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[andrewducker]

Just had to ask what was going on.

Sophia told me "There's a spider in the bathroom"
Original is here on Pixelfed.scot.

Comments

[cmcmck]

You do wonder where this fear of spiders comes from. I've never had it.

[flemmings]

Four legs good, eight legs bad. And they move fast.

[juan_gandhi]

What's wrong with spiders? They are smart and curious guys.
When I was a kid, we had some kind of taboo on killing spiders. I bet the taboo remains; it's just that I'm not there.

But with Sophia, the fear, most probably, was from other girls who look like they know better.

[channelpenguin]

If I recall right, Andrew himself isn't terribly keen on spiders...

[andrewducker]

Not at all.

[symbioid]

hope she covered the water spout! Who knows what pipe that scary beast will trek!

I hope she can learn to befriend spiders. I had forgotten, but my mom reminded me this past year, that when I was 10 I got upset at her for killing a daddy long legs in my room because "it was my pet". I did so after learning that spiders were good for catching bugs.

[darkoshi]

It makes sense. There are small spiders that sit quietly on a web in a corner, which I can ignore for a long time. Then there are spiders that scurry across the floor, which make me want to get them out of the house pronto.

By coincidence today I came across this 2020 video from Lunarbaboon (one of my favorite webcomic creators), which might help a tiny bit? (no live spiders shown, only a photo of one) :
Outdoor Education - Ep-5 - Falling in Love with Spiders!