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You meet the one. They're perfect for you. Then youve got the ick so badly you eant to set fire to yourself. What petty thing did they do?? 👀

552 replies

mumofoneAloneandwell · 14/06/2026 16:58

Vomit Puke GIF by The Late Late Show with James Corden

Eaten tuna 🤢

Monstrous food eaten by those with poor morals.

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Hamela · 15/06/2026 16:21

CleanShirtLaundry · 15/06/2026 10:13

Called a jumper a "gumpy"

I'm dying of laughter here 😂😂 I really wish the laugh reaction was still available on this site, christ this thread has had me in absolute stitches 😂

DesertIslandDips · 15/06/2026 16:24

Shhhhitsmagic · 14/06/2026 22:11

Said the words 'Nom nom' when talking about his dinner 😷

Thank you for making me damage my keyboard with spat out tea - whilst trying not to relive the moaning, slurping "nom,nom, mmm,mmm....wet slurpiness and moans of pleasure of my ex when he was eating.
Probably explains why I positively welcome a man who rips the chicken of the bone and licks his fingers without uttering a sound, just a wolfish grin of satisfaction when he's finished, before balling up his napkin and casually lobbing it into a bin 10 feet away.😂

AndWorseAFemale · 15/06/2026 16:25

Dollymylove · 15/06/2026 14:38

What exactly is wrong with that?

It's bullshit, Dolly my love. These men aren't feminists, and I'd rather rely on a shit in a shoe than have one of those useless men with ugly ideals come to my aid.

canuckup · 15/06/2026 16:40

NoArmaniNoPunani · 14/06/2026 20:19

Sounded like a weak moped when he came

Omg 😂 😂 😂 these comments

canuckup · 15/06/2026 16:42

'yeah it's a shame but what can I do?'

Er, move out of your mother's house???

WorldCup34b · 15/06/2026 16:56

mumofoneAloneandwell · 15/06/2026 15:39

Yes! Free yourself xx

He said he wants the boat people out. I said, its not all about that, look at the bigger picture - defunding the NHS, no pay equality for women, proposals to cut welfare payments etc etc
Honestly, he's a dick and I told him Its like you hate women, ie ME

AverageWhiteShark · 15/06/2026 17:47

Bertiebiscuit · 15/06/2026 09:41

Man wore white jeans. The nail in the coffin of attraction

Oh God, flashbacks! Sitting in a club in Portugal, about 1982. Sharing a table with a friend who was (as usual) getting very drunk. The Birdie Song comes on and to our mutual horror his wife and my husband started dancing to it. Both wearing tight white jeans. I think we both knew that our marriages were doomed at that point. Long story short, post a divorce each and him getting sober we have been married for nearly 40 years. I am still friends with his ex, lovely woman, just all wrong for him and vice versa.

daisychain01 · 15/06/2026 17:49

mumofoneAloneandwell · 15/06/2026 15:33

Its unacceptable!

Where's that dang smiley emoticon when I need it

😂

just to add, I self-diagnosed Mesophonia on the basis that dinner times invariably cause a stabby melt-down due to the slurping and smacking of chops coming from the other side of the table.

Comeonelieen · 15/06/2026 17:50

I actually quite like tuna

Chocolateismyhero · 15/06/2026 18:04

Delladuck · 14/06/2026 18:40

he had the same first name as one of my brothers

just no,nope,not happening

I know so many people who have married someone with the same name as their sister or brother… including me the first time round but I LTB 😂

Dollymylove · 15/06/2026 18:12

AndWorseAFemale · 15/06/2026 16:25

It's bullshit, Dolly my love. These men aren't feminists, and I'd rather rely on a shit in a shoe than have one of those useless men with ugly ideals come to my aid.

Aye wouldya?

WestwardHo1 · 15/06/2026 18:18

busybusybusy2015 · 15/06/2026 14:51

Misophonia and relationships: the lifetime struggle. AFAIK 99% of men masticate like hippos and swallow like pelicans. Awful awful awful. Just have to keep finding positive attributes that outweigh the endless horror of listening to someone else eat. (I'm with you on the other points too: white jeans, 'supper' and cutlery mishandling 😆I'm wondering if we're related ...)

Just reading the word "supper" makes me want to vomit!

I have frequent invitations to attend a "supper club" run by our local Chamber of Commerce. NO, NO, NO.

catlover123456789 · 15/06/2026 18:20

He read my emails while I was asleep, found one to another man from ages before we met and had a huge sulk about it.
I politely asked him to fuck off home.

TheSquashyHatofMrGnosspelius · 15/06/2026 18:21

DesertIslandDips · 15/06/2026 16:24

Thank you for making me damage my keyboard with spat out tea - whilst trying not to relive the moaning, slurping "nom,nom, mmm,mmm....wet slurpiness and moans of pleasure of my ex when he was eating.
Probably explains why I positively welcome a man who rips the chicken of the bone and licks his fingers without uttering a sound, just a wolfish grin of satisfaction when he's finished, before balling up his napkin and casually lobbing it into a bin 10 feet away.😂

Fair play - that would be sexy

Delladuck · 15/06/2026 18:23

i got the ick long after we broke up

he had a serious drinking problem ('its not a problem,its just a few drinks,your just uptight' a 'few drinks' was a bottle of vodka a night and he was handy with his hands while pissed) and was on long term benefits as 'ill be worse off with a job'

his mother told me to 'shut up,put up and dont rock the boat'

we broke up and i was lucky to get away in one piece

id been with dp 10 years by this point when the southport riots where happening

ex lived about 10 minutes from one that happened (not southport)

we where watching the news as it unfolded and just as i was saying 'ive sat and eaten lunch on that bench','i know that street well','there used to be a massive tv just there-it showed sports all day' and 'i bought dd some slippers in that shop' i saw ex march past on the screen,goosestepping with his finger under his nose/arm in the air and shouting insults/throwing rocks

ive had the ick before (see vibe man and bloke with the same name as my brother) but this was a whole new level of ick

ive never noticed any racism when we where together but there he was,showing his true colours-a pisshead,a racist and a coward

he ended up in court and im told his mummy was squealing about how he was innocent-he was on the bloody telly!

im ashamed i ever went near him let alone be with him for 3 years

OneBlueFinch · 15/06/2026 18:26

His c£&k smelt really bad … 🤮

Sardaukar · 15/06/2026 18:27

mumofoneAloneandwell · 15/06/2026 15:57

How much longer? 👀👀

Like a middle finger next to an index finger. 😳

Jorge14 · 15/06/2026 18:28

I once dated this guy (this is in the early 2000s) makes me cringe whenever I think about him. He took me away for the weekend & when we checked in he was asked to put a card down as security & he said I don’t have a card (he was a tradie so must of earned cash but still 😂). I had to put my card down. When we went to the hotel restaurant for dinner he hadn’t made a reservation, just assumed it would be ok & when they turned us away he started crying 🥴 I was so embarrassed for him I pretended I didn’t notice. I just couldn’t find him attractive after this weekend, I caught the ick & that was that.

MacMom · 15/06/2026 18:31

He couldn’t dance! We’d been out for drinks and went to a club. He practically dragged me on to the dance floor and then proceeded to show me his moves. It was as though someone had stuck his finger in a plug socket - he was all over the place. I was mortified and that was the end of that!

Sardaukar · 15/06/2026 18:32

I went out with a girl on a second date who started fretting that she didn't like me drinking. I'd had two pints, for f#ck's sake. I was hardly Oliver Reed, ya dafty. I really don't like people who hector others who aren't doing anything remotely wrong. She was okay, but that gave me the ick.

PliuD · 15/06/2026 18:38

Aberdyfi · 14/06/2026 18:02

Not veiny but also the smoothest skin, like you would want your own feet to be. Not the feet of a 6ft 5 fella.

We're you concerned they might be someone else's? Did you check his wardrobe?

Addictedtoharibobutthestrawbssuck · 15/06/2026 18:39

jaketeckel · 14/06/2026 19:03

I got the ick when I went to a firework display and he jumped every time there was a loud explosion

This one made me actually laugh out loud 😂 thank you for this!

Ferryl · 15/06/2026 18:47

mumofoneAloneandwell · 15/06/2026 15:53

Did he pull out this move @Ferryl

No but I would’ve preferred it if he had! To those asking why it gave me the ick - my reasoned and nuanced answer is who knows 🤷‍♀️ :)

LouH1981 · 15/06/2026 18:52

Back in the 90’s. I was 17. Fancied this lad for AGES then we eventually got together.
Very attentive (little bit too clingy but overlooked it) then we met up one Friday night and he was wearing the most horrendous pair of brown shoes.
That was it. Game over.

So, that same night, rather than confess the shoe ick, because he was off to uni soon I told him I wasn’t prepared to have a long distance relationship. Then he began to cry. A lot. Then his older brother started to plead with me not to break up with him.
Very messy, very icky and all over a pair of shoes.
Not proud of myself at all.

Valeriekat · 15/06/2026 19:08

CoffeeAndCats3 · 14/06/2026 23:23

Painted his finger nails. Black.
Ughhhhh...

Freddie Mercury did that!