Animals: Today, my girlfriend bought me a pet tarantula. I now have one... - FML

By MyNameIsNotJeff - 08/05/2015 03:23 - United States

Today, my girlfriend bought me a pet tarantula. I now have one of my biggest fears crawling around my house. FML

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By Hannah - 04/03/2012 20:46 - United States

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

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By cricketsins - 14/05/2015 05:11 - United States

Today, my sister told me she found my escaped tarantula and put it in a box on my bed. I never had a tarantula, and the box was empty when I checked. FML

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By MushyKetchup - 14/08/2015 07:01 - United States - Amarillo

Today, a tarantula joined my stuffed animal collection in its drawer. It, unfortunately, wasn't stuffed. FML

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By Boyufd - 09/09/2018 03:30

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

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By Boyufd - 05/11/2020 17:01

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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By QWERTY - 03/04/2011 23:20

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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She definitely won though

By Anonymous - 24/08/2018 15:00

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

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By eyes wide SHIT - 28/12/2013 01:37 - Australia

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

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By jillydark6609 - 19/09/2010 06:21 - United States

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

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By Anonymous - 28/03/2011 18:52 - Macedonia

Today, my boyfriend tried to cure me of my snake phobia by buying one. When he took it out of the cage, it bit him. Now he's terrified of them too. Even worse, he dropped the snake, so it's now loose in our house. FML

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Akerra89 14

Friday 8 May 2015 19:09

I would thank her for that and kindly mention your fear of spiders, and ask to get another pet together.

dakatabg 31

Friday 8 May 2015 19:08

Blah, that is not a good pet

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emi_alejandra 23

Saturday 9 May 2015 14:34

You should tell her nicely that you're scared of them

melanielovejeff 15

Saturday 9 May 2015 14:53

She sounds like an awesome girlfriend!

rec_chem 22

Saturday 9 May 2015 15:41

Why is it crawling around your place? Didn't she buy a tank to go with it??

Frungy 9

Saturday 9 May 2015 17:18

I'm an arachnophobe, but I have a friend who keeps tarantulas (note the plural) as pets, and while I wouldn't willingly have one as a pet (she keeps offering!) I have become more comfortable around them. What I can say is that tarantulas are not easy pets. 1. Buy a tank for it ASAP. It is very small. You are very big. Having it roam around the house is just not safe for the tarantula, because you could step on it, vacuum it up, or otherwise accidentally injure it. The spider would then undoubtedly bite you in self-defence and drama would ensue. Buy a tank. 2. Difficult pets - Go online and read up on tarantula shedding and how difficult they are to manage during shedding and the extraordinary measures you may have to take to help it shed in captivity. Think seriously about whether this is a commitment you and your girlfriend are prepared to make. It takes a lot of work looking after one properly. What I'm saying is that you shouldn't keep it if you're not prepared to take care of it properly.

writerchic85 25

Saturday 9 May 2015 21:38

Why is it crawling around the house? Didn't she buy a cage for it? I would tell her to keep it at her own house if she wanted one so bad. Or take it back to the pet store.

savemeSheehan 8

Monday 11 May 2015 22:33

ill take it :)

adamo_erebus 26

Tuesday 12 May 2015 6:04

squish it "accidentally"

karlpilkington 10

Wednesday 13 May 2015 12:14

Burn. The. House. Down.

MetaFoxStar 11

Saturday 11 July 2015 10:34

Lol you let it put of the cage!? to crawl around your house lol

sallygee 9

Wednesday 3 July 2019 15:43

why is it crawling around your house? they're supposed to be in a cage of some sort. not loose. ydi

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