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Things that give you the willies

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Isshebeingserious · 15/11/2018 21:24

Inspired by another thread, what are things that give you the willies?

My biggest one is houseboats.

desperately hoping other people get the willies too

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lemmein · 15/11/2018 22:18

When I was a kid I used to be scared of toilets; we had an old toilet that must've been slightly blocked - the water rising used to terrify me.

I also used to think quick sand and volcanoes would play a much bigger part of my adult life, learning about them in school scared the shit out of me!

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chickenloverwoman · 15/11/2018 22:19

And piercings. Apart from nose or ear.
Tattoos. Sorry!

Judystilldreamsofhorses · 15/11/2018 22:21

Anything to do with eyes, which is weird because I wear contact lenses. Anyone else’s eyes though. My DP had a corneal ulcer last year and I had to administer drops to him. Bleurgh. Those piercings in people’s ears where the skin on the earlobe is stretched to make a hole. Oh, god.

abbey44 · 15/11/2018 22:21

I've finally found a dentist who takes my cotton wool/gauze in the mouth thing seriously and at last I dont have to worry about it. Makes such a difference.

Another one for deep water and edges too. And worms. I love gardening, but not coming across worms unexpectedly. Or slugs.

Christ, I have a lot of things that give me the willies, don't I? Blush

katmunchkin · 15/11/2018 22:21

Lift doors - I'm terrified of them closing on me and so I jump through them, even when wide open and not moving! Also rotating doors in case I get stuck in it!

Awwlookatmybabyspider · 15/11/2018 22:21

What gives me the Willies.
Pylons.
Underground railways
Trees
Ships in dry dock
Steps leading into water
The thought of what's under the sea.
eg ship wrecks ect.
Shops after closing time. I can just imagine those creepy manicans in Primark walking around as I type
DP tomorrow afternoon, I hope WinkGrin

danni0509 · 15/11/2018 22:22

Google 'boy with lots of teeth'

The roof of his mouth makes my own teeth itch.

Knittedfairies · 15/11/2018 22:22

Squeaky polystyrene packaging. My shoulders are up round my ears just typing that..

SheWoreBlueVelvet · 15/11/2018 22:22

Oh god, Slurry pits.
Had forgotten all about them. The reason farm kids don't die in them is that they are the stuff of nightmares. Sod scary woods ( they aren't). You only have to watch grown men in complete panic trying to resucue some poor animal that fallen in to never go near the bastard things.

BunsOfAnarchy · 15/11/2018 22:22

Someone said not to Google trypophobia.

I just did.

I dont know whether to cry or knock back some tequila and wait to get nightmares tonights. My skin is literally crawling.

Ontheboardwalk · 15/11/2018 22:23

We're not looking up at the sky, we are gazing down at space with only gravity keeping us on the earths surface...

GetTheeToAShrubbery · 15/11/2018 22:24

That three-legged wheel thing that’s the symbol for the Isle of Man .... it would keep coming at you like The Terminator

Veins. Especially on people’s wrists. Ugh.

The inky blackness of the open ocean

Pylons and wind turbines

Aquamarine1029 · 15/11/2018 22:24

Dirty, manky homes and cave diving. Anyone who cave dives is a fucking lunatic.

JoggingNovice · 15/11/2018 22:24

Pylons too. Had forgotten how I felt about them until I spotted the word here and it made me shudder. I always think they make an 'empty' sound.
Also gravy where gravy shouldn't be - especially on a table cloth.
And swimming pool gratings - you have to swim with your head out the water in the deep end so you don't get sucked in, hair first.
I'm very drain-a-phobic.

PrincessJuanita · 15/11/2018 22:25

Abandoned buildings, especially swimming pools. I can't even look at photographs!

Lymphy · 15/11/2018 22:25

The backs of my knees.

Sheep eyes

Those fish with human teeth

Ontheboardwalk · 15/11/2018 22:25

Oh and anything with eyes freaks me out

danni0509 · 15/11/2018 22:25

BunOfAnarchy I won't google but can you tell me anymore? Is it that bad? I really want to google Grin

Bacciferous · 15/11/2018 22:25

Cotton wool

Jammysod · 15/11/2018 22:25

People wearing Masks or big, fake heads 😣

Oobis · 15/11/2018 22:26

When you write with a clicky biro before realising the pen bit is up - that scrape on the paper is horrible.

Also, Alan Titchmarsh. No idea why, sorry Mr Titchmarsh. Maybe I would give you the willies too Confused

craftymum01 · 15/11/2018 22:26

Knives and forks scraping on the plate. Ergh it's like nails down a chalk board!

And yes to the water on cuff!

Also long toenails catching on duvets.

Catsize · 15/11/2018 22:26

Bath sponges

SmallDalek · 15/11/2018 22:26

Little fish