Not all fears make sense, but sometimes, they’re taken way too far.

So, what would you do if your husband kept waking you up in the middle of the night just to check for something that wasn’t even dangerous?

Would you keep asking him to stop?

Or would you bring his fear to life to teach him a lesson?

In today’s story, one wife finds herself dealing with this exact predicament and comes up with the perfect solution.

Here’s how it all went down.

Spiders aren’t scary

My husband is afraid of spiders.

Years ago, he worked the night shift and would come home from work around 2 AM.

Because of his fear of spiders, he would grab the covers off of me and whip them to the bottom of the bed, leaving me exposed and waking me up.

His purpose was to check for spiders, but I wondered if it was also resentment that I was sleeping?

Obviously, I found this annoying, especially because we had a newborn who was waking me up multiple times a night, and sleep is precious.

I asked him nicely not to do this. I begged him not to do this.

Tired of dealing with it, she hatched the perfect plan.

Finally, I bought a pack of very realistic spiders in various sizes and, while he was at work, filled his side of the bed all the way to the bottom with what looked like a massive spider party.

That night, when he came home and whipped the covers off, he screamed so loudly and shrilly that the neighbors called to make sure that I was OK because they heard a woman screaming.

Problem solved.

Now that the neighbors know that he is a weenie, I was able to get some sleep.

By the way, we live in an area that has absolutely no poisonous spiders at all.

Hilarious! That’s one way to teach him!

Let’s see if the readers over at Reddit have any similar experiences to share.

Here’s someone whose husband does the same thing.

This must’ve been hilarious!

For this reader, it was all about the creativity.

According to this person, the husband’s behavior is rude.

That was so rude!

Glad she was able to teach him a lesson and reclaim her sleep.

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