Give me your most random ‘ick’

CruCru · 13/11/2026 20:30

Read this and thought of this thread:

Open-mouthed chewing and voice notes — what men have done on dates with me

https://www.thetimes.com/article/c03cda2a-479c-4dd6-8f64-a36f5d26c272?shareToken=360d2b851f6b8864f16f273ae2b8172a

Verifying Device

https://www.thetimes.com/article/c03cda2a-479c-4dd6-8f64-a36f5d26c272?shareToken=360d2b851f6b8864f16f273ae2b8172a

AbsoluteHoot · 12/11/2026 19:13

A house one - short curtains. Never not an abomination.

AFigureWalks · 11/11/2026 23:12

The neck beard.
Licking the knife when eating.

SpainToday · 10/11/2026 22:51

BusyGreySnail · 09/11/2026 17:34

men with small hands.

God yes!

CruCru · 10/11/2026 21:47

This is a social ick rather than a dating one but I hate it when someone interrogates you on where you live / work etc when they have no knowledge of the area.

“So where do you live?”
”Off the Blackstock Road, just past the Sainsbury’s”
”Oh, I don’t know where that is. So how do you get there?”
”Um, come out the station, turn right and I’m one of the streets coming off”
”I’m not sure where you mean. Which street coming off?”
”Its the third one, just past the Sainsbury’s”
”Oh right. I can’t picture where you mean”
And on and on.

I think this is an ick because I know that the person is trying to make conversation with someone they don’t know well but it ends up being like one of those infuriating interview role play things.

I also get the ick when someone talks over you and then tries to come back to what you were saying later on. The conversation has moved on, it’s no longer relevant to hear about my thoughts on XYZ, that is okay.

MurphysColeslaw · 10/11/2026 21:09

I love the towel round the waist thing.
I had a boyfriend who was never ready when I went to his house and he’d answer the door in a towel, with his chest hair all wet still.
I just wanted to jump him constantly.

AbsoluteHoot · 10/11/2026 20:05

StarlightLady · 10/11/2026 19:59

Just stay off TikTok perhaps? I’ve never been on and you are not encouraging me to do so.

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I know. It’s awful and I hate myself 😂 My niece is a really successful influencer on there, that’s the only reason I have the app. That and all the hate-watching.

StarlightLady · 10/11/2026 19:59

AbsoluteHoot · 10/11/2026 19:17

There’s a woman on TikTok who has filled lips and constantly licks them. It’s repulsive.

I am also almost phobic about people who have ‘sticky’ mouths, by which I mean you can hear mucus type noises when they speak. Again, there’s another TikToker woman who does this and it gives me the heebie-jeebies.

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Just stay off TikTok perhaps? I’ve never been on and you are not encouraging me to do so.

AbsoluteHoot · 10/11/2026 19:17

CoffeeCantata · 10/11/2026 19:10

I once met a woman who continually licked all around her lips. She’d had fillers and the swelling had exposed part of her lips which would normally be inside her mouth. She obviously felt the need to keep moistening these areas. It was revolting and cancelled out any benefit the fillers had provided.

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There’s a woman on TikTok who has filled lips and constantly licks them. It’s repulsive.

I am also almost phobic about people who have ‘sticky’ mouths, by which I mean you can hear mucus type noises when they speak. Again, there’s another TikToker woman who does this and it gives me the heebie-jeebies.

CoffeeCantata · 10/11/2026 19:10

CruCru · 09/11/2026 14:35

I really get the ick when women put on lipgloss in public.

I once met a woman who continually licked all around her lips. She’d had fillers and the swelling had exposed part of her lips which would normally be inside her mouth. She obviously felt the need to keep moistening these areas. It was revolting and cancelled out any benefit the fillers had provided.

Quartzfairy · 10/11/2026 18:41

People putting their dinner plate on the floor when they’ve finished eating for their dog to lick the plate 🤮

CoffeeCantata · 10/11/2026 18:41

Tight trousers of any kind.
Crudeness.
Lack of manners - men who don’t know how to behave in social situations (not holding doors for others, making pigs of themselves at buffets, no conversation, belching etc, starting to eat before others are served, getting drunk and loud when it’s not the time or the place etc etc)
Necklaces.
Over-grooming, eyebrow shaping etc.

AbsoluteHoot · 10/11/2026 18:34

People look ridiculous in them nowadays. Especially men.

Ohidontknowblahblah · 10/11/2026 18:08

laughterworry0 · 02/11/2026 22:45

I want the weirdest of icks, I’m bored and want a giggle..

I’ll go first…

skinny jeans

What's wrong with skinny jeans if you have the legs for them? 🤔

TheCoralDreamer · 10/11/2026 17:54

Greenmouldycheese · 02/11/2026 22:55

Men and women in skinny jeans, black leggins or any leggins.

Any type of obsession with cars or where its parked.

Needing something they dont like off their plate instead of just leaving it.

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Leggins

KateTrain · 10/11/2026 10:01

After a bath when they come out with the towel wrapped round their waist like a sarong.

Men having a bath.

Eating dinner by putting a bit of everything on the fork before taking a bite each time.. a bit of mash, bit of sausage, a few beans squashed on.

MrsShawnHatosy · 09/11/2026 23:42

Banoffee89 · 06/11/2026 20:10

Sleeve tattoos or leg tattoos, hate them, they look awful, when they are going bald but refuse to shave it off, men with no hair on their legs, they need to have hair, totally clean shaven faces, I have to have a bit of stubble,

Men tend to lose the hair on their shins as they get older. Caused by years of pulling their socks on and off amongst other things.

BusyGreySnail · 09/11/2026 17:34

men with small hands.

Verv · 09/11/2026 17:32

TheLastSilverSaint · 09/11/2026 13:52

Yes, he definitely has a whole host of problems around women, sex and relationships. Strong incel vibes. He pops up on all sorts of threads like this. He also doesn't understand sarcasm and nuance and takes everything extremely literally.

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Sealioning.

CruCru · 09/11/2026 14:35

I really get the ick when women put on lipgloss in public.

TheLastSilverSaint · 09/11/2026 13:52

Verv · 09/11/2026 12:50

Shuggles is the fearless lone male defender of men who nauseate women.
Turns up on every thread to man about why women are utterly unreasonable.

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Yes, he definitely has a whole host of problems around women, sex and relationships. Strong incel vibes. He pops up on all sorts of threads like this. He also doesn't understand sarcasm and nuance and takes everything extremely literally.

thatsgotit · 09/11/2026 13:20

Verv · 09/11/2026 12:50

Shuggles is the fearless lone male defender of men who nauseate women.
Turns up on every thread to man about why women are utterly unreasonable.

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Fair enough, I hold my hand up to commenting without having the full context on this occasion.

Spaniels4Eva · 09/11/2026 13:02

Sports socks half way up the leg over a pair of sports leggings.

Worn by people who've never seen the inside of a gym in their lives.

Verv · 09/11/2026 12:50

thatsgotit · 08/11/2026 12:07

Bloody hell, do you think you could dial down the misogyny just a tad??

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Shuggles is the fearless lone male defender of men who nauseate women.
Turns up on every thread to man about why women are utterly unreasonable.

Muffsies · 09/11/2026 09:43

ArtieChoke · 09/11/2026 05:00

Woman that sit and hand brush their hair into a style then clip up 🤢

Interesting. Is it the clipped-up style you don't like or that they're brushing hair and shedding? Or is it hands in hair (rather than using a comb) that you find unclean?

I don't brush my hair or clip it up, but i am a habitual hair fiddler. I just can't stop running my hands through sections, then flipping it one way, and then the other. I am also a tapper and foot jiggler. My son tells me it's all types of stimming.