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What gives you the ick from the opposite sex

368 replies

dotty636 · 21/10/2022 00:43

Just for fun really

OP posts:
fallfallfall · 21/10/2022 00:51

Dirty fingernails and poor oral hygiene. Regardless of genders or circumstances.

Thelnebriati · 21/10/2022 00:52

Baby talk.

MintJulia · 21/10/2022 01:01

dirty hands, bitten finger nails
BO
Poor hygiene generally

Obsession with cars - not exactly the ick, but bores me to tears.

EarlofShrewsbury · 21/10/2022 01:04

Shoe laces fastened too tight.

stillvicarinatutu · 21/10/2022 01:06

Everything lately .

Aria999 · 21/10/2022 01:07

Being spineless/ wet/ clingy
Being misogynistic or controlling

1forthemoney2fortheroad · 21/10/2022 01:13

Beards. <bawk>

1forthemoney2fortheroad · 21/10/2022 01:16

Aside from the beards? Being fat. Oh God almighty. I'm nauseous already.

Other than that? Idiocy. Stupidity. Arrogance.

Einszwei · 21/10/2022 01:18

Beards and long fingernails

echt · 21/10/2022 01:20

Body odour

That weird smell of infrequently washed clothes, definitely not the charity shop smell, quite different.

mackthepony · 21/10/2022 01:22

Small hands

Curled body hair

mackthepony · 21/10/2022 01:22

I also do not like fat bums on men

Not the same as big men

Abcdefgh1234 · 21/10/2022 01:22

Dont have a proper job.
body odour
unheAlthy obesity. I’m talking About morbidly obese.

Smallonesaremorejuicy · 21/10/2022 01:24

Smoking , football bore , don’t mind if he plays but not a guy invested in every match.
Too much use of the C word & I don’t mean Christmas .
Like a man to be fit but again not a gym bore . .

Smallonesaremorejuicy · 21/10/2022 01:25

Oh gosh just read one of my biggest Icks small hands , just cringe .

LeilaDarling · 21/10/2022 01:25

Bad teeth/breath firstly, unwashed thrown together look.

Charcy · 21/10/2022 01:27

Manky teeth. Ewwwwww

LocalHobo · 21/10/2022 01:29

I hate the idea of men saying fat, unemployed or hairy women give them the ick.

FlirtyMelons · 21/10/2022 01:49

Surely the ick is more random than that though. Often its something that was fine in someone else but with this particular person it's like a switch turning off, wasfibe yesterday but today its given you the ick and there is no coming back. Not liking manky teeth is something your not attracted to in the 1st place usually, not necessarily something that gives you the ick suddenly after a few months.

Many of the examples given are definitely things that have given me the ick in the past though.

SecretShipping · 21/10/2022 02:01

Voting Tory.
Watching porn.
Laziness.

JennyForeigner · 21/10/2022 02:03

Marrying them.

Moro93 · 21/10/2022 02:12

Hairy backs
Men having no arse whatsoever, I mean where can actually see the trousers hanging because there's nothing there

And not really the ick, but sports bore me to tears

MrsMorrisey · 21/10/2022 02:36

Those gross white corners of the mouth.

Tandora · 21/10/2022 02:40

so many of these comments are horrible!! Why is this kind of body shaming ok?

Justawaterformeplease · 21/10/2022 02:46

echt · 21/10/2022 01:20

Body odour

That weird smell of infrequently washed clothes, definitely not the charity shop smell, quite different.

Yes!!! The smell of damp cold, like musty towels!

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