Insects, Spiders and Kids: She's right, you know

She's right, you know

By Anonymous - 27/07/2009 16:52 - United Kingdom

Today, I was babysitting some kids and helping them make a poster about insects. They couldn't think of any more insects to add so I suggested a spider, and got told to "not be a dumbass, spiders aren't insects they're arachnids." The girl is six. FML

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By Anonymous - 30/09/2012 17:57 - Germany - Hagen

Today, I was babysitting a six year old girl, when I saw a huge spider on the wall. I screamed and told her to stay back. Instead, she walked up to the spider, squished it, and told me to stop being such a baby. FML

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By mala_19 - 27/08/2023 08:00 - Sweden - Burea

Today, I saw a spider. My two year-old knows that I'm afraid of them, but in an attempt to not pass my phobia onto him, I said it was a piece of dirt. Now he thinks that I'm afraid of dirt. I did not think this through. FML

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By ihatespiders - 05/08/2014 12:31 - United Kingdom - London

Today, I asked my 8-year-old daughter to kill a house spider for me. I am a 42-year-old man. FML

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By Arachnaphobe - 03/06/2016 22:14 - United States - Bloomington

Today, a large spider climbed inside my lunchbox while my mom was making me sandwiches. She didn't tell me about it until after I got home from school, though, and only because I mentioned a strange aftertaste in the sandwiches. She said she didn't want me to worry over lunch because she knows I hate spiders. FML

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By Scarred4Life - 11/10/2015 03:30 - United States - San Francisco

Today, while babysitting my nephew, I was looking through a bin of toys, and I saw a fake spider. I picked it up to do a prank with. It wasn't fake. FML

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By Anonymous - 18/03/2023 18:00

Today, I found out that my kids played around with a bunch of caterpillars they'd found in the yard, then informed me they'd eaten a few. I then had to scramble to Google "Is this kind of caterpillar poisonous?" FML

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By silverstar189 - 01/01/2010 15:41 - United States

Today, the 6 year old girl I was babysitting asked me, "Why are you so ugly? Are you an alien? Because aliens are about as ugly as you are." FML

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By Spider-Sham - 28/05/2017 16:00

Today, my mom volunteered me to help out at her coworker's 5-year-old son's birthday party. I didn't realize until I got there that "helping out" meant "dressing up as Spider-Man". FML

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By Anonymous - 19/04/2009 18:42 - United States

Today, I was babysitting a 5-year-old girl and we were coloring. She made me a card that was very sweet, so I smiled. She looked at me and went "Don't smile, your smile is really scary." FML

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By Sally256 - 03/05/2009 15:53 - United States

Today, I was with my kids. We saw a tiny little bug and they started freaking out. Trying to show them that bugs are not scary, I picked it up. It bit me and now I have to go to the doctor because my hand is the size of a balloon. FML

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Monday 27 July 2009 23:08

Haha, that is so sad but so funny.

ryoga 0

Monday 27 July 2009 23:10

She should have slapped you, too.

Comments

Sanrio90 8

Tuesday 28 July 2009 6:31

LOL that girl is full of win. She deserves a high five for that shit.

ziqi92 0

Tuesday 28 July 2009 6:59

wtf how do u NOT know that? ydi

capital_seven 0

Tuesday 28 July 2009 7:30

My suggestion? Bombardier beetle. YDI

portablecupid 3

Tuesday 28 July 2009 7:35

well, its true

sod_Asdfghjkl 0

Tuesday 28 July 2009 9:18

so what dude, i was telling people that when i was 3. ydi

winemysavior 4

Tuesday 28 July 2009 10:34

eh i still consider them insects haha shouldve kicked her in the face

Alexgoesfml 3

Tuesday 28 July 2009 14:27

The thing is many people know that spiders are arachnids but prefer to say insects, just to keep it simple and not make them sound posh.

drimpossible 0

Tuesday 28 July 2009 17:53

They'd rather sound ignorant?

boatkicker 4

Tuesday 28 July 2009 19:10

Unless you're some sort of scientist studying insects or spiders, or else a teacher or student, when is it EVER even necessary to know that spiders arent insects? If someone says "spiders are insects" my frist thought is not "this person is ignorant." I KNOW the differences between arachnids and insects, but in daily life it's not particularly relevent. It doesnt matter.

drimpossible 0

Tuesday 28 July 2009 19:30

Yeah, but you were happy someone brought up the Arachne myth. That's no use in daily life either. Also, I can understand not being aware of something, but to deliberately say something you know is wrong in order to sound *unposh* seems bizarre.

boatkicker 4

Tuesday 28 July 2009 20:03

Wow! someone pays attention. :) True I was happy about the Arachne myth but i wouldn't call someone ignorant for not knowing it. It is strange (and rather stupid) to be deliberatly wrong, but if the person truely didn't know that spiders were arachnids then I would let it slide.