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In hindsight, what gave you the ick? (Lighthearted)

180 replies

JorisBonson · 24/11/2022 11:37

The other day I remembered that ex DH would turn the water r off halfway through showering, and for some reason this gave me a belated ick.
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s trousers were always too short too.

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RosieRooster83 · 26/11/2022 04:51

Current DH will pick the fluff out of his belly button and then throw it on the floor 🤮. Sometimes he will put it near my face cos he knows how much it repulses me.

womblesofwimbledon5 · 26/11/2022 05:08

@sammylady37 Im absolutely howling at this! Why do all men think they’re amazing in bed?!
My uck is seeing a photo of them with an empty coat hanger hanging from a door behind them

clockapp · 26/11/2022 05:09

thenightsky · 25/11/2022 14:23

Walked with his arms flat against his sides and his hands out at right angles and his feet at 10 to 2. I could only see him as a joke version of a penguin so he had to go.

Disclaimer: He was an annoying fucker in many other ways too.

I'm howling at this

ChchPsycho · 26/11/2022 05:18

My ex-husband used to do this thing where he would dress up in his own clothes and act like a complete asshole.

DarkChoc33 · 26/11/2022 05:27

An ex boyfriend told me he smoked Marijuana once, ‘just to try it’ and then got so scared of feeling high he called an ambulance. That gave me the ick - not the smoking but the hypochondria and wasting NHS resources.

Another had a beard in which bits of food would nestle in and stay there for days - revolting, gave me the ick quite badly!

daisychain01 · 26/11/2022 05:36

stuntbubbles · 25/11/2022 14:09

For Christmas he gave me a portrait of me that he’d painted.

That's bad.

can you imagine the exponential ick if he gave you his self-portrait as your Christmas present. 😱

Slowdayinfleetstreetisit · 26/11/2022 06:05

My ex sucked my toes, and dear lord it was the most awkward 10 minutes of my life. He thought it was so hot. It so was not. Proper ick.

Fuuuuuckit · 26/11/2022 06:32

One of my exes booked his car into the garage because one of his headlight bulbs had blown. Gave me the massive ick. Used to ask his dad to top up the oil/screenwash in the car. Took his suits to his mum's to wash. Not a practical/domestic bone in his body, despite being incredibly successful at work etc. Having been an independent, practical single parent for many years all these gave me the ick. Just Google changing a headlight bulb, save £40+!!!

Rabidturnip · 26/11/2022 06:57

Mummysgogetter · 25/11/2022 19:26

My ex used to think it was funny to put his finger in his (very smelly) bellybutton hole and then put it under the dogs nose for him to sniff it 🤮

Jaysus, poir bloody dog. That’s animal abuse!

Rabidturnip · 26/11/2022 06:57

*poor

isthismylifenow · 26/11/2022 07:26

Went on a 3rd date to his house for lunch. I wouldn't usually but other people were there too for a birthday do. I'm so glad I did as his bedroom was FULL of star wars characters with a Lego Darth Vader in the corner. Not just one or two items, every shelf and even the chest of drawers top was filled with SW characters. He was 49.

And then when I was leaving he went off it as said I reversed a bit too close to his flower bed. I could see in my mirrors that I was not that close, but his hissy fit was quite remarkable.

There was no 4th date.

Oh, and, all his friends judged the bottle of alcohol I had brought along, they didn't realise it was me who brought it, but clearly it wasn't a cool enough bottle for them. He knew I'd brought it and he joined in with them.

dexterslockedintheshedagain · 26/11/2022 07:43

My ex used to ask for 'naughties' in a childlike voice with matching facial expressions when he wanted sex, didn't trim his pubic hair (so it was like a frickin' bush) and didn't clean his skid marks (of which there were many - he drank a lot) off the toilet pan.

nannybeach · 26/11/2022 07:46

According to the OED something distastful,, according to the Cambridge Dictionary, "something that makes you feel sick". Perhaps you are in a different country,with a different meaning

SomeChickensAreJustTooBig · 26/11/2022 08:10

hopsalong · 26/11/2022 00:31

Had an aged Rimmel concealer in the bathroom cupboard. Always tried to pretend it was mine. (It wasn't, was about 20 years old and slightly hairy.) Would occasionally catch him applying it to invisible pimples and he'd do a little shimmy and say 'man about town'.
I give myself the ick for having endured that.

Dear God 😂😂😂

BT11 · 26/11/2022 08:12

nannybeach · 26/11/2022 07:46

According to the OED something distastful,, according to the Cambridge Dictionary, "something that makes you feel sick". Perhaps you are in a different country,with a different meaning

This is what the urban dictionary says -

" ick

Something someone does that is an instant turn-off for you, making you instantly hate the idea of being with them romantically.
Friend: Omg did you see (insert name of crush) picking his nose?? That is such an ick."

👍🏻

OnceRuralNowUrbanbliss · 26/11/2022 08:20

An ex of mine was on anti depressants which affected his ability to orgasm. One time we'd had sex but he didn't orgasm I went off to shower came back he was furiously masturbating on my bed. Not too bad. I went downstairs made a fry up and coffee etc popped back upstairs and he was still at it. Grim.

Manaslave18 · 26/11/2022 08:23

One of my exes used to say “Shall I put my winkie in you?”

clockapp · 26/11/2022 08:34

@Manaslave18 no! 😱 my vagina just sealed shut.

Mamette · 26/11/2022 08:53

nannybeach · 26/11/2022 07:46

According to the OED something distastful,, according to the Cambridge Dictionary, "something that makes you feel sick". Perhaps you are in a different country,with a different meaning

The ick is when you irreversibly lose attraction for someone you are dating @nannybeach

If you’re not impressed with the thread maybe try a different one?

superplumb · 26/11/2022 08:54

Husband drinking hot chocolate cream and marshmallows even in a nice restaurant after dinner.
Constantly saying thank you a hundred times when out and about.
Stupid tone of his voice when he says alright how you doing to totally strangers who just say good morning
Constant little kisses when having sex..just fucking stop it
Asking what my fantasy is when having sex...ergh...
Tight jeans..hello 1980s
His constant stress and anxious state about everything he cannot control.. chill the fuck out.
Refusing to learn how to cook
Constantly going on about how he does the housework..yet ignores food drips on the cupboards and spiderweb on the ceiling.
When decorating out shared house will say, I've decorated the bedroom for you..like he doesn't share it.
Earning less than the average wage then sounds bitter when he sees parents are school with new car etc...ere hello, they both earn decent money, if you don't like it earn more!
Should prob look for another partner.

Whichwhatnow · 26/11/2022 09:08

RosieRooster83 · 26/11/2022 04:51

Current DH will pick the fluff out of his belly button and then throw it on the floor 🤮. Sometimes he will put it near my face cos he knows how much it repulses me.

Mine digs fluff out with the handle end of a fork and then eats it 😭

Penguin91 · 26/11/2022 09:10

I'm
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Penguin91 · 26/11/2022 09:11

Oops dc climbed on phone

Jifmicroliquid · 26/11/2022 09:17

An ex of mine used to say “I’m sahhwy” in a baby voice when he got caught out lying, which he did a lot. Yuk.

AthenaPopodopolous · 26/11/2022 09:23

Walked into the bedroom to find him with a leg up on the bedside table, wanking into a manky old towel he must have found under the bed.
fucking gross