Sizing Up Your Fear

(My younger brother – a soon to be college freshman who is 6′ 7″ – comes home and is on his way to the kitchen.)

Brother: “Ooh! That’s a big spider.”

Me: “Daddy longlegs. They seem to be getting big this year. Kill it.”

Brother: “No!”

Brother: *takes out phone and holds his thumb up next to the spider*

Me: “What are you doing? Taking a picture of it?”

Brother: “For size comparison.”

Me: “And what would you have done if it moved?”

Brother: “Ran and cried.”