Kids: Today, I asked my 8-year-old daughter to kill a house spider...

By ihatespiders - 05/08/2014 12:31 - United Kingdom - London

Today, I asked my 8-year-old daughter to kill a house spider for me. I am a 42-year-old man. FML

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Wuss

By kenneth - 31/08/2018 01:30

Today, I had to drive 40-odd miles to my grown-ass son's house to kill a large spider on the wall. It had him trapped in his bedroom because his wife had already gone to work. How did I ever raise such a wuss? FML

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You big fanny

By Anonymous - 30/09/2012 17:57 - Germany - Hagen

Today, I was babysitting a six year old girl, when I saw a huge spider on the wall. I screamed and told her to stay back. Instead, she walked up to the spider, squished it, and told me to stop being such a baby. FML

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A job well done.

By belly the jelly - 30/10/2017 21:00

Today, I asked my husband to deal with the very large spider in our kitchen. Rather than a newspaper or a slipper, he went after it with an aerosol can and a lighter. The spider is now dead, but so are the wall and cupboards in my kitchen. FML

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Irrational fears

By emelie000 - 29/07/2022 14:00

Today, my daughter, who can pick up spiders and even snakes without flinching, screamed at the top of her lungs because she saw a mouse. Um, what? FML

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Wonky fear

By mala_19 - 27/08/2023 08:00 - Sweden - Burea

Today, I saw a spider. My two year-old knows that I'm afraid of them, but in an attempt to not pass my phobia onto him, I said it was a piece of dirt. Now he thinks that I'm afraid of dirt. I did not think this through. FML

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By SpiderFather - 02/07/2013 08:01 - France

Today, my seven-year-old son put a spider in the microwave. Animal cruelty? No. The goal was to irradiate it, then get it to bite him so that he would become Spider-Man. FML

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By Anonymous - 29/06/2019 01:00

Today, my son was crying and refusing to sleep in his room because a spider ran along the wall, and it's now hiding somewhere. He’s 19. FML

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By JustLeaveThem - 25/01/2017 18:00

Today, I was reaching into the floor vent in my toddler's room to retrieve some toys she'd dropped. What I found instead was a clump of large dead spiders. FML

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She's right, you know

By Anonymous - 27/07/2009 16:52 - United Kingdom

Today, I was babysitting some kids and helping them make a poster about insects. They couldn't think of any more insects to add so I suggested a spider, and got told to "not be a dumbass, spiders aren't insects they're arachnids." The girl is six. FML

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By AnRom - 17/12/2009 09:58 - United States

Today, I spent five minutes trying to kill a spider with my mind. FML

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Lavelle1313 11

Tuesday 5 August 2014 17:21

No shame necessary. Sacrifice the children.

brettrb 18

Tuesday 5 August 2014 17:21

Spiders are terrifying. I see nothing wrong with this.

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taybear0 14

Tuesday 5 August 2014 19:43

young kids are pretty fearless. as long as it wasnt a deadly spider, there is no shame in this

Abdelhady 6

Tuesday 5 August 2014 19:48

arachnophobia ?

slyde32 12

Wednesday 6 August 2014 6:43

no, he loves spiders

airportlad 4

Tuesday 5 August 2014 20:00

You bitch

CrysisKing 5

Tuesday 5 August 2014 20:07

The real MVP!

xIlluminated 6

Tuesday 5 August 2014 20:08

You handled the situation better. I would've burned the house down

Macherni 5

Tuesday 5 August 2014 20:08

42 years old...yes. A man....don't think so, pussy.

worldclassrager 39

Tuesday 5 August 2014 20:14

Better than burning the house down...but I think that will be the option when your daughter is having a sleepover with a friend or something

ethan_unoxx 29

Tuesday 5 August 2014 20:40

Don't worry bro. I feel you.

alex_622 22

Tuesday 5 August 2014 20:59

Your daughter killing the Devil's spawn for you is a problem because...?

ZorroRooster 19

Tuesday 5 August 2014 21:27

Sack up, dude. Its just a spider. Unless it was a black widow or funnel-web, I see no reason to freak.

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