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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Today, my 18 year old son asked me to check if there were any monsters under his bed. FML
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
Today, my son wanted to be Spiderman. He found the biggest spider he could outside and let it bite his hand. He's staying overnight in the hospital. 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, my son told me he was afraid of monsters under his bed. When I poked my head under to show him nothing was there, the family cat sprang out and clawed me in the face. Now I have a gash on my chin, and my son refuses to go anywhere near his bed. 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
Today, I was fined because my son pushed the alarm button in the elevator. Why? There was a spider in there. FML
Today, I walked into my son's room only to be attacked by a swarm of flies. I'm afraid to go back in there. FML
Today, knowing that I have severe arachnophobia, my brother brought over his friend's tarantula. One hour later, the spider got loose. It's been 5 hours and I'm afraid to go to sleep. FML
Today, I spotted a huge spider in my bedroom. I freaked out at first, but I managed to confront my arachnophobia and killed it with a book. I was ecstatic and went to tell my boyfriend. By the time I returned to my room, the "dead" spider had vanished. Now I'm too scared to sleep. FML
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julfunky 29
Seems like a completely legitimate reason.
A Frenchy in Eire 31
So? A phobia is a phobia. You cannot control them, and people of all ages and, genders and sizes can have them.
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Comments (18)
julfunky 29
Seems like a completely legitimate reason.
Charlie Coffman_1920149595 18
your son is a wussy
WeirdUS 30
Sorry your for man-child.
RichardPencil 32
Who’s hiding, the spider or your son?
BurnInDemonFire 39
OP: "He's more afraid of you than you are of him." Son, and Spider (in unison): "Which one are you talking to?" OP: *sighs* "Both, apparently..."
A Frenchy in Eire 31
So? A phobia is a phobia. You cannot control them, and people of all ages and, genders and sizes can have them.
alycion 39
At least he didn’t burn the house down trying to kill it.
childlessmother 16
I can relate
Oley 27
Exactly how tight did you wrap the umbilical cord around his testicles?
Susan Yee 9
That give a good reason to your son to start vacuuming and cleaning his room.
protoskore 27
arachnophobia is real and like all phobias, not subject to age or reason.
WeirdUS 30
For it to be that severe is not healthy. People tend to over react doesn't mean it is a phobia. Not growing up doesn't mean it's a phobia