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I must say I'm slowly overcoming my fear of spiders, and I've come a long way! lol. I used to be the kind of person that if they saw a spider I'd stand on top of a chair and scream at my brother to go put it outside, but never really killed any. At the place where I work we have two rose haired T's, and I've held it a few times, and last week I picked Legs (our RHT) out of his cage on my own, lol. Now for bigger T's I wont hold them, but I have no problems looking at them! lol.
Thats wonderful! Yes, there are some T's you just do not want to handle. I do have a few T's in my collection that I handle but I have several that love finger snacks so handling is off limits.

Believe it or not, I use to be afraid as well. I ended up buying a rosehair like most hobbyist and I just fell in love. Pretty much, I just started getting as many spiders as I could and to this day, I still do!

I generally do not recommend rosehairs because they can be tempermental and they can fast for long periods of time-this usually freaks beginners out. I recommend a Curlyhair or a Pink Zebra beauty if you want a good handling tarantula.

Nice to meet you!