Family Phobias At Home

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1. A normal day in my household finishes with me being the last one up and about. My wife and children think I suffer from clinophobia. I didn't know what they were on about so I had to look it up in the dictionary. What do you think clinophobia means? Fear of sleeping Fear of alarm clocks Fear of being late Fear of going to bed

2. I rouse everyone in the house and then I open the curtains. In my back garden there is a sandpit. It used to be a pond but I had to fill it in because my youngest daughter suffers from batrachophobia. What do you think that could be? Fear of water Fear of amphibians Fear of fish Fear of lily pads

3. Opening the curtains was a fatal mistake. What I should have done is gone straight into the bathroom as now my wife is in there. She always seems to take an age. That would be on account of her fear of being dirty. What is the correct phobia name for this affliction? Dystychiphobia Macrophobia Gymnophobia Automysophobia

4. Eventually I get into the bathroom and after I wash and brush my teeth I look into the mirror. Boy, do I look old! It's a good thing my wife doesn't suffer from peladophobia or I would be in trouble. What would my wife be afraid of if she did have peladophobia? Old people Bearded people Bald people People with wrinkles

5. I now go downstairs and am greeted by our family pet dog. She's a lovely thing but she wasn't our original pet. But because of my eldest daughter's ailurophobia we had to change. What animal was she afraid of? Hamster Rabbit Gerbil Cat

6. I go to the kitchen and wait for my breakfast. My youngest son complains that he has a tummy-ache. I know, being elderly and wise, that this is just a ruse to get out of going to school. Now if he had been smarter which of these could he have used as a better excuse? Didaskaleinophobia All of them Scolionophobia Testophobia

7. At the breakfast table my eldest son asks my advice on his latest girlfriend. He tells me that she has just finished their relationship because he has hypengyophobia. I nearly choked on my cornflakes until I once again got out the trusty dictionary and found out that he has a fear of what? Sex Responsibility Childbirth Marriage

8. After imparting with my wisdom, in return I asked my son to go to the shop and fetch me a newspaper. "Oh Dad, I would but you know I can't" Kids! Which one of these could be a valid excuse for him? Agyrophobia Agoraphobia Dromophobia All of these

9. At last I now have my newspaper and am ready to eat a hearty breakfast. It turns out to be cereal and orange juice on account of my wife's fear of cooking. Which is the correct term? Mageirocophobia Rupophobia Alektorophobia Ponophobia

10. Well I've got up, washed, advised my children, read my paper,ate breakfast and now I'm ready to go to work. This is when my wife informs me that we will have a guest for dinner. Straight away my pentheraphobia kicks in. Who is the guest which strikes terror into the hearts of a lot of married men? Answer: (Three Words, with or without punctuation)