Animals: Today, my roommate thought it would be a good idea to show me...

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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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 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 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 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 Anonymous - 05/10/2012 02:02 - United States

Today, my boss captured a huge spider and put it in a jar on the desk in our shop. He's named it Fluffy and is threatening to fire me if I harm it. I'm horribly arachnophobic and we share that desk. 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 no that does not help - 20/08/2013 13:41 - United States - Austin

Today, I went to see a therapist for help with my severe fear of spiders. The therapist held a big spider in a box inches away from my face. I ran to the back of the room and asked him why. He responded with, "Aren't therapists supposed to help you face your fears?" I'm paying $150 an hour. 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 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 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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KomiExplosion 0

Monday 4 April 2011 9:13

This is why we can't have nice things.

whatfml 0

Monday 4 April 2011 11:57

you sound an annoying, drama feeding, self loving teen. just saying "omg I would totally stand on it with like my platforms"

Comments

newburton13 26

Monday 12 March 2012 0:19

It's your roommate's fault. If he knew about your fear, he should've known that would happen.

monkiki62 5

Wednesday 25 April 2012 2:06

Ydi op. It's sad that you were warned first and still had a stupid reaction. Yes you do owe him money you killed his freaking pet.

Shonnygrl 8

Saturday 25 August 2012 20:47

well you did tell him you have an extreme arachnophobia

ViviMage 39

Monday 12 November 2012 8:21

Depends on the species how much it costs, or a rare color.And unless you have an allergy to insect venom, the worst thing they do is flick irritating hairs at you, which can bother skin or eyes. I'd make you pay for my dead pet. Also, I live with a lagomorphobic roommate and moved in with a rabbit. He was scared of it but did not kill my pet. He even used her to conquer the fear.

nicholasj96 9

Monday 19 August 2013 21:29

He di , why Is it out of the cage ? And he knew you had a phobia and decided to show you anyway .

Cass_x 22

Sunday 26 January 2014 0:29

who would even spend that much money to buy such an ugly an terrifying creature? Why couldn't he just buy a rat or something? No, rather something with 8 legs D:

iateapenguin 27

Tuesday 8 April 2014 16:56

You suck, OP. Better pay up, there's no way you can blame your roommate on your idiotic actions.

axeno 7

Monday 14 April 2014 6:12

None of you have arachnophobia. There's a difference between having an unexplained fear and being a pussy.

celinadepp 21

Sunday 10 August 2014 0:20

Your first reaction is to grab a book and kill it? YDI. If it was in your roommate's hand and wasn't attacking you, you shouldn't have killed it. I hate spiders too, but I wouldn't have killed it. :/