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Reasons men have given you the ick part 2!

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CircularMotionDementedThrustingGuy · 03/08/2025 09:47

Thread number 1
https://www.mumsnet.com/talk/am_i_being_unreasonable/5383729-please-tell-me-times-where-youve-got-the-ick-with-a-guy?utm_campaign=thread&utm_medium=app_share

i don't know how many more experiences will be shared but I'm hoping to continue the thread because thread number one has given me so so so many laughs.
I still have a lot of ick stories to share so without further ado..

Went on a date and the guy had what I can only describe as white string on his lips. I kept licking my lips in the hope he'd twig but to no avail I ended up saying DUDE you have a massive white string when you talk can you wipe it off.

didn't go down well and didn't see him again.

I had a ONS with a work colleague when I was 17 from a supermarket Saturday job. He kept referring to his.. Achem.. package as THE BIG DADDY.
it wasn't. That was a humbling experience.

please share yours!

(also it's same OP I've just got a shiny new username)

Please tell me times where you've got the ick with a guy | Mumsnet

Lighthearted!! Just that really. I love hearing these ill start: went on a date with someone and we played shuffleboard and after every turn of...

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OP posts:
CircularMotionDementedThrustingGuy · 04/08/2025 22:10

missmushroom · 04/08/2025 19:55

We should have a thread called reasons women have given you the ick.

Why? Cos of the poor menz?

have you not seen how they speak about us in real life, and on the internet?

women have been through enough. Men completely deserve these threads.

OP posts:
CircularMotionDementedThrustingGuy · 04/08/2025 22:11

TragicMuse · 04/08/2025 21:19

I found out after I’d chucked him, but yes, active habit while I was with him. I didn’t know because he smoking not injecting so no track marks. And i wasn’t really expecting an addict so wasn’t looking for signs.

But it explained the moods, the hours in the loo, the lack of money, the impotence, the night sweats etc etc.

That's genuinely awful for you to go through 😳

OP posts:
CircularMotionDementedThrustingGuy · 04/08/2025 22:12

pinenuts75 · 04/08/2025 21:47

I dated someone a few years back and he refused to have a number 2 in the toilet, his poo would swirl around and go down the plug hole the heat of the water broke it up, he said it was a waste of water, he might as well do it while he has a shower 🤮 we weren’t together very long.

NOOOOOOOOOO

He shat in the shower? JFC men are pigs 😭

OP posts:
TragicMuse · 04/08/2025 22:46

CircularMotionDementedThrustingGuy · 04/08/2025 22:11

That's genuinely awful for you to go through 😳

Thank you. I always used to be ‘ hahaha, me and my terrible boyfriends, such a lol’ and laugh it off but with hindsight it was really rather difficult and unpleasant. If I’d known I wouldn’t have gone near him. The whole thing made me feel shit.

missmushroom · 04/08/2025 22:51

CircularMotionDementedThrustingGuy · 04/08/2025 22:10

Why? Cos of the poor menz?

have you not seen how they speak about us in real life, and on the internet?

women have been through enough. Men completely deserve these threads.

Still be a fun thread though.

AuntMarch · 04/08/2025 22:52

pinenuts75 · 04/08/2025 21:47

I dated someone a few years back and he refused to have a number 2 in the toilet, his poo would swirl around and go down the plug hole the heat of the water broke it up, he said it was a waste of water, he might as well do it while he has a shower 🤮 we weren’t together very long.

Oh Jesus. I had to get over an ick regarding poo in the bath, but my son was only one so I managed.
That is absolutely vile.

Disturbia81 · 04/08/2025 23:07

pinenuts75 · 04/08/2025 21:47

I dated someone a few years back and he refused to have a number 2 in the toilet, his poo would swirl around and go down the plug hole the heat of the water broke it up, he said it was a waste of water, he might as well do it while he has a shower 🤮 we weren’t together very long.

I think you win the thread… 😱🤮

Doublebubblegum · 04/08/2025 23:09

These are absolute gold. The funniest thread I've EVER read on here.

I had a long distance FWB type situation going on with an absolutely gorgeous guy. i fancied him so, so much. We had amazing sex and sexual chemistry and we used to sext in between meet ups. All going swimmingly until he asked, mid sext, if he could share something with me. He then proceeded to tell me, in lengthy detail and very proudly, how he had spent hours trawling through Pornhub trying to find videos of people who looked like me (I've got a fairly distinctive hairstyle) as that helped him out when I wasn't around. He then sent me about 5 videos of different women who looked pretty similar to me, all doing really hardcore porn 🤦 He actually thought it was a compliment 🤢

Another one, a boy i went out with as a teenager. He was a total drip in hindsight so god knows what I was thinking but after a fledgling teenage romance he dumped me. I still quite liked him despite him being one of those guys who tries to be a bit superior, quoting lines from movies or self help type things (had insta been around back then he'd have loved a profound quote post 😆) so jumped at the chance to meet up with him when he'd got in touch a week or two later, saying he'd had second thoughts about dumping me. We met up, I was full of anticipation, until he said 'oh, doublebubblegum, Abraham Lincoln really got it right when he said "you don't know what you've got til it's gone". I told him I think he was getting Abraham Lincoln mixed up with Joni Mitchell and he went in a huff with me 😂

Dontsayyouloveme · 04/08/2025 23:09

CircularMotionDementedThrustingGuy · 03/08/2025 13:33

See I feel this.
I love a guy who respects women, and is a true gentleman. But they have to be a little rougher round the edges for me! That would give me the ick too

they probably just can't win can they 🤣

hold the doors open for me pal but also chuck me around the bedroom vibes

100% . Along with icks already posted…. He had no backbone… the constant sorry, sorry, sorry, omg stop saying sorry…. 😆

Disturbia81 · 04/08/2025 23:19

DiscoDancingDoris · 03/08/2025 22:23

3rd date in... noticed his sock was all twisted around to the wrong side and the ankle part of the sock was where the front of his foot was... massive ick 🤣🤣

Love this one! So subtle but goes to show how easily affected we are 😂

404PageNotFound · 05/08/2025 00:12

He played guitar and sung a song he'd written for me while gazing intensely into my eyes. I was mortified and didn't know where to look. He then stuck a pin in the condom before we had sex after so I would get pregnant and not be able to leave him but that's another story

AcadeMama · 05/08/2025 00:17

Ive recently been getting the ick from a recent date. Great guy, great fashion sense and very kind, but he smokes cannabis all the time, eats ridiculously late, repeats the same information in conversations over and over again. He bought me some sexy underwear then insisted I keep it at his. WTAF??? And to top it off he uses the same set of words and emojis in every text message. First it was babe, the sweetheart, now its a shortened version of my name, all signed off with his initial and a kiss emoji 😘 another irritation is that he asks me if I or he have a penance to pay. ? Is he trying to talk dirty to me? Its not working! Ffs get an imagination! He also talks about how he loves me and Im his girlfriend. Im really NOT!

Missedthis · 05/08/2025 06:20

missmushroom · 04/08/2025 22:51

Still be a fun thread though.

Feel free to start one ☺️

Brendahollowayreconsider · 05/08/2025 06:22

CircularMotionDementedThrustingGuy · 04/08/2025 22:12

NOOOOOOOOOO

He shat in the shower? JFC men are pigs 😭

🤮🤮🤮🤢🤢

BySassyGreenPanda · 05/08/2025 07:19

pinenuts75 · 04/08/2025 21:47

I dated someone a few years back and he refused to have a number 2 in the toilet, his poo would swirl around and go down the plug hole the heat of the water broke it up, he said it was a waste of water, he might as well do it while he has a shower 🤮 we weren’t together very long.

I feel the need to comment but at the same time I don't know what to say. Gross doesn't really cover the level of revulsion. Filthy bastard 😦

MoonWoman69 · 05/08/2025 08:58

Oh my God, this thread has opened up the floodgates! Just remembered another one!

When I was 16, many moons ago, I met a lad in the little nightclub I mentioned previously.
Had a snog outside at the end. He asked for my phone number (house phone in those days!) He rang, said he wanted to see me again. I was a bit smitten, he was very good looking and only a couple of years older than me. After a few phone calls and a couple of nights meeting in the club, I asked my mum if I could invite him for tea.
He arrived on his motorbike, I let him in and mum dished up the meal, asking questions and generally chatting. It was only then that I noticed his teeth were green! Like plaque that had built up and gone green, green!
We went for a walk around the village after tea and as he went in for a kiss, I dug a Strong Mint out of my pocket and threw it in his mouth! His breath was absolutely atrocious! I think the alcohol he drank on our nights out had masked it, as I hadn't noticed up to that point!
I waved him off on his bike and the next time he rang, I told him I didn't want to see him again! I couldn't get over the fact I'd been kissing someone with fluorescent green teeth! 🤣
It was such a shame, as he was really rather handsome. 🫠

pinenuts75 · 05/08/2025 09:42

BySassyGreenPanda · 05/08/2025 07:19

I feel the need to comment but at the same time I don't know what to say. Gross doesn't really cover the level of revulsion. Filthy bastard 😦

He made me feel sick 🤢 he said what’s the point of wasting toilet paper! When he was going to get clean in the shower, I actually had no words 😂

CircularMotionDementedThrustingGuy · 05/08/2025 09:58

MoonWoman69 · 05/08/2025 08:58

Oh my God, this thread has opened up the floodgates! Just remembered another one!

When I was 16, many moons ago, I met a lad in the little nightclub I mentioned previously.
Had a snog outside at the end. He asked for my phone number (house phone in those days!) He rang, said he wanted to see me again. I was a bit smitten, he was very good looking and only a couple of years older than me. After a few phone calls and a couple of nights meeting in the club, I asked my mum if I could invite him for tea.
He arrived on his motorbike, I let him in and mum dished up the meal, asking questions and generally chatting. It was only then that I noticed his teeth were green! Like plaque that had built up and gone green, green!
We went for a walk around the village after tea and as he went in for a kiss, I dug a Strong Mint out of my pocket and threw it in his mouth! His breath was absolutely atrocious! I think the alcohol he drank on our nights out had masked it, as I hadn't noticed up to that point!
I waved him off on his bike and the next time he rang, I told him I didn't want to see him again! I couldn't get over the fact I'd been kissing someone with fluorescent green teeth! 🤣
It was such a shame, as he was really rather handsome. 🫠

Poor oral hygiene is the absolute worst and there is absolutely no breaking that for me. Any teeth that have bad plague or bad breath would make me heave!

many men I know only brush their teeth in the morning too. It's quite a universal thing.

some men on this thread really are grim. Bad teeth and breath, shitting in the shower, shitting on the bedsheets, pissing on their partners backs.

honestly I'm so glad I'm single!
a mansplainer said downthread that there should be a thread about women given men icks. I don't think they are comparable!

OP posts:
BySassyGreenPanda · 05/08/2025 10:50

pinenuts75 · 05/08/2025 09:42

He made me feel sick 🤢 he said what’s the point of wasting toilet paper! When he was going to get clean in the shower, I actually had no words 😂

It always amazes me that people drop shit like this (pardon the pun) into a conversation and think it will be well received. I wonder how many women have exited swiftly after this disclosure?

I wish I didn't have the image in my head but I picture him breaking up a tough one with his big toe and smushing it down the plug hole.

Bleugh. Beyond gross.

Who raised these monsters?😮

BySassyGreenPanda · 05/08/2025 10:58

Dontsayyouloveme · 04/08/2025 23:09

100% . Along with icks already posted…. He had no backbone… the constant sorry, sorry, sorry, omg stop saying sorry…. 😆

The ideal man needs to fall somewhere between being an invertebrate (no backbone) and a neanderthal (shitting in the shower). In theory that seems manageable but..........

Sparepillow · 05/08/2025 13:28

sammylady37 · 04/08/2025 21:13

That was likely me! The ick-giver was the same guy I mentioned on this thread who called my clit my ‘love-pimple’.

You can’t half pick them sammy! 🤣

pinenuts75 · 05/08/2025 13:56

BySassyGreenPanda · 05/08/2025 10:50

It always amazes me that people drop shit like this (pardon the pun) into a conversation and think it will be well received. I wonder how many women have exited swiftly after this disclosure?

I wish I didn't have the image in my head but I picture him breaking up a tough one with his big toe and smushing it down the plug hole.

Bleugh. Beyond gross.

Who raised these monsters?😮

He’s probably still single 😂

boxoftoads · 05/08/2025 13:58

If there was a lady equivalent thread, would it be full of tales of horrendous hygiene, such as shitting in the shower (OH MY LORD), weird face pullers and chat up techniques that make you want to scream?

I have had my fair share of grim hygiene, weird face pullers and horrendous chat up lines/bad pics so I do think its very common amoung blokes.

BySassyGreenPanda · 05/08/2025 14:19

pinenuts75 · 05/08/2025 13:56

He’s probably still single 😂

I'm almost wondering if a bloke doesn't know how to end it, do they scour the previous ick threads to find ways to make themselves irreversibly unattractive 😂

I honestly can't make sense of any of this otherwise. Shitting in the shower - in what world is anyone doing that?

pinenuts75 · 05/08/2025 15:15

BySassyGreenPanda · 05/08/2025 14:19

I'm almost wondering if a bloke doesn't know how to end it, do they scour the previous ick threads to find ways to make themselves irreversibly unattractive 😂

I honestly can't make sense of any of this otherwise. Shitting in the shower - in what world is anyone doing that?

It’s gross 🤢 and I told him it was, but he didn’t see a problem 😂

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