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Normal things that gross you out.

144 replies

BluePonds · 07/07/2022 15:37

Not sporn or gross habits. Just every day things.

Used teabags make me feel funny.

Bits of cooked egg on a fish slice/spatula is gross.

The corners of books when they're turned up.

Feet. I even hate the word. This time of year is the worst for it with people wearing sandals. No one seems to put socks or shoes on their toddlers and babies. I hate it especially toddlers when their feet get chubby and shapeless. It's horrible.

Also certain names and words make me feel ill.

Such are the joys of being autistic and having an overreaction to so many things.

What normal things disgust you?

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tulips27 · 07/07/2022 16:27

Food remains in a sink drain.

lolaflores · 07/07/2022 16:31

Currently an ad for Kleenex with extreme cliee ups on people's runny noses because of hay fever. So not a heavy cold. I can't even look at it.
Feet.
Top less men regardless of their body condition
Hair in sinks
I thought I was the inly one with mash potatoes saucepans, dish cloths and swimming pool issues.

TomAllenWife · 07/07/2022 16:33

Pale baked beans in the sink drainer after rinsing a tin or pan 🤮

Hair, especially a dark hair, lying on the floor or anywhere. I can't bear the feel of it on my skin even when it's my own

UrbanMage · 07/07/2022 16:40

The smell and taste of milk
When food mixes on a plate that isn't supposed to mix
Soggy cereal
Dh's feet (They don't smell but they look grim)
Snotty kids
Men of a certain age thinking that they can dominate everything
Men in the swimming pool who spit

Seriously79 · 07/07/2022 16:42

Maytodecember · 07/07/2022 15:55

Anyone other than me cleaning their teeth. Even on TV.

I'm with you on this one. It makes me gag.

I was away on a hen weekend once, and one of the girls was using the loo while someone else was brushing their teeth in the bedroom. She swallowed the mouth of toothpaste so that she could use her phone. I was actually sick in my mouth! 🤢

BluePonds · 07/07/2022 16:46

I agree with cigarettes. I have an aversion to the word, and as a child I couldn't bear to touch the packets or even the plastic wrapping around the packet. If I get the tiniest bit of cigarette smoke on me I want to throw up.

I can't bear drinking tea or coffee anywhere other than at home or in a cafe of restaurant so I never have hot drinks in other people's homes or in workplaces.

Dirty plates when the sauce has been allowed to dry in.

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Cocolapew · 07/07/2022 16:47

Maytodecember · 07/07/2022 15:55

Anyone other than me cleaning their teeth. Even on TV.

This all the way, makes me want to 🤢
Other people smelling of mint makes me heave too, there's a woman at my pool who must eat them while swimming and I want to drown her.
Chewing gum, looking at people chewing it, hearing people chew it, smelling it, seeing it 🤮

BluePonds · 07/07/2022 16:50

Surely there is nothing better in the world than babies/toddlers feet? I actually miss the slightly cheesy smell of my dc's feet when they were small!
That second sentence just made it even worse.

No just no. Newborn feet are just about ok but any older than that it starts to gross me out. Toddlers are the worst. I do not want to be looking at the soles of their feet while I'm trying to choose or eat lunch. Socks and/or shoes are wonderful inventions.

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ELM8 · 07/07/2022 16:50

Books from charity shops. I had one once and there was a massive dried bogie on one of the pages so that was the end of that. New books or kindle only now.

StrawberryLipstickStateOfMind1 · 07/07/2022 16:51

Baked beans touching egg.
I always put my beans in a ramekin so there is no contamination.

Yodaisawally · 07/07/2022 16:53

When DH has to was pans, dirty ones like lasagne or gravy and leaves them to 'soak'. I refuse to put my hands in and sort it out.

Clevs · 07/07/2022 16:55

Getting tangled up in seaweed when I'm in the sea.

Clevs · 07/07/2022 16:56

TheGriffle · 07/07/2022 16:04

Washing out a pan that you’ve mashed potato in. Gives me the ick.

Porridge is just as bad!

StrawberryLipstickStateOfMind1 · 07/07/2022 16:56

People drinking milk out of the cereal bowl, or even worse, the sauce/liquid bit in a pot noodle.
I once threw up on a ferry because so many people were doing it.

TomAllenWife · 07/07/2022 17:05

@StrawberryLipstickStateOfMind1 haha we'd be terrible friends
I can only eat egg white with beans
Otherwise it's yolk only

halfsiesonapotnoodle · 07/07/2022 17:07

People's open mouths. When laughing. I cannot look anywhere that vile gaping abyss.

SquirrelFan · 07/07/2022 17:08

Carrot and coriander soup. Even the words together make me shudder.

ThickCutSteakChips · 07/07/2022 17:14

ELM8 · 07/07/2022 16:50

Books from charity shops. I had one once and there was a massive dried bogie on one of the pages so that was the end of that. New books or kindle only now.

Oh god, I buy second hand books loads - now am going to be dreading turning the page and coming across a big bogie!

rocksonrocks · 07/07/2022 17:16

Dishwashers in general but especially when bits of food get stuck on the filter.
Using towels when you stay over at a friends (also bath mat).
When people reuse mugs without rinsing them and they get that charred, limescale residue build up on the inside.
Using trolleys, cash machines, chip & pin and self checkouts. Yuck.
Seats on trains/busses/planes.
Public toilets.
Everything in London.
Shaving my body hair. Still do it but the effort of it and the feeling of hair growing back makes me queasy.
Other peoples sofas. I know you fart on it. ☹️

Whiskeypowers · 07/07/2022 17:17

Clevs · 07/07/2022 16:55

Getting tangled up in seaweed when I'm in the sea.

I also hate this. It makes me go like a panicked horse and I start thrashing about wild eyed

i also cannot stand the feel of cornflour when you stick the spoon in the packet or make a paste with it and cotton woods balls. Both make me teeth itch and fizz it’s horrific

Pubic hairs especially on toilet seats / hotel bathrooms that are supposedly cleaned

Everything about public swimming baths. Taking my children for swimming lessons is hellish

overgrown cuticles

corners of peoples’ mouths when they need a drink. Accompanied by that thick tongued claggy voice 🤢.

FictionalCharacter · 07/07/2022 17:22

Beards.

wellhelloitsme · 07/07/2022 17:22

The sound of people brushing their teeth when it's too dry. Even typing that made me do a full body cringe.

wellhelloitsme · 07/07/2022 17:22

heartbroken22 · 07/07/2022 15:54

Mushrooms.

YES.

Also olives.

ThreeRingCircus · 07/07/2022 17:25

People licking the lids of yoghurt pots. It makes me want to throw up when I see anyone doing it!

LostaraYil · 07/07/2022 17:32

Earthworms.
Cats' tails when they slowly wave them.
Small, curled up hands and feet on young children. It really creeps me out when I see small children picking up raisins or holding pencils using all four fingers curled up.