# Husband refuses to remove spider. **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [May 16, 2009, 5:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/husband-refuses-to-remove-spider/496617 "2009-05-16T05:52:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![arachnologus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/dc4da7/32.png) [@arachnologus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/arachnologus)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2009, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/husband-refuses-to-remove-spider/496617/101 "2009-06-01T02:27:57Z")
> [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#): > > Chances are there’s at least one spider within eight feet of you _right now._ That’s one of those things that “everybody knows” that isn’t exactly true. I recently added a page to my “Spider Myths Site,” debunking this relatively new legend, [here](http://www.washington.edu/burkemuseum/spidermyth/myths/3feet.html). ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2009, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/husband-refuses-to-remove-spider/496617/102 "2009-06-01T02:50:07Z")
> [@arachnologus](#): > > That’s one of those things that “everybody knows” that isn’t exactly true. I recently added a page to my “Spider Myths Site,” debunking this relatively new legend, [here](http://www.washington.edu/burkemuseum/spidermyth/myths/3feet.html). I know it’s not true for all situations. However, for the average person sitting in a room of a house (and I assume that **Guin** is sitting in her house if she’s posting on a Sunday afternoon) I think it’s probably a safe assumption. ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2009, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/husband-refuses-to-remove-spider/496617/103 "2009-06-01T03:20:53Z")
> [@Gorsnak](#): > > What part of “phobias aren’t rational” aren’t you understanding? You can’t help what you’re scared of, but it’s self-indulgent to expect anyone else to drop everything to help you slay the monster. I’m phobic about centipedes, but when I found three in the basement last week, I whimpered and stomped on them myself rather than crying for help. I don’t think coping makes me particularly heroic. ---
**Author:** ![Jennyrosity](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/2bfe46/32.png) [@Jennyrosity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jennyrosity)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2009, 10:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/husband-refuses-to-remove-spider/496617/104 "2009-06-01T10:52:58Z")
I am Chief Spider Remover in my house - husband is extremely phobic. Note though, I will only remove them, not kill them. Spiders are A Good Thing, to my mind, as they kill flies, and I have my own phobias about anything that spread disease - flies, rats, street pigeons (ICK ICK ICK!) Should a pigeon ever get into our house, I would fully expect husband to deal with it, as I would not re-enter the building until it had been removed and the entire place hosed down with disinfectant. ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2009, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/husband-refuses-to-remove-spider/496617/105 "2009-06-01T18:08:48Z")
The only time I ask someone else to kill a spider for me is if I can’t reach it. There was one the other other night crawling up the wall that I would have gotten, but it was too high up. So I had to ask my dad. I felt like a weenie having to do so – curse my stunted height!!!) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/husband-refuses-to-remove-spider/496617.md?page=5)