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.

Tall men driving small cars.

I was listening to an interview on the radio today and I could hear the interviewee's lips flapping and smacking on his teeth. I was nearly gagging in the car. Not sure I've ever had that visceral reaction to someone talking before! Bloody good thing he wasn't actually talking to me in person!

100%. Mother and Child Reunion 😔

When someone brushes their teeth whilst walking through the house. Say from bathroom to put kettle on in kitchen. Gross.

Magazine or newspaper photoshoots of celebrities with no shoes or socks on. Even more so if it’s a man.
I only ever read those magazines in the hairdressers out of boredom and it seems to be the done thing to have the celebrity posing in their home or something, sat on the floor, barefoot. Ugh.
I have a real problem with feet. I don’t want to see them. Put your silly flip flops away aswell.

Elton John. I can’t explain why but his face makes me physically recoil.

Greasy hair on a person that you can smell 😷

Menus that live on tables in pubs and restaurants. They are always sticky/stained.

You know inside that dispenser is a big roll of clean cloth and when it runs out it gets changed for another roll?

It's not just the same bit of material going in a circle, it's clean.

I have a recycling container for kitchen waste /composting, I keep it in the cupboard under the sink.
It has a tight fitting lid which keeps any odours from escaping but when anyone puts a banana skin into the container and I open the lid a bit later, the stench makes me feel queasy!
My DS is the same he can't stand the smell of it either.
Who'd have thought banana skins could smell so rank as to make you feel ill!

People using the word "soggy" to describe the weather

Rubbing carpet the "wrong" way 🤮

Men who wear Next underpants with the band visible. Nothing wrong with Next, but no need to advertise it with your pants.

Oh deffo men without socks on. Particularly if they cross their legs to show off their naked ankles and have Hugh Hefner velvet slippers on 😱
Just imagine the sweat and nails scraping on the top of the inside of the shoe...bleugh.

Using the word gifted as a way of saying it's a freebie
Thrifted instead of just saying you bought it second hand
Feet on anyone over the age of 5
People dragging their feet so they announce themselves before you see them
"My cup is full" on social media as well as the word wholesome to describe a normal day at home, it's not new I've been doing it for 50 years ffs
The word ick, it's truly terrible
Dishcloths
The end bit on a tomato

I once dated a man who was weirdly "pointy". Pointy shoes, pointy knees, pointy chin, pointy nose.

People starting a new paragraph for every sentence, like they're writing a poem.

The word “brew” to mean cup of tea.
Things like “spag Bol” or “jacket pots” - it just immediately puts off whatever the food is.
The texture of ripe bananas.
People who sniff (but I’m fine with my own sniffing).

That definitely puts things into perspective @Denim4ever

Why would you, be imagining that! Say’s more about you!

😂😂😂😂 I feel really ill tonight ans you've made me laugh at this thank you x

This is something that is actually pretty grim but I need to get it off my chest (sorry 😂)
My mother in law always announces when she’s “going on the toilet”
She even does it when we’re still sat at the table after eating…
It’s worse that she seems to think it’s perfectly normal, and almost like she’s doing us a favour letting us know 😅

Second hand handbags. It doesn't matter how clean they are. I could never touch the inside. Urgghh! I'm shuddering just thinking about it.

I always blank when I try to think about icks or pet peeves but I have so many!

Definitely seeing scalp if the person isn't completely bald. Like a bald man, fine. Man with thinning comb over 🤢🤢
And men with no socks or invisible socks in loafers, weird and gross.

One of my friends says that. I'd be fine if she said 'to' the toilet or loo or something. It's the 'on' that I don't like.

When my husband (or anyone, I guess) rubs his eyes and I can hear them squeaking!

My mum used to flip her eyelids over too, I hate all eye stuff. It makes me feel really ill

Same, it’s the “on” that makes it so gross.
I say myself “I’m just nipping to the loo” or “I need the loo” (never at the table though 😂)

A man using a stylus on his phone/tablet. Gives me the absolute ick.

Long hair when it touches me on the tube. And people playing with their hair

Ok even as I type this I know it is weird and specific but I can not bear to get out of bath/shower and have my feet touch a wet bath mat.
It is horrible.

I have suggested to DH that we have separate mats for a lasting marriage.
(already on 30 years but this could be a deal breaker) 😂