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I hate spiders.

When i see one i scream and jump and run for Da Hubs. He is not their biggest fan, but he will get rid of them for me, mostly by my preferred method of squishing, but occasionally by taking them outside.

But the ones we have been having this weekend are just not funny. After internet research we think they are house spiders. Doesn't sound too bad you may think.

NO! they are friggin HUGE!!!!! Seriously they are about 10 cm across, and that's with the legs bent, not stretched out. I really did not think that spiders came that big in the UK.

We can't figure out where they are coming from, just too many options, but we have had 2 in the kitchen and one in the bedroom. I almost touched 2 of them by accident. We just keep hoping that there will be no more. But we jump whenever something moves in the corner of our eyeline. And we sort of poke things before lifting them, and scan a room before entering. This has been a very stressful weekend.

Kind of surprised that the neighbours haven't called the police, cause it must sound like I am being pretty badly hurt whenever we find a new one.