One morning, during the breakfast preparations, I saw a huge spider in the corner of the kitchen ceiling and, as Inna wasn’t up, and Husband-to-be and the dairyhands hadn’t come in yet, I took it upon myself to spray it with a can of flyspray I found in the pantry. It took a lot of spray to kill it but eventually it fell, lifeless, into the kitchen sink and I picked it up in a paper towel and threw it in the bin.
Proud of myself, I told Husband-to-be when he came in and he asked me to show him the spider’s body, which I did.
“That’s Mary,” he said solemnly.
“What do you mean?” I asked nervously.
“Mary is our pet Huntsman spider,” he said, “And now you’ve killed her.”
I was devastated and, full of remorse, I said how sorry I was, and my eyes filled with tears.
Husband immediately broke into laughter, unable to believe I’d taken him seriously. “It’s just a spider, Jules!”
For just a split-second it seemed that he might hug me, but he didn’t.
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This was so lovely… My reaction would have been same as yours… 🙂 Thank you dear Julie, with my love, nia
Thank you my beautiful friend, nia!
As you know, I look forward to the Love story posts and this one didn’t disappoint either! Husband sounds like quite the card and I see why you fell for him!
He had a warped sense of humour – hehe!
My family has always shown each other love with teasing. Was it the first time he called you “Jules”?
Yes I think it was!!
that was so cute!!! mary the spider. hehe
This little bits of Love Story is like filling a lake with a bucket…
Ah well, I will soak my toes today and wait till I can dive into the final chapter. 😀
~ Lynda
Filling a lake with a bucket is a brilliant turn of phrase!
Lovely piece Jules!
Thanks DD
I would have had the same reaction as you! What a teaser he is.
Ouch! I guess you had to get used to a “different” sort of humor! I could feel that you were devastated when, at first, you thought you’d killed a family “pet”~~ 🙂
He had a wicked sense of humour!
🙂 So endearing. This is the same flavor of humor my husband (and his family) have. I still fall for it almost every time…. Your love story is just the best Julie!! Keep it going ~ RL
Ah, the gruff had a sense of humor, in a cruel way. That was pretty funny!
I’ve heard of that really happening where a guest does the hostess a favour and kills the spider (pet, as it turns out) that’s living in the corner of the room.
Oh that’s awful!
Very nice!
That’s hilarious!
He still tells the story!
I would have done the same thing as I don’t like spiders inside.
I think that Husband was in love already and he didn’t even know it.
I think so too!
I hate spiders, but I would’ve laughed… Cute story!
Ha!
Men are mean!
LOL! 😀 You are a master of “show, don’t tell”, Julie – this little vignette is wonderful.
My hub calls me when there’s a huntsman in the house – it’s become my job to take them outside
hahaha!
haha!