When I was about 5, I recall being scared by one of those huge wolf spiders luking in the bathtub when I went to go do 'the deed'. I screamed and my grandmother came in asking me what was wrong..I told her my fear and she looks at me with the most serious face and puts a finger up to her lips..and goes shhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh your scare my pet herman..hes very sensitive..Damnded if I didnt believe that and have never feared them since. Of course herman wasnt her pet, but my grandmother sure handled my phobia with unique aplomb. :)
A childhood belief about creepy crawlies
others believed things like this
- I know this isnt a huge funny belief, but I used to think that all spiders were poisonous. I love spiders now!— Sammy
- Grandmother told me if I whistled in the bathroom the devil would come get me because I was whistling for him.— Peanut @ Lake Tawakoni Tx
- My Grandmother once told me she could unscrew her feet. I believed that for years.— Andy Bettison
- i used to think my grandmother's actual name was Gramma!— el kristadore!
- My grandmother used to tell me that thunder was the angels bowling.— laf
- I used to think that if you were scared "half to death" that you only had one scare left before you died.— Bush Hiddenofsky