Not sure what's wrong with my wife.

[Chris142]

I found a tarantula out by my garage. I brought him in so we could check him out and she screamed,crawled over the back of the couch and ran to the bedroom then slammed the door.

Oddest behavior I have ever seen from her.

 

[Malo83]

Handsome Lad.

 

[Oillover]

... and she screamed,crawled over the back of the couch and ran to the bedroom then slammed the door.

I had to read your post twice since I couldn't easily determine if this was the actions of the Tarantula or your wife.

 

[miden851]

that's a plot for a horror movie man!

 

[zrxkawboy]

Chris is sleeping on the couch tonight!

 

[supton]

My wife would have said “can we keep it?”

 

[doitmyself]

My wife would have said “can we keep it?”

Agreed. Mine would have grabbed it and tossed it in the chicken pen.

 

[Number_35]

I think I would have out the door faster than your wife! That primal fear of spiders runs pretty deep in some of us.

 

[vavavroom]

I found a tarantula out by my garage. I brought him in so we could check him out and she screamed,crawled over the back of the couch and ran to the bedroom then slammed the door.

Oddest behavior I have ever seen from her.

Chris, your wife is a victim of arachnophobia. A proven way of dealing with any phobia is persistent exposure therapy. You increasingly expose your wife to ever more spidery things until she is cured of her debilitating condition. Hiding a pulsating, about-to-burst egg sack in a cupboard would be a great start. Hide more spider things in your wife's favorite hiding places as impromptu surprises. But do make sure you don't come to harm in the process. They do bite - both spiders and wives.

 

[vavavroom]

 

[daves87rs]

Well…….

 

[dlundblad]

My wife also hates bugs and such.

Our pug brought a snake in over the summer. That didn’t go well.

 

[FT92]

my wife would have killed the thing in an instant, she has killed snakes, all kinds of critters and insects whatever, she has no fear of them, just doesn't like them

 

[Skippy722]

I agree with your wife. Wretched creatures.

 

[Jetronic]

I found a tarantula out by my garage. I brought him in so we could check him out and she screamed,crawled over the back of the couch and ran to the bedroom then slammed the door.

Oddest behavior I have ever seen from her.

My wife would say:"now find other spiders, so we can fight them together and get some bets going"

 

[Jetronic]

Chris is sleeping on the couch tonight!

if not in the chicken coop...

 

[Kira]

We were always taught that killing a spider indoors brought bad luck.

In the movie "Arachnophobia", the mother says to the kids, "Don't kill a spider on the hearth cause it brings bad luck".

Either way, take him outside. He's an indicator of a clean environment.

 

[Yah-Tah-Hey]

My wife acts the same way. I escort spiders out to the garden. Never have understood that fixation on bugs of any kine.

 

[racer12306]

Chris, your wife is a victim of arachnophobia. A proven way of dealing with any phobia is persistent exposure therapy. You increasingly expose your wife to ever more spidery things until she is cured of her debilitating condition. Hiding a pulsating, about-to-burst egg sack in a cupboard would be a great start. Hide more spider things in your wife's favorite hiding places as impromptu surprises. But do make sure you don't come to harm in the process. They do bite - both spiders and wives.

This sounds like a sure fire method of not having to deal with her arachnophobia in the future.

 

[Duffyjr]

Opposite here, my wife has a tank at work with some spiders in it and I hate them, I won't let her bring them home. I'll see if she has any recent pictures and post them.