“Oh Jeez,” Sam cried out as he jumped back from the wall, fell against a chair, and almost lost his balance.
“What happened?” his wife, Charlotte, asked.
“Do you see the size of that spider on the wall?” Sam asked. “It’s huge! And you know I’m petrified of spiders.”
“Do you have your contacts on?”
Sam looked at his wife. “Yes, I have my contacts on.”
“Then you need to have an eye exam,” Charlotte said. “Or maybe it’s your head you need to have examined.” She walked over to her husband, grabbed his hand, and led him toward the wall. With her free hand, she reached out to touch the “spider.”
“What the hell are you doing?” Sam screamed.
“I’m going to catch your spider,” she said.
Sam stopped and looked at the wall. He slowly and cautiously moved closer. “Oh, it’s not a spider,” he said. “It’s just a shadow cast by that spur hanging on the wall.” Relieved, he sheepishly smiled and said, “That’s quite an optical illusion, isn’t it?”
Charlotte looked at her husband and, with a deadpan expression on her face, said, “More likely confusion and delusion.”
Written for this week’s Thursday Photo Prompt from Sue Vincent.
This, That, and the Other 
Spiders can be like that whether or not you have your specs on…..wives can be unkind at times can’t they…
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Ha, good run
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Fun even 🙂
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I love their interaction!
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Thanks. Typical of an old married couple, right?
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Right! It’s so nice.
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Oh! Just love that ending! 💜
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Thanks. I’m glad you liked it.
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It Brilliant!!
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Very good, my husband is also scared of spiders.
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I am not, either…especially the big, hairy ones.
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