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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Today, I asked my 8-year-old daughter to kill a house spider for me. I am a 42-year-old man. FML
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
Today, my son nearly burned the house down with a lighter and an aerosol. His excuse? He was killing a massive spider carrying an egg sack. My wife hates spiders so she refuses to punish him and gave him £20. But sure, dear old Dad will spend money replacing the wallpaper and curtains, no problem. FML
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
Today, I was fined because my son pushed the alarm button in the elevator. Why? There was a spider in there. FML
Today, a spider came down from its web in front of my face. This would have been fine and I could have killed it easily if I wasn't in my car. Driving on the highway. I cried. FML
Today, my significant other woke at 4:30 a.m. to me crying about a spider in the bathroom. I have an intense fear of spiders; he was super nice and took care of it for me. He even walked me out to my car. I started to calm down driving to work, but when I got there what do I see on the door handle but a spider. I'm still shaking. FML
Today, I found a big spider on my wall. I have arachnophobia, and I was trying to kill it with my shoe. I pulled back and hit myself in the face, causing me to fall backwards. The spider is still alive somewhere in my house. FML
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
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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Catsht 11
How did you raise such a wuss? By being the kind of parent to drive 40 miles to kill a spider for him.
NostalgiaFreak9 43
Who made you drive in the first place? Your son may be a wimp, but you're a pushover for going to his house just to kill a spider.
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draftskink 23
Because you drive to his house to kill a spider
A Frenchy in Eire 31
You're a bit of a dick OP. I have arachnophobia and I totally understand your son's reaction. It has nothing to do with being a wuss. It's irrational and would require a lot of therapy to be cure of it. I have absolutely no issue with any type of roaches, mice, snakes etc, but spiders create a deep fear in me. Even a picture of it makes me shiver and uncomfortable. I'm well aware that most spiders are completely harmless, I know also that they are useful insects, but I will get hysterical if a big one comes close to me. Try to be understanding and drop the "tough dude" act. Anyone can have a phobia, it has nothing to do with your testosterone level.
zuckerburg 21
I also have arachnophobia, but I don't scream like a girl and call mommy when I need the bad spider to be moved. I swallow my anxiety and make a plan. I grew up when I became an adult... and this dude is MARRIED. You would imagine being an adult, in full control of your own being, that you can DECIDE how to react even when you have debilitating arachnophobia.
MitiMiki 16
I have an irrational fear of heights, but that doesn't mean I don't climb a ladder or get on an airplane. Irrational fears are just that and any critical thinking adult should be able to understand and overcome them. FWIW, you are WAY bigger than any spider. You will win in a "fight to the death"... every time.
bl3ur0z3 17
Probably by running to his rescue for every little thing instead of making him take care of himself. Believe me, if he didn't expect you to drop everything and run to take care of that spider, he'd have survived and probably figured a way ot of that situation.
gotapenny 7
At least he married a woman willing to take care of such things for him...
zuckerburg 21
How? YOU DROVE 40 MILES TO SAVE YOUR SON FROM A SPIDER. That's how you raised "such a wuss" Imagine if you told him "Sorry hunny, you're a grown man now, you have a wife (and OMG, possibly kids?!) and can handle a little spider" You would have taught him how to survive the "ordeal" YDI for wondering HOW you raised such a wuss when you coddle him by driving 40 miles to help him just because he asked.
fabs1171 23
As a parent you should do everything you can for your child. IMO this was a personally reasonable request by your son as spiders are so frightening, I had one doing a tap dance in my front door step - a truly horrifying experience
bl3ur0z3 17
As a parent you should do all you can for your children; including teaching them to be self sufficient because you won't always be around.
Matthew Bonk 5
You answered your own. You raised a wuss because you agreed to drive 40 miles to kill a spider for him. You enable the wussy in him.
writergirl1029 17
Honestly, my husband is the same way. He can handle everything else, it won’t phase him, but spiders send him running. Your son sounds like he may actually need professional help.
KittyMack 13
How did you raise him to be like this? Ooh I know! Recovered severe phobic here, did a lot of reading on it and tried a lot of different strategies to fight it. Aside from the occasional trauma induced phobia (locked in a closet all weekend = calustrophobic) most phobias are caused by the person needing a vent for all the anxiety and other negative emotions that they repress because they can't deal with them directly. For me it was emotionally abusive parents who I was too young to flee, so my hatred & fear of them got redirected into a phobia. It isn't mentioned if this guy's arachnophobia started in adulthood though. If so maybe the stress that feeds it comes from something recent like military PTSD. Which is still kind of a sign the parent is hostile, otherwise the son would be able to talk those feelings through with the parent and heal. TL;DR If you're kid turned out phobic, likely that's 'cause you are an asshole to him.
KittyMack 13
And to all those saying it is "coddling" to go help: Step one in healing from an anxiety type mental illness is feeling safe & supported. Telling him he's on his own with this would only make it worse. And suicide is DEFINITELY on the table for severe phobias. A couple times I almost did it as the only escape from my phobic trigger. You want OP to leave his son to struggle alone with a serious panic attack? WTF is wrong with y'all? Mentally ill family members are not just garbage you throw in the dumpster and walk away from. If it were a migraine or a broken bone would you still suggest abandonment? Because I suspect the ugliness in this comments section is a big stinky pile of prejudice against mental illness. Helping a loved one who is suffering is just the right thing to do. And whether their suffering is physical or emotional should not affect the level of compassion.
bl3ur0z3 17
The OP didn't say he was running to his son who had anxiety, a legitimate mental disorder. He called his son a wuss. And he appears to be making no effort to strengthen his son. Just running to him.