Tell dipswitch to get over it, and take care of her own spider problems.
Might not hurt to let her know how lucky she is not live in Australia,
where they have spiders which can really do some damage:
The Australian Funnel-web Spider
(from link):
I didn’t know you had them in the states. They are common in the UK and this time of year they start getting mobile and freaking people out.
I know they aren’t massive, nor dangerous but Christ they are* fast*.
I’m not scared of spiders but something that quick seems always to be on the brink of going for your throat - “8 legged freaks” style
They must not live here in MN yet, because I’ve never seen one. Pretty cool spider, though. We get a lot of “black crunchy spiders” in our house along with harvestmen, but they never get bigger than about 3 cm (legs included). We generally let them live unless they’re on the ceiling, but I will vacuum them up if I come across them while I’m cleaning.
Oh, re: hobo spiders.
There are false black widows (Steatoda) in the house. I understand they prey on hobo spiders. They stay out of sight (like, under the couch I’m on now), so I leave them alone.
I call them baby motherfucking tarantulas, and they meet a twitchy death by Raid when I find them in my home.
Good christ. <crosses Seattle off list of places to live someday, maybe>
Fellow Seattle-ite…
These spiders are quite smart and seem to know their territory well. A simple relocation to the back yard is often insufficient, and they’ll crawl back “home” in a matter of minutes. They are especially fond of bathtubs.
The most recent one I found was big and determined enough to scoot the tupperware a little bit that I dropped over it.
Those freaks are just another reason I’m glad I moved to Denver. Arachnis Giganticus Motherfuckus apparently can’t thrive at altitude or something because I haven’t been horrified by an 8-legger since I’ve been here. Either that or…the elevated UV here has rendered them invisible.
I’m with you! The only spiders I don’t allow in the house are the black widows - they’re not likely to do a whole lot of damage to the people, but since they could really hurt or even kill a cat, they have to live away from the pets.
We don’t have anything nearly that impressive around here, but we do have some adorable tiny spiders who live in our downstairs bathroom and eat the teensy ants that live in the wall. My only problem is that now I’m afraid to put bait out to kill the ants, because that might hurt the spiders. 
Yeah, the Funnel-web is nasty but you’re far more likely to encounter the Redback, White-tail or Huntsman
Of course, up north some spiders take care of the snake problem for us. 
I’m a spider-liker, too. We have a lot of them sharing our abode, and a small breeding colony of jumping spiders lives in our mailbox. I’m not sure what the mail carrier thinks of that, but they live way in the back where she doesn’t have to put her hand, so I guess she’s okay with it.
Aw HELL no!
We honor them with art here…
Spiders kill an incredible amount of flies, so they are a GOOD thing !
Indeed. There must be things to eat, else they wouldn’t be here. I was finding wood lice from time to time. And I found a number of wood lice hulks in secluded webs. (I also discovered a couple of drain pipes had broken under the house, so the kitchen sink and [clothes washer] utility sink were draining under the house. Maybe that will reduce the population of wood lice.)
I found a Steatoda on one of the headboard legs of my bed the other day. I’m leaving it alone. (It’s really tempting to catch it and try to take a picture of it. Only my camera isn’t up to the task.)
Around here, it’s the little tiny ones that will really ruin your day. The big ones don’t scare me much.
There’s a trussed-up earwig hanging behind my garage door that I leave as a trophy in honor of spiders everywhere. The spider that got it was a quarter its size.