Greg, I only water mine when the soil feels dry. (About every 10 days, but I don't think you can go by that, as homes in different
zones probably differ in humidity & evaporation rates, & also, our
plants might not be the same size.) I think they might like to get fairly dry between waterings, but I know for sure that they DON'T like to stay real wet... in fact, when I was gone for 2 weeks, my husband 'faithfully' watered mine every-other day & killed them off!
Yes, I think that you just might be right..."fussing over them too much"! I don't think Spider
plants appreciate us as much as we do them, cuz they seem to be happier when they're ignored. (So, maybe you should pretend that you don't like them!!)