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So my girlfriend has been living at her best friend's house for a little over a year now, and last week her friend's boyfriend and his roommate have been crashing at the house while their apartment was being fumigated for bed bugs. When my girlfriend told me this, I had to bite my tongue, because it seemed to me that they were being very lax about the whole thing.
I had stayed the night over there a few times, and I noticed that I had been getting bug bites on my feet/lower legs. Her friend had also been getting bitten, so my girlfriend bought mattress protectors for both her mattress and box spring as a precaution. Now, whether it be denial or stupidity, I initially brushed them off as spider bites. But this morning, I woke to the sound of my girlfriend shrieking as a round, black, wingless bug crawled sluggishly up the wall next to the bed. Instead of leaping out of bed, grabbing a tupaware container, and catching the son of a *****, I impulsively crushed it. Sure enough, it was full-to-bursting with human blood. I also noticed a spot of blood on the fitted sheet near the foot of the bed.
In addition to me staying over there a couple of nights, she had also come over to my house a few times. In light of this morning's discovery, I am now genuinely terrified that a bed bug hitched a ride on my clothes or in her duffle bag. I live in a pretty sizable house with a lot of furniture, so I called an exterminator to come out this week and give my house a look-over as a precaution. But me being the cynical person that I am, I can't help but feel like they're going to tell me I have them regardless of whether or not I actually do. Bed bugs are a serious problem in my city, and I feel like I'm about to be taken advantage of. The cost for fumigation, in addition to hotel and kennel costs, would be a goddamn nightmare.
****ing bed bugs ruining one of the few pure joys I have left in my life .
I had stayed the night over there a few times, and I noticed that I had been getting bug bites on my feet/lower legs. Her friend had also been getting bitten, so my girlfriend bought mattress protectors for both her mattress and box spring as a precaution. Now, whether it be denial or stupidity, I initially brushed them off as spider bites. But this morning, I woke to the sound of my girlfriend shrieking as a round, black, wingless bug crawled sluggishly up the wall next to the bed. Instead of leaping out of bed, grabbing a tupaware container, and catching the son of a *****, I impulsively crushed it. Sure enough, it was full-to-bursting with human blood. I also noticed a spot of blood on the fitted sheet near the foot of the bed.
In addition to me staying over there a couple of nights, she had also come over to my house a few times. In light of this morning's discovery, I am now genuinely terrified that a bed bug hitched a ride on my clothes or in her duffle bag. I live in a pretty sizable house with a lot of furniture, so I called an exterminator to come out this week and give my house a look-over as a precaution. But me being the cynical person that I am, I can't help but feel like they're going to tell me I have them regardless of whether or not I actually do. Bed bugs are a serious problem in my city, and I feel like I'm about to be taken advantage of. The cost for fumigation, in addition to hotel and kennel costs, would be a goddamn nightmare.
****ing bed bugs ruining one of the few pure joys I have left in my life .
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