I don’t get rid of spiders with glasses, but if I did, I’d definitely wash it. Who knows where it’s been? And spiders don’t wipe their little feet. (Plus, there are EIGHT of them to wipe.)
I agree with both the OP, and his wife. There’s absolutely no reason to wash the glass after a spider removal. But I do it anyway, even if the spider never even touched the glass, because dude, it’s fucking spider. <shudder>
Well, the spider’s been wandering around the floor probably under the stove or refrigerator where it’s all greasy and unmopped, with its sticky, sticky feet. So if you’d feel happy about grinding the rim of the glass on the floor under the stove for a couple of seconds and then taking a sip, yeah there’s no reason to wash the glass.
I don’t get why you would assume a spider is clean. Bugs bring lots of diseases around with them.
Even if they are, if your wife is squicked out by the thought of drinking out of a glass that a spider has been crawling around in, would it really kill you to give it a rinse? As marriage compromises go, this is a pretty small one. I certainly wouldn’t want to die defending this particular spider hill. Just wash the damned glass, if for no other reason than your wife will appreciate it.
I am in the “Dude, spiders don’t wash their feet and who knows where they’ve been so wash the glass” camp.
And I am also extremely squicked out right now.
The simplest solution would be to use a dirty glass to start out with.
So what you’re saying is that you won’t accommodate your wife’s feelings, because they might be a little irrational? Tell me, how many of your irrational feelings does she have to accommodate?
It doesn’t matter who’s right and who’s wrong. If you don’t wash the glass, you’re being a dick.
Aaaand now there is a new saying in my household. 
Really? That’s weird. When my wife cooks she pretty much expects I’ll clean. Thank goodness she hardly ever cooks. Of course, when I cook, I’m also supposed to clean. I digress.
I figure the same rule would apply. The one who does the catching shouldn’t have to worry about the cleaning. She wants a clean glass, she can damn well wash it herself.
EXACTLY. Eminently sensible.
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I’d definitely wash the glass. What’s the big deal about washing a glass?
I bet spiders have a party in my cupboard when I’m not looking :dubious: , but I don’t really care about that. If I’m sticking a glass business-side-down onto an unclean surface, it’s getting cleaned after.
It’s not just the spider germs (and agreed - who knows where it’s been), but you just had the glass on the wall or the floor which are also covered in germs. I don’t care how clean the floor is, you still don’t lick it. Putting the glass back in the cabinet after the rim has been on the floor is equally as disgusting.
First you eat the spider, then wash the glass.
Ok, I’ve been sprung. This morning my darling daughter found a spider crawling over her jacket - she was wearing the jacket at the time and not happy about the spider.
It didn’t like the noise and bungied to the floor, whereapon I squished it with great force and a spare shoe.
I wiped the shoe.
I like the idea of having a designated Spider Glass. The best part about this is that you can make sure unliked guests (mother-in-law? annoying neighbor?) gets the Spider Glass to hold their beverage.
Perfectly OK to not wash but hey, give it a quick rinse to keep peace.
Oh for Og’s sake, dude, is this the hill you want to die on? It will take you two minutes to wash the glass in exchange for keeping your wife happy and content and willing to give you sex.
I swear, men sometimes.
I love men. I have two living with me. But sometimes you flex your macho muscles at the silliest things.
Aren’t spiders doing their damndest to get their grubby little mitts on cockroaches and flies?
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