouldn't kill them and blah blah blah. If they're so busy doing all these things then why are they wasting time crawling on me?" Lol</p> <p>ETA: here's the video. It's pretty hilarious. Lots of F bombs though. </p> <p><a href="http://youtu.be/_FAAKHAF8As" rel="nofollow">http://youtu.be/_FAAKHAF8As</a> </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-see-a-spider/page/2#post-1711816 Fri, 20 Jun 2014 08:10:38 +0000 Alivoo01 1711816@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Reese: LOL!!!!</p> <p>I kill them with a quickness! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-see-a-spider/page/2#post-1711788 Fri, 20 Jun 2014 07:57:59 +0000 snowjewelz 1711788@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Depends on what kind. I can kill an itsy bitsy one. Anything bigger, or daddy long legs, I call for help! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-see-a-spider/page/2#post-1711781 Fri, 20 Jun 2014 07:54:36 +0000 MrsRoo 1711781@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Reese: I think about that meme everytime I kill a spider and feel a little sad, lol. But ultimately my urge to protect my daughter from scary, eight-legged monsters wins and I kill them anyway. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-see-a-spider#post-1711759 Fri, 20 Jun 2014 07:42:15 +0000 pui 1711759@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I usually don't react at all.</p> <p>Now, if I see a centipede I flip my crap lol. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-see-a-spider#post-1711754 Fri, 20 Jun 2014 07:39:33 +0000 Koolbreeze 1711754@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Sometimes I kill them (though it makes me feel bad). Sometimes I catch them and put them outside. And other times I leave them alone. DH and I aren't scared of spiders. </p> <p>Growing up I was the spider killer for my mom and sisters...and I totally squished a few with my bare hands just to freak them out. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-see-a-spider#post-1711752 Fri, 20 Jun 2014 07:39:14 +0000 JoyfulKiwi 1711752@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Reese: hehehe, I like those! Although he's a creepy looking guy. That's exactly how my husband feels about spiders - they keep the other bugs at bay. We only really kill black widows. My feeling is they need to keep out of sight &amp; I'm fine with them. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-see-a-spider#post-1711707 Fri, 20 Jun 2014 06:56:13 +0000 MrsTal 1711707@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I usually have DH capture and release it outside. If he's not home I will capture and release. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-see-a-spider#post-1711698 Fri, 20 Jun 2014 06:47:54 +0000 Reese 1711698@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>[attach=3040/14/n7gu3u.600x577.image.jpg]</p> <p>I'm very much the furniture polish/whatever it takes approach </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-see-a-spider#post-1711655 Fri, 20 Jun 2014 05:28:26 +0000 Dandelion 1711655@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I ignore them and let them live. Unless it's on me, then it has to die. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-see-a-spider#post-1711654 Fri, 20 Jun 2014 05:28:07 +0000 babycanuck 1711654@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I have extreme arachnophobia so I generally freeze and scream. There was one time where I sat at my parents' place for 4 hours crying in the same spot until someone came home to kill it.. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-see-a-spider#post-1711638 Fri, 20 Jun 2014 04:23:15 +0000 anonysquire 1711638@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Faint. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-see-a-spider#post-1711635 Fri, 20 Jun 2014 04:09:30 +0000 NurseMommy 1711635@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>OMG the other day I was in the kitchen and I turned around an one was dangling right in front of my face. I freaked out, screamed, and then said to myself "dh isn't here. You just protect dd from this heinous creature. It's part of being a mom." Then I grabbed it with a paper towel. But normally I freak and make dh deal with it. Which is hilarious because he's actually more afraid of them than I am. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-see-a-spider#post-1711605 Fri, 20 Jun 2014 01:18:47 +0000 Boogs 1711605@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MamaBehr: Haha love the response!</p> <p>I smash them with the nearest thing I can find! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-see-a-spider#post-1711581 Fri, 20 Jun 2014 00:22:20 +0000 lemondrop 1711581@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>No biggie to me, usually I wish them well outside of my house. If they are a good venemous specimen, I put them in a bottle for a good friend of mine to preserve and sell in his shop. </p> <p>But really, this: </p> [attach=1790/14/n7gc98.588x525.depp.jpg] https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-see-a-spider#post-1711558 Thu, 19 Jun 2014 23:45:14 +0000 Espion 1711558@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I voted "other". I vacuum the sucker up!</p> <p>@Mrs. Bee: I feel like once bugs hit a certain weight class, then I cannot smash them. That's when I call in reinforcements. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-see-a-spider#post-1711556 Thu, 19 Jun 2014 23:40:52 +0000 cheesetomywhine 1711556@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Bee: Lucky! I am petrified of most bugs. Wonder how that happens. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-see-a-spider#post-1711551 Thu, 19 Jun 2014 23:34:25 +0000 Mrs. Bee 1711551@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I ain't scared of no bugs!</p> <p>Although those huge cockroaches (silverbugs?) are pretty gross. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-see-a-spider#post-1711547 Thu, 19 Jun 2014 23:32:59 +0000 cheesetomywhine 1711547@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I chose that I have a panic attack and run away. Truth? I stand in another room where I can watch it to make sure I don''t lose it until someone can come rescue me. </p> <p>I try not to scream with R around as I don't want her to freak out like me. However the other day one landed on my hand somehow while washing dishes. I screamed then! And promptly called my mum as it fell into a bowl of water. After talking me for about 15 min. I was able to use a ladle to put the (dead from drowning) spider into the sink, turn hot water on and for good measure in case it miraculously survived add vinegar and baking soda. please excuse that run on sentence. </p> <p>Talk about pathetic! I wish I wasn't so afraid of them! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-see-a-spider#post-1711540 Thu, 19 Jun 2014 23:29:10 +0000 Sapphiresun 1711540@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Typically I just pick them up and dump them outside. DH is afraid of spiders, I am not.</p> <p>However, we have black widows here. Those I kill, because I'm brave, not stupid. haha. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-see-a-spider#post-1711529 Thu, 19 Jun 2014 23:22:34 +0000 coopsmama 1711529@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I definitely scream for DH to come and take care of the situation. I'm not even going to lie - that was definitely one of my motivations for wanting to get married! ;) I hate spiders and will do everything in my power to avoid having to be the one to kill them. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-see-a-spider#post-1711399 Thu, 19 Jun 2014 21:31:24 +0000 Torchwood 1711399@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I usually make DH kill it (usually by throwing my shoe at him for that purpose), but if he's not available, some combination of trying to convince the cat or dogs to eat it, and squishing it with my shoe. </p>