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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:
Unglamorousgranny · 21/10/2022 14:54

My friend went on a lunchtime date, just a pub sandwich, nothing heavy. The chap ordered his sandwich then proceeded to pick half the stuff out of it & leave it on the side of the plate. For some unknown reason this gave me the ick for her.
Anyone who uses this sign 🤟
Slimy men who turn even the most inappropriate subjects into sex. I keep in touch with an ex from college days, purely platonic. He was concerned for me last year when I was quite ill & had an ultrasound scan on my leg. Told him I was embarrassed as the man had to move his hand up & down my leg & press quite firmly into my groin & I was covered in the gel. "Ooh I bet you found that a real turn on, bet you enjoyed it"
ICK, ICK, ICK, ICK! a medical procedure carried out by a man young enough to be my son when I was ill. Now I remember why you became an ex you slimy old man, 60 & still full of sleaze
Men that can't do basic DIY
Disorganised men
Men who don't check they've keyed in postcode correctly on satnav & end up near the wrong town altogether. Funny to hear the story but instant ICK if it was my husband doing it

Agrudge · 21/10/2022 14:55

Energypanic · 21/10/2022 09:39

The unearned self-confidence of a mediocre white man.

Self Confidence when being mediocre isnt exclusive to being where or men

OP83 · 21/10/2022 15:12

Agrudge · 21/10/2022 14:55

Self Confidence when being mediocre isnt exclusive to being where or men

Aren't we always telling women to 'be more confident'? Also, who's to say what's 'mediocre'? I'm fairly certain that casual sexism and racism would be a turn-off to most though.

YouAreNotBatman · 21/10/2022 15:14

-Useless at DIY
-Anti women
-Porn watcher / using sex workers
-Playes video game
-Obsessed with sex
-Drinker, smoker, drug user, including weed
-Lazy, passive
-Crude sense of humour
-Racist, anti LGBQIA
-Bad hygiene, but also too much cologne
-Banter, Lad culture
-Mean, condescending
-Has kids or wants them
-Loud
-Whiny
-Gummy smile
-Ogles at women / girls
-Thinks big age gaps are ok
-Doesn’t like animals
-Close minded / has a life check list, follows the crowd
-FOMO
-Always thinking himself first
-Mommy’s boy
-Anger issues / bitter

YouStillOweMeAnApology · 21/10/2022 15:16

Men that take disproportionate pride in their bright, white trainers and then proceed to have a tantrum if they discover they have indeed been dirtied on the dirty pavements of London.

Such peacocks are extremely exacting, before you know it they start telling you how much better you would look if you just did this or that.

Take a running jump, I have no desire to look like anyone from your porn ridden world.

YouStillOweMeAnApology · 21/10/2022 15:20

Doesn’t like animals.
Hunts.
Puts car keys and phone on the table whilst eating in a restaurant. No.

YouStillOweMeAnApology · 21/10/2022 15:23

Men that talk about the desirability of other women with your male friend in front of you “You should have seen her”, and then, on a later occasion proceed to flirt with you. Yuck. No thanks.

sageandbasil · 21/10/2022 15:32

Longer finger nails on a man🤢

Hellsmovie · 21/10/2022 15:45

Good looking woman who know they are good looking and think the world owes them something because of it.

Smoking

Passivness I want someone who gives as a good as they get

Not really skinny or really over weight (20st+)

No sense of humour

A victim mentality

slimiscoming · 21/10/2022 16:19

Big mummy boys. I don't mean men being respectful to their mothers, I mean men that have been bubble wrapped their entire life and can't do anything

MWNA · 21/10/2022 16:33

ReneBumsWombats · 21/10/2022 08:00

It's a thread about turnoffs in the opposite sex (or, I presume, whichever sex attracts you). Anyone attracted to women can share their turnoffs too.

Ok cool!

Skinny / bony
Slug eyebrows and Botox
Slippers outdoors
Swearing
Stupidity

Simonjt · 21/10/2022 16:45

Agrudge · 21/10/2022 14:25

How is being in the police "unsavoury"

Racist, sexist, homophobic liars generally.

Hellsmovie · 21/10/2022 16:48

Simonjt · 21/10/2022 16:45

Racist, sexist, homophobic liars generally.

A small proportion maybe, but not most

70isaLimitNotaTarget · 21/10/2022 17:07

My beautiful, talented DS (23) is destined to be single forever .
His list of crimes:

Beard
Long fingernails on right hand (he plays guitar)
Small slender paws
Cuts his toemails in his bed
Rather fond of Marvel/Superhero

And ....and ....squeezes his toothpaste tube in the middle ShockI despair .

LimpBiskit · 21/10/2022 17:08

EarlofShrewsbury · 21/10/2022 01:04

Shoe laces fastened too tight.

How do you assess that? Visually or do you need to untie them?

EarlofShrewsbury · 21/10/2022 17:38

LimpBiskit · 21/10/2022 17:08

How do you assess that? Visually or do you need to untie them?

I can't really explain it but it's when the middle bits meet. Like the attached photo

What gives you the ick from the opposite sex
Wisper10 · 21/10/2022 17:47

Smelly fannies.

pocketvenuss · 21/10/2022 17:47

Spittle in the corner of mouth. Mouth breathers.

1FootInTheRave · 21/10/2022 17:54

Feminine hands.
Unkempt

ddl1 · 21/10/2022 17:56

Superiority complex

Excessively bulging muscles. I find bodybuilder types really off-putting.Especially men who go around topless and flexing their muscles.

1FootInTheRave · 21/10/2022 17:59

Caught the post button...

Unkempt feet.
Shit shoes.
Feminine curvy body (bit of chub doesn't bother me).
Shaved.
Waxed brows.
Superficial and low intelligence.
Wearing overtly designer clobber that they discuss at every opportunity.
No job.
Can't drive.

And on a personal level, the bloke over 20 years ago that continually sent me texts addressing me as sweatheart.

tillytown · 21/10/2022 18:01

Bad breath
Greasy hair
Only showering once a week
Not washing their hands after using the toilet
Pretending they don't know how to clean/cook
Wearing too much aftershave
Baggy jeans/trousers hanging down and showing off their underwear
Being obsessed with owning the latest tech
Faking being ill when I actual am ill
Laziness
Sulking when he had to spend money on rent/food because he wanted to use it buying crap for his playstation
I should really just write my exes name

Frazzledmummy123 · 21/10/2022 18:08

Arrogance and untidiness

wb3 · 21/10/2022 19:05

Bingo wings
Lip hair
Kids
Small/saggy boobs
Chubby fingers
Chubby feet
Chubby
Kids
No job
Smelly fanny
Cats
Nags too much
Gunt
Expects to have food bought for them on first date.
Too much make up
Not enough make up

70isaLimitNotaTarget · 21/10/2022 19:07

EarlofShrewsbury · 21/10/2022 17:38

I can't really explain it but it's when the middle bits meet. Like the attached photo

Ah , now they might have very narrow feet ?

I don't like seeing very wide feet in Converse where the width of the foot bulges the canvas over the rubber sole .

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