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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Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
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)
newburton13 26
It's your roommate's fault. If he knew about your fear, he should've known that would happen.
monkiki62 5
Ydi op. It's sad that you were warned first and still had a stupid reaction. Yes you do owe him money you killed his freaking pet.
Shonnygrl 8
well you did tell him you have an extreme arachnophobia
ViviMage 40
Depends on the species how much it costs, or a rare color.And unless you have an allergy to insect venom, the worst thing they do is flick irritating hairs at you, which can bother skin or eyes. I'd make you pay for my dead pet. Also, I live with a lagomorphobic roommate and moved in with a rabbit. He was scared of it but did not kill my pet. He even used her to conquer the fear.
nicholasj96 9
He di , why Is it out of the cage ? And he knew you had a phobia and decided to show you anyway .
Cass_x 22
who would even spend that much money to buy such an ugly an terrifying creature? Why couldn't he just buy a rat or something? No, rather something with 8 legs D:
iateapenguin 27
You suck, OP. Better pay up, there's no way you can blame your roommate on your idiotic actions.
axeno 7
None of you have arachnophobia. There's a difference between having an unexplained fear and being a pussy.
celinadepp 21
Your first reaction is to grab a book and kill it? YDI. If it was in your roommate's hand and wasn't attacking you, you shouldn't have killed it. I hate spiders too, but I wouldn't have killed it. :/
Bigsam1514 14
$500 well spent