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AIBU to ask you all to help me get over someone who has today posted a photo with their new GF by reading the list of icks

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Havingasmashingtime · 20/04/2025 17:31

I was seeing someone for two years and it ended about 6 months ago.
although I knew it was over between us and I’ve been fine, I have today seen a photo of him with his new girlfriend and for some reasons it’s cut me a little bit (WHY!!!)

so a bit light hearted I promise- if I list the ‘icks’ (sorry I know some hate that phrase) will you help me pick myself up by choosing one to agree with and make me feel better?

1- his finger nails were so badly chewed they looked really tiny and quite sore. Eew.

2- he didn’t give any foreplay but always expected it back.

3- despite having great teeth he brushed them with a badly overused brush and for about 15 seconds.

4- he wore the same 4 T-shirts on rotation for the 2 years I knew him. Same tshirt for any occasion be it Xmas day, hiking a fell, holiday abroad or mowing the lawn.

5- he bragged about being ‘rich’ saying he had a trust fund, loads of savings account, owning silver? He did have a well paid job HOWEVER we paid everything 50/50 and he would gasp at the prices of everything like cocktails, food- money isn’t important to me and I’m happy to pay but I thought it was funny how he bragged but there was never any kindness or treats but I would for him.

6- on holiday he would barely shower- even though we would be hot and sweaty from extreme heat I had to tell him he should have a shower.

7- he always wore a cap, usually the same white cap that sometimes was covered in yellow marks (sweat) yet he barely washed it.

8- I got an ick from his work ethic. Despite a good job he would call in sick a lot even though he wasn’t or he’d tell them his kids were sick to get a day off.

Argh- why has it hurt me to see he has moved on!

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DisplayPurposesOnly · 20/04/2025 17:32

God, he's revolting 😂

rubyslippers · 20/04/2025 17:32

Block him on socials and remember he’s an ex for lots of very good reasons

sparepantsandtoothbrush · 20/04/2025 17:34

I'd be glad he's someone else's problem after reading that list!

Hamabeed · 20/04/2025 17:36

ewwwww I had the massive ick by number 2, don’t know why I read the whole list. Those icks are all dumping offences on their own. BIN

Lascivious · 20/04/2025 17:38

The nail-biting as an adult would be enough to repulse me.

Jeschara · 20/04/2025 17:39

Yuk, you are better of without him, did he have any good points? Think of those think of what you listed and turn your hurt into a great day,he is a bragger and a dirty one at that.

Planetmonster · 20/04/2025 17:40

Jeeez!!! Lucky escape. Tight men are The Worst.

plus the forePlay thing.

next !

comment on his photo ‘awwww so sweet, glad you are having a great time.’

he will stew

ForOliveMember · 20/04/2025 17:43

He was tight with money and bad in bed and you are jealous of his new gf?!

Yellowsunbeams · 20/04/2025 17:48

So he was grubby, tight with money and bad at sex. What first attracted you to him? Was it the gnawed fingernails or the sweaty cap? I bet he left pillows a tasteful musty yellow too. Did he shave over the bathroom basin leaving little bits of shaved hair sticking to the basin?

Montea · 20/04/2025 17:49

Oh my god I think you’ve described my ex

Daleksatemyshed · 20/04/2025 17:50

Bless you Op, just writing that list should have made you feel better 😂

WobblyBoots · 20/04/2025 17:50

I was agreeing with several points early on the list but I think point 7 is enough on its own. Bullet dodged my love.

CalmTheFuckDownMargaret · 20/04/2025 17:52

He spent longer brushing his teeth - 15 seconds - than he did on foreplay. Probably rubbed his silverware with Brasso for longer too. In the bin he goes, along with his sweaty cap and stinky summer body.

NeilDiamondsBlowDry · 20/04/2025 17:53

I guarantee that soiled cap stunk as well

commiserations to the new GF

BangersAndGnash · 20/04/2025 17:54

TWO YEARS and the lack of foreplay continued?

Bloody hell, if he wasn’t prepared to be re-trained by the second time we slept together I would have blocked him.

Nails like that? Ugh ugh ugh.

Bullet dodged.

Unfriend and stop looking at his SM.

NeilDiamondsBlowDry · 20/04/2025 17:54

And a liar

clarabenton · 20/04/2025 17:55

Oh he sounds grim. The toothbrush 😩I bet he had skid-marked underwear too.

LividRah · 20/04/2025 17:56

OMG how did you have sex with him more than the once?

FlowerUser · 20/04/2025 17:59

All of it! You are well rid!

Now go and find someone who has more self-respect because they will treat you better.

ItGhoul · 20/04/2025 17:59

Reason 2 is a deal breaker; I didn’t even need to read past that.

SomethingFun · 20/04/2025 18:00

He didn’t do foreplay, was tight and smelly and you gave him two years of your life? You should be skipping into the sunset not pining over his socials!

ICantBeDoingWithThat · 20/04/2025 18:01

Lascivious · 20/04/2025 17:38

The nail-biting as an adult would be enough to repulse me.

And me. I can hardly believe you lasted 2 years. 2 dates would have done it.

Yellowsunbeams · 20/04/2025 18:02

Yes, the cap. My husband always liked to think he was above narrow minded conventionality and worrying about what others thought. One of our sons attempted attempted to sit at the dinner table wearing a cap. My husband looked horrified and told him a man did not wear a hat indoors and to take it off immediately. I was surprised at how that rule had stuck with him. Anyway, I suspect your ex would have been well served if somebody had taught him the same rule.

ICantBeDoingWithThat · 20/04/2025 18:03

God, hats indoors, yes. What's that all about?

Havingasmashingtime · 20/04/2025 18:04

Hehe thank you everyone already, you’ve made me feel better.

i don’t know why it’s hurt me seeing him happy with a new woman. She is pretty too.
I don’t envy that she now has to deal with all those icks (there were more icks too)

but I guess my frustrating mind turns to the good parts and I reminisce (WHY WHY WHY)

the sex itself was good (PIV) and I like giving foreplay- but yes- he never reciprocated and I think it’s because before me he was with the same person for 20 years and I was only his second. So maybe I should have ‘taught’ him- I did bring it up- like ‘touch me here’ but he never did. It was all about him.

URGH WHY DOES MY MIND DO THIS TO ME - it’s kind of cut my appetite today and made me feel low.
I am so stupid!

you have helped so much though thank you

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