I would love to keep a few tarantulas, but I'm still quite afraid of them. I've done leaps and bounds in trying to overcome the fear though, before I couldn't be in the same room as one, see one in a book or on the computer, etc. but now I can even pick up a tank with one in it and give it water and crickets

I really hope one day I can overcome this thing completely, they are truly beautiful animals. Irritational fears, gotta love 'em