My wife is terrified of them. Last year she dropped our then baby daughter when she thought there was a spider on her. It broke her arm
😯 I can’t imagine anyone coming out of this situation well. 😐
I think a lot of it is learned behaviour. My partner absolutely HATES worms. Finally clicked when I saw her mother screaming in terror and making a fuss when one of out kids picked up a worm. Luckily she hides it so our kids haven’t picked up on this absurd drama and quite happily pick them.
Likewise spiders, I pick them up with my hands, both our kids happy to do the same. Their friends all flip out other them and in every case it’s because their mothers have a pathetic screaming fit at the sight of a tiny spider. (The dads may be the same at home, I haven’t seen it)
Our son came home very sad after playing at a friend’s house because the mother of the house was encouraging their 5yr old to kill spiders in the garden. Our boy loves watching them.
The really big hairy ones get the glass treatment, I don’t fancy them scuttling up my shirt sleeve…