You Know You Are An Aracnophile When:

[harmroelf]

When you sit 3 hours on your knees before the tank to see you're spider molt, while you're gf has made dinner as a suprise end wait's donwstairs, calling you every 5 minutes, and you just sit there...

 

[kitty_b]

i'd like to second the symptom of: every container and shelving unit is assessed as "would this be good for displaying/storing my T's?"

 

[dangerprone69]

You size up small dogs and wonder if a T. blondi could take 'em.

You send obsessive fan letters to Rick West.

You have tarantula-sized birthday hats for their birthday parties.

On their birthdays, you stick a candle on a roach and sing "Happy Birthday" to them.

 

[fangsalot]

when your spouse/family is dying to use the bathroom,but your locked in there transfering your spiders to new enclosures.

 

[smof]

I definitely agree with the sizing up of random containers as spider homes, I do that all the time!

Also, when your arachnophobic housemates refuse to answer the door to delivery guys any more.

 

[kimski]

When you work(ed) at Oriental Trading and had over 1,000,000 sq ft of warehouse space to choose ANY toy you wanted like fake vomit and rolling eyeballs and your desk was covered in 'Spider stuff', like the huge plastic Tarantula... or the fuzzy stuffed one, or an assortment of spider rings, or the stickers, and pencils with spiders on them and spider toppers on your pens, or the... well you get the picture.

Oh, and having all your colleages (even the ones who designed the stuff) er, not come visit your desk cuz it creeped them out...

And for all your parties; for funky and cheap arachnid-stuff decorations, thangs and gizmos, check out www.orientaltrading.com

 

[Prometheusmum]

When you have your friend come over to see your T's for the first time and she calls them ugly, you insist that she leave and turn to your bugs and say "she doesnt know what she's talking about, your all beautiful and mummy loves you very much".

You dont buy your anniversary present because the T was so cheap you couldnt refuse, (I'm glad my boyfriend is a good sport).

 

[Parahybana3590]

I definately agree with the "assessing small dogs" one (except for me, it is a L. Parahybana).

When you look at yourself in the mirror and ask "What can I sell on the black market without killing me?"

When you know what you can sell, and how many T's you can get.

When you can give the scientific name of any T they use on the movies.

After just placing an order you try desperately to raise up money to order the T you really wanted on another site.

You find enjoyment in watching crickets getting tagged.

You find yourself ready for a T "with more spunk" than the ones you have now.

 

[Hedorah99]

Dunno if this is already done:

When you take a personal day so someone can sign for your latest shipment.

 

[Nightshade]

great thread!

how about

When you see a spider crawling up the wall in school/at work/at a friend's house, you put it outside or if you can't readily get outside you try to coax it away so it won't get squished.

When some guy jokes with you at your Scrubway job that "Now you'll know how to feed your kids when you're married." and you respond with
"The only child I'll ever have is my Desiderius. Watching her slaughter crickets brings me more joy than I ever dreamed was possible." And when the next customer attempts to tell you that you've made her lose her appetite, you miss it because you're still thinking about your spider.
(My boss chided me for it afterwards, but I saw him laughing!)

When you keep spiders in the entertainment unit instead of a TV or stereo.

When you own a VCR and a DVD player and a Super Nintendo, but you haven't bought a cheap secondhand TV to hook any of that stuff up to because you're eyeing a new spider or two.

 

[Tcrazy]

When you get a job at petsmart just so you can get the 15% discount on crickets and critter keepers.

 

[ShadowBlade]

When your wife writes the grocery list on one side of the paper, and u write your cage/food/etc. needs on the back.

When on vacation, u worry if your favorite T has molted yet, instead of "Do u think the kids are okay with Grandma?"

And when u get back, u go check the T's, instead of seeing if the dog got in the trash...

 

[Water spider]

When you are afraid to wash your hair, because there still might be some spiders, and you dont want to harm them.

 

[treeweta]

when you stay in on a friday night because your spider is on its back and you dont want to miss the moult. OK i dont really go out now but 10-15 years ago, yes i did.

treeweta.

 

[silverpenny]

...when you find a one inch spider in a web in the corner of the laundry room and you say, "Well, hi there, little guy!"

 

[silverpenny]

You have named one of your Fantasy Sports Teams "The Pink Toes."

 

[GailC]

when you move all stray jumping spiders you find in your home into the roach bin so they can eat good.

 

[bananaman]

You smile every time you see the number 8... and then get on a train of thought about how cool your Ts are...

When you daydream about the cool Ts you want and the ones you are about to get in the mail...

 

[sammyp]

All your clothes are in neat little piles on the floor, cause using your chest of drawers would disturb the T in the enclosure on top

 

[Scorpendra]

when someone pulls a school prank involving releasing a load of crickets into the halls, and all you can think about is finding them for T food.