Strange things that give you a kind of "ick" in everyday life

[CariahMary]

I don't mean getting the "ick" about a sexual or romantic partner. And I don't mean being put-off by things that are actually pretty grim. I mean random things that you inexplicably find a bit off-putting in everyday life.

For me, I get a kind of "ick" when I read other people talking about food on forums MN I honestly had no idea why. It's so odd, I really like reading food descriptions in books but in forums I find it really off-putting.

In the real-world, I also really hate opening other people's fridges. They always smell weird (different from my own). I have to hold my breath.

Armpits - that Dove advert gives me the massive ick. Especially the larger woman, (I'm a larger lady, I've slimmed down a lot in the past 10 years) but that armpit is gross! Anyones armpits really, I don't even like my own.
People just leaving used tissues where they've been sat. Just put it straight in the bin when you've used it!
Finding a piece of eggshell in anything; egg mayonnaise, fried, poached, boiled, omelettes. I'm really careful to check when I'm doing anything with eggs, but I have to go spit it all out in the bin if I crunch on any!
Parents wiping their kids noses with their bare hands, just why?!
The kissing/wet mouth/slurping noises that are filling the tv at the moment. I've never noticed it as bad as lately.
People who sound permanently full of cold. Go get your sinuses or adenoids sorted ffs!
Vocal fry, it's pathetic.

Drinking and eating when out at restaurants and cafes, or at other people's houses. You just never know where their hands have been, if they've washed them after going to the toilet, who made your food, did they sneeze in it, do they have a dishwasher, how much bacteria is on the washing up cloth that they've washed the cup or plate I'm eating off...

Guess I have OCD, but everything always feels contaminated.

I love animals feet. My cat's beans are adorable.

Oh more… flesh coloured stretchy clothes. Makes people look confusingly naked. Also- greyer than skin colour. Also the word yummy. Given how many dislike it why does it keep going? Wiping water off shower walls with those squeezy brushes.
Fake woollen clothes that actually feel plasticky.
Sticky hands. The word gifting. Baby showers. Gender reveals. Gel nails. People who try to do normal things with gel nails on. Receipts- the texture 🤢

@LoisPuddingLane the first part you've written makes me wretch if I hear/see that.
I told one bloke to fucking pack it in.half seven in the morning at a bus stop and things like that first thing turn my stomach.

Yep me too

Tight jeans on men with pointy shoes, but that seems to be a fairly universal ick

Seeing people I don't know well or at all in their pyjamas or dressing gown. Even a neighbour collecting a parcel or something.

Very soft looking, clean-shaven men's faces. And along with this, scented men. I like clean, not fragranced. The box-fresh look/smell is unappealing somehow.

Words: cuppa, picky bits, spends and eats (as in 'I've allocated £10 for spends and eats'). And 'methinks' and 'Ye Gods!' are irritating and just absolutely dreadful.

Like many on this thread, my icks also cross over into 'just don't like'

When I’m in a pub or restaurant and I see kitchen staff come out of the kitchen and go to the loo or go outside for a smoke still wearing their ‘whites’ including apron. Yuck!

People referring to food as 'picky'. It gives me the creeps.

Also agree with pointy shoes on men but I'm also not a fan of them on women especially slingbacks. I also don't like sleeveless tops on either.

People who walk around really fast trying to look like the busiest of all busy people. It's even worse now they charge around with laptops. Massive ick, I don't want to be around them.

Other people wanting to eat my food, takeaway or restaurant. No, I ordered this and I'm not giving you any if it.
Public swimming pools, arghhhhhh.

‘Picky bits’ - yes, UGH!

Also ‘on my period’.

The sound/feel of coins being rubbed together. Poached egg residue in the sink.

People who use the speaker on mobile phones. Makes me irrationally angry to the point I could scream and slap them. It makes me anxious. It's sooo entitled!

Noises from humans! Tapping, sniffing, throat clearing, whistling, eating loudly, etc

Scraping and banging cutlery across plates whilst eating in a restaurant

Whispering. That man's voice on the Bold advert! The absolute bastard!

People who speak loudly to draw attention to themselves, looking around them for people to laugh or join in with them

People who think everyone thinks their kid is so funny and so cute. Yeah to YOU they are

Am I neurotic by any chance?!? 🤪

Poached egg with all the flibbly bits floating around it in the water makes me properly want to vom.

Putting the loo roll on loo roll holder the wrong way.

Tomatoes cut on the same chopping board as crusty bread and soaking into the crumbs.

I also hate reading descriptions of food on mumsnet. I was thinking about it just yesterday and wondering what it is that bothers me so much. I think it’s when they add an adjective e.g. I don’t mind if someone says they have vegetables for lunch, but if they have chopped vegetables I get irrationally angry. Or sourdough bread is fine, but warm crusty bread is not. I also hate words like juicy, crunchy, colourful, fresh, tender when referring to food. I also can’t stand mention of slabs or chunks of any food, or people tearing food or using food to mop up any liquid. I also hate when vegetables are referred to as veg, especially when paired with the word fresh.

I’m autistic, I don’t know if there is a connection.

People wearing rucksacks. I don’t know why, I know it’s ridiculous and completely irrational, but I find them vile. Anyone wearing one gives me the instant ick.

Little cubes of unseasoned boiled carrot like the type you get in a tin or with hospital or school dinners. I enjoy carrot in every other form but this.

Sultanas in cakes is overly sweet and the slimy texture is like finding slugs in my food.

I like those clean, starchy smelling towels, even though they can be hard to pull out.
Hate men in black shirts, any kind of ethnic clothing unrelated to their actual ethnicity , very short shorts and/or sleeveless tops.
Long hair with bad split ends that look white, it makes me feel as though things are crawling on me.
People slurping hot drinks.
Those cardboard lids for cups on trains- obviously better than plastic ones but can’t stand the dryness against my mouth.
Cotton wool balls.
Piers .
People licking their fingers.
toddlers left snotty.
The smell of Lush shops.
The smell of a particular Dove deodorant, it smells like service station loos.
The smell of a school dining hall -mashed potato that’s been sitting in a warmer, baked beans, vegetables and grease with disturbing faint undertones of custard.
Thongs.
Even worse thong swimwear.
Men in flip flops not on a beach.
People who repeatedly kiss their babies or small children with a loud slurpy sound.
Plastic surgery on men in particular, eg David Beckham.

Me too, I got swim shoes

Men's feet. 🤮

Builder's bum.

Men going topless in summer. Cover their damn nipples! I don't make them look at mine.

Smoking. It's disgusting. The smell of smoke makes me heave. And the smell of smokers is almost as bad.

Baked beans anywhere baked beans shouldn’t be. The thought of washing them up and seeing a lone bean in the sink. Shudder.

Tights/ stockings give me the heebie Jeebies 😆

Boring, easily offended and unimaginative people who (try to) ruin amusing threads on Mumsnet. Especially when they claim to be chilling..

Adults using a teaspoon to eat something out of a normal sized bowl. The first time I saw this was a woman at work eating cereal with a teaspoon. A little yoghurt pot, fine. Apple crumble in a bowl, no.