Today, my roommate thought it would be a good idea to show me his huge new tarantula despite knowing that I have extremely severe arachnophobia. I ended up killing it with a book and apparently now owe him $500. FML
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Halloween
A failed costume, stolen candy and a very real scare: Halloween, the one night when fear is allowed.
Today, I faced down the Godzilla of all spiders. I smashed the goddamned holy shit out of it. Trying to impress my cute new roommate, I scooped up the remains and showed him. It was his pet tarantula. FML
Today, my girlfriend bought me a pet tarantula. I now have one of my biggest fears crawling around my house. 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
Today, my boss captured a huge spider and put it in a jar on the desk in our shop. He's named it Fluffy and is threatening to fire me if I harm it. I'm horribly arachnophobic and we share that desk. 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 went to see a therapist for help with my severe fear of spiders. The therapist held a big spider in a box inches away from my face. I ran to the back of the room and asked him why. He responded with, "Aren't therapists supposed to help you face your fears?" I'm paying $150 an hour. FML
Today, as part of our prank war, my girlfriend found a hairy tarantula picture and stuck it on the wall. I hadn't yet told her I'm arachnophobic, and when I saw it I passed out and hit my head hard enough to need an ambulance. She decided she's won the war and I don't get a say in the matter. FML
Today, I finally gave in and agreed to try holding my girlfriend's pet tarantula. The moment I did, it bit me. According to her she’s had him 4 years and he’s never so much as nipped her, never mind a full bite. Lucky me. My hand is twice the normal size and I can feel my heartbeat in it. FML
Today, my girlfriend, KNOWING I have severe arachnophobia, changed the wallpapers on my phone and tablet to pictures of tarantulas, all because she's mad at me. And she won't change it back. FML
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KomiExplosion 0
This is why we can't have nice things.
whatfml 0
you sound an annoying, drama feeding, self loving teen. just saying "omg I would totally stand on it with like my platforms"
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Comments (336)
cheeringchica 1
Ok, you're boyfriend's a moron and that spider did not do anything to you. I am afraid of spiders but c'mon all you have to do is scream and run away, and then when it's been put away hit your boyfriend with a book. You are an idiot. Oh, and OP ydi!!
JenL_fml 7
Boyfriend? Which FML did you read? o.O
zero_ego 0
**** him. He knows you're terrified of them yet forces u to interact with it. He was hoping for the classic "scared little girl" reaction. But got the "OH ****, KILL THAT ******* THING!!" reaction instead. His stupidity, his fault, his money to buy a new one.
mentalhotdog 0
His fault if he knew you were afraid! If not... bitch
Georgie_chick 0
It's all your roommate's fault. Shit happens
stryke0318 0
I'd make you pay me back too! Would you have killed his dog as well?
RyanX92 0
I'd dump you so fast
megz21 0
i dont understand why people even have em as pets?!?
TomFeltonFan 0
nice in bed.
love_me_electric 20
I clicked FYL and YDI. Your roommate is an ass for showing it to you when he knows you're afraid of it, but you didn't have to kill it. :/ I'm afraid of spiders too but I don't kill them, especially if they're someone's pet. Would you kill someone's dog if it scared you?
robberry 11
How did they "show it to you?" If he put it on you or near you, you owe them nothing. if they made you look at the aquarium, you owe him a replacement spider (not $500).
Pazu_fml 10
This is what I'm thinking. If the roommate's idea of "showing" it was to stick it on OP's desk or in his face, or to otherwise make OP encounter it without warning him, then that roommate is clearly at fault. OP would, in this case, have had a normal response to his fear - one that the roommate deliberately triggered. If it was "hey, check out my pet spider" and he showed him a spider in an aquarium, then it's OP's bad. Since I can't imagine how a spider would get squashed by a book while being caged, I'm thinking it may be the former.