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.

I have never liked it for exactly that reason. When I first came on here, after looking up the abbreviations, I wished it had just been MS/MD/etc replacing 'my' son/daughter - sounds more natural (to me)

Also, 'pre-book' or 'book in advance' for events. How can you book something after it's happened?

Also "snack".

And this emoji 😋 urrrrgh. Actually, I suppose it's linked to a greater ick of mine- tongues on display. Just put the wet fleshy lumps back in your mouth where they belong. (fyi: I don't mind French kissing with the right person).

Oh, another one:

People referring to themselves (or others) as their pets' "mums" or "dads".

Mate, I am the actual mum of two humans. I squeezed them out through my fanny at great discomfort and inconvenience to myself. For several years they were dependent on me for survival on a minute- by- minute basis. Even now, nearly 11 years on, I can't leave the younger one alone for long periods.

My cats I went to pick up from somebody's house, half grown (it was a private rehoming).. All I really have to do for them is feed them twice daily (no cooking involved either, just pouring biscuits out of a box) and occasional flea treatment. I can waltz off on holiday for weeks, just paying someone to go and feed them once a day.

They are not my bloody children. They are my companion animals, and I am their owner ,NOT their fucking parent.

Aw, I'm guilty of that. Blame a combination of autism and perimenopause- it's usually because I can't remember the short simple word!

Do you ever get tempted to bite them? 😆

That always reminds me of the Louise Woodward trial

Oh God, medical procedures where they're like "If you'd just like to pop onto the bed for me and pop your legs wide open, and I'll pop this Victorian implement of torture inside you..."

THIS IS NOT MAKING ME FEEL MORE COMFORTABLE NURSE SHARON!

A colleague once told me that, after she'd been up all night with her sick dog, she now understood what it's like to have a baby (and basically what the fuss was all about). I said "riiight" and thought "you really really really don't"

HCPs who called me mum in relation to my children and now refer to my mother as mum when speaking to me.

If they really can't manage Tim or Lucy's mum or "your mum", just use people's names and in the case of my mother, call her Mrs xx with a bit of respect. My mother has never been called "mum" in any event, it has always been mother or mummy. DH's is Joan.

So many times when I was asked "you mum?" I was tempted to say, no of course not, I couldn't answer you if I were. Used alone mum means unable to speak. It's super lazy and very disrespectful.

Nowadays it's "shall we help mum onto the bed". No you may help my mother onto the bed or ensure she has a bit of humanity left and call her Mrs xx preferably, or as a bare minimum and with her permission use her first name.

Yes definitely this!!!!!!!💐💐💐💐💐💐

Dogs in coats.
An acquaintance is going to an event soon where dachshunds and their owners (they’d probably call themselves ‘parents’😂) dress up and have a beauty parade 🤮

And cats @LupaMoonhowl . In fact any animal in silly human costumes.

...except for dog dressed up as a giant mutant spider on YouTube

Try being on other side of that. Retired from my career and took on a part time job in a local well known toiletry shop. Loved the camaraderie, lovely colleagues, extra money of course.....but hated so much expecting to take a note(and call me ageist, don't care) out of ,have to say 99:% of the time an old lady's hand after she's just licked her fingers pulling it out. The worst ones were those who on top of that ,would then say ...is that only one ? check l've only given you one ! How the voices never made me say 'one what? Virus? I'll never know.

I didn't mean retail workers just in general.
I worked in retail for years ,I know what you mean.

Motherland is hilarious

I agree. I like Liz and Meg.

People who want me to look at things on their phone. I have enough nonsense on my own phone, I won’t benefit from looking at random crap on yours.

Everything to do with toothpaste. It's repellant. I can just about put up with using it on myself but smelling it or watching someone else brush their teeth I find disgusting. The smell of mint full stop. When you get those wafts of it I want to cry. Weird.

The sound and sensation your hair gives against a car seat or carpet. I honestly can't bear it.

People who say "irregardless" ARGGHH!! Its either regardless or irrespective!

And when someone says "You have two choices" NO NO NO its ONE choice with two options.

Public transport. Skinny jeans. People who leave hair in the bathroom or shower - this one gets me heaving, especially when they use my hairbrush - I have to burn it off ! Men in shorts (looks pervy). Clothing with pictures of wolves on. And people who call their partners 'baby' 🤢🤢🤢.

This is is weird and random but I get the ick when people put their hazards on to thank me for letting them out of a junction etc when I'm in the car.

Armpits (in general). Men with pale skin and lots of dark hair on their armpits. Women wearing sleeveless dresses who stand with their arms at an angle to show their toned arms … but also their armpits. Seriously, no one who wants to be taken seriously should ever show their armpits.

I also hate the word “pop”. I think mainly because it is used by people who want you to do them a favour but want to make it sound like it isn’t a big deal. “Oh, if you’re in, please could you pop that giant ladder I’m borrowing over?”

Middle-aged / elderly men wearing neck chains, men of any age wearing jogging bottoms that taper at the ankles, flirty women who fiddle with their clothes and hair and / or mention their "boobs" in mixed company, sloppy eaters, smelly people, pushy people, people who invade your space or stare, anyone who tries to embarrass a shy person, adults who quiz children about school.