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What makes your skin crawl

214 replies

Awwlookatmybabyspider · 10/09/2019 16:48

Mine is paper straws. They make my fingers tense up. Shudder.

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yellowallpaper · 10/09/2019 17:37

Earwigs. Used to live in a house infested with them and they would crawl on the bedroom ceiling and fall onto the bed in the night. Little fuckers didn't seem to realise they weren't designed to walk upside down.

LittleMy20 · 10/09/2019 17:39

Cotton wool.

beatriceprior · 10/09/2019 17:41

Spiders 🕷

I hate this time of year because it's mating season and they all come inside. The massive ones that give no fucks about you.

I've found three dead ones this week.

The cats don't even chase them they have zero interest at all in them Angry

Awwlookatmybabyspider · 10/09/2019 17:42

Spag Bol for Spaghetti bolognaise.
Preeeeeemark for Primak.

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inwood · 10/09/2019 17:49

Left I fed porridge chucked in the sink for me to clean up 🤮

SnorkMaiden81 · 10/09/2019 17:52

The word 'baffled'

amymel2016 · 10/09/2019 17:53

People dragging their teeth along a lollipop stick when they’re trying to get the last of the ice cream off Envy (not envy)

DarlingNikita · 10/09/2019 17:54

That hard foam stuff florists use – is it called oasis?

And old-fashioned Brillo pads, the kind with pink soapy stuff in the middle and a grey, wadded, tangled outside. Eeeuuuuurrghghgghgh.
Along similar lines, I hate those jiffy-type envelopes that are full of woolly fluffy stuff. They always make me feel like they're dirty and dusty.

Coco6 · 10/09/2019 17:56

People rubbing their hands on dry napkins! 🤮🤮🤮

Mrsjayy · 10/09/2019 17:56

Oasis is horrible to touch

MrsBobBlackadder · 10/09/2019 17:56

Like a PP, also wooden dry things - such as lolly sticks and wooden chip forks. I can JUST about stand touching them (although it's difficult) but I cannot put them in my mouth shudder

flapjackfairy · 10/09/2019 17:58

People running their hands over stocking and tights. Ugh horrid !

SoftBlocks · 10/09/2019 18:01

Agree about flip flops.

headlock · 10/09/2019 18:02

Men with long nails. 🤮
Empty swimming pools

Mollypolly2610 · 10/09/2019 18:04

Wooden cutlery gaaaaah!

And

Gregg Wallace!

historysock · 10/09/2019 18:05

Feet. I can't have other peoples feet near me without feeling sick. DP constantly walks around the house without socks and it's actually getting to the point where I find it upsetting. He just doesn't get it.

medicstudentmum · 10/09/2019 18:07

Writing with pencils
Touching newspapers

tryingtobebetterallthetime · 10/09/2019 18:08

This sounds really weird, but I can't stand looking at men who are bent down working on something and their pants slide down to reveal the ahem, crack. Eewww. 🤢

DarlingNikita · 10/09/2019 18:10

People dragging their teeth along a lollipop stick when they’re trying to get the last of the ice cream off

I love doing this Blush

ALongHardWinter · 10/09/2019 18:16

Dry bath sponge.

Kirstyhewlett2018 · 10/09/2019 18:18

Cotton buds, cotton wool and the worst polystyrene can't even look at that stuff!

MikeyTheMouse · 10/09/2019 18:18

Swimming with men with hairy backs. I don’t know what it is and I feel so bad, but I’m always so worried I’ll get a hair in my mouth

SecretWitch · 10/09/2019 18:20

The feel of metal against teeth

Dry feet

Agree with men and long nails

Scoopy cat litter and those urine balls

Scabs

SunsetBeetch · 10/09/2019 18:38

I can't abide my fingernails being long. Unfortunately for me, they grow really fast!

Dried fruit, particularly the bigger ones like apricots and dates.

People cracking their knuckles.

Flowersaremylove · 10/09/2019 18:44

The Conservative party!