bed bugs

[badgercat]

Oakleaf, I see where you're coming from. While I don't vacuum my luggage when I get home, I do thoroughly check hotel mattresses and such. But what bothers me about bed bugs has nothing to do with economic stigma, it's the idea that I'd have to spend a huge chunk of my time and money (which as a student, both are at a premium) getting rid of an infestation of something that exists to suck my blood while I sleep (meaning I can't really actively defend my body from them, like I could swat away a fly while sitting outside). Prevention is the best medicine, in this case.

I know that they're essentially harmless, but that doesn't mean that they're not creepy. And that has nothing to do with how much money I do or don't have.