What Is Your Phobia?

[Utah]

Today was a very bad day for me to have my bee phobia as a big hive of yellow jackets tunneled into our house and the nest was literally exposed to the inside of our house. Last night I got stung and we thought it was a random bee that snuck in an open door. We found a few more bees this morning and we figured there was a problem. We did some searching but couldnt find the problem. However, within an hour after our search there were 100 bees in the house.

I freaked and almost ran over my daughter as I ran to the bee-clear bedroom. However, Mrs. Utah had zero problem with the bees. She called an exterminator but stayed in the main room and stomped bees. She personally killed over 50 and the exterminator did the rest. I couldnt believe she could stay in the room and do that. I was on the phone with her from the bedroom and she was saying, "come here little fella. So sorry, now I have to kill you. whap!" She seemed to even have a bit of glee in her voice for her bee killing adventure. I have such an irrational fear of bees that I have trouble even looking at them in pictures.

one of the many little clusters inside our house today.


Mrs. Utah was teasing me and rightly so as I did not put on a manly display. Yet, we were are Valley Fair 3 days ago and Mrs. Utah refused to go on any of the scary rides. I even made a prop bet with her and told her I would get her a car if she went on a ride called the Ripcord. She wouldnt even do it for a car. Earlier in the summer she screamed at the top of her lungs on a kitty ride. They simply scare the daylights out of her.

I can go on any ride and I can dive into the pitch black ocean in the middle of the night during a rough current and swim with shark. But, I cant go near a dead bee.

So, do you have any phobias and/or any good stories about encountering your phobias? Do you have any idea where they came from?