Spider, smears are never relaxing.
The last one I had, 4 months ago ish, was a bit "dry" and wasn't brilliant. After that the nurse decided to measure my BP. As it happened, it was the same as last time it was measured. She sounded surprised / disappointed saying, that it WAS AFTER A SMEAR so BP should have been up!
I know smears are good for us but there are better ways to spend time.