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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?? 👀

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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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TheSquashyHatofMrGnosspelius · 15/06/2026 19:09

OneBlueFinch · 15/06/2026 18:26

His c£&k smelt really bad … 🤮

Oooh my first boyfriend was like that. A proper homage to fromage!

I dumped him.

Andsoitbeganagain · 15/06/2026 19:14

Kissed me. Many years ago now, I'd had a huge crush on him for months. He had the most gorgeous brown eyes and one night it all fell into place and he kissed me. It was just awful. I can still feel the sensation now. Cold, wet. Terrible and that was that. Could never look at him the same way again.

BigBilly · 15/06/2026 19:26

ThatCoolGoose · 15/06/2026 13:33

Oh I am so sick of the anti reform attitudes here.
If you really think uncontrolled third world immigration legal or illegal has improved this country then I have a bridge to sell you!!
Population growth of 20 million since the 50s has stuffed housing education NHS low skilled employment for UK residents let alone primary schools with 50 per cent non English speakers.
If you cannot speak English after 2 years here then no benefits or housing etc.
Sorry if you do not like my opinions.

Wow, that escalated pretty quickly! You've given me the major ick 😂👌

Valeriekat · 15/06/2026 19:28

MrsShawnHatosy · 15/06/2026 10:34

Ooh had a huge crush on a guy called Barry as a teen. Barry John, the King, one of the greatest rugby players ever!

Oh wow, he would never give you the ick whatever he did!
Robert Norster was my favourite from the days when they'd go for a pint in the Coach and Horses after a game at the Arms Park❤(Not in Barry John's class though)

Airyfairy77 · 15/06/2026 19:32

Nice cinema date and then decided to get a Chinese takeaway and go back to mine. While waiting for the food he bought a pickled egg from the jar on the counter and proceeded to munch it loudly next to me.
No.

TheDevilWears · 15/06/2026 19:37

I’m so easily icked out. Just some of the reasons I moved along in the dating field. It was a long time ago. I was living in NY and looking for a husband so it really was one strike and you’re out 😂
Didn’t know how to use apostrophes - think your/you’re.

Dripped coffee down the side of his cup when he was drinking.

Told me what we’d be doing on our date … sort of ‘so, I’m going to collect you, we’re going to go to the theatre etc’,
Opened my cupboard without asking and looked inside … apparently his Mother’s house was always immaculately tidy but if you opened a cupboard there would be an avalanche. She was also having an affair with a Catholic priest his entire life.
Didn’t wave to me when he left in a taxi.

There were so many 😂

Sueandthegoldfish · 15/06/2026 19:42

The main killer was that he was never even slightly ever going to stop comparing anyone else to his ex wife.
But the really icky bit was that every time he got out of the shower he sat on the bed and dried each individual toe… and every time I could just imagine him mum telling him to dry his feet properly 🙄

shuggles · 15/06/2026 19:50

TheSquashyHatofMrGnosspelius · 15/06/2026 09:38

The ick and commitment issues are two totally different things.

I went on a date with a bloke who told me he never washed his actual anus (don't ask how we got to that convo) and I icked out. Within a week I met my now DH and we were married 19 years yesterday.

It is clear I had no issue with commitment. I had issue with the ick and a bloke whose sphincter and crack must look like a gravel path.

That's different because you had a genuine reason to be disgusted.

People saying they are disgusted by, for example, a man using a seatbelt or tying his shoe laces... if people are getting disgust over things like that, that's definitely committment issues masked as disgust.

AImportantMermaid · 15/06/2026 19:51

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 ...)

Music is your friend here - just play some background music. It helps so much.

AImportantMermaid · 15/06/2026 20:05

ThatCoolGoose · 15/06/2026 13:33

Oh I am so sick of the anti reform attitudes here.
If you really think uncontrolled third world immigration legal or illegal has improved this country then I have a bridge to sell you!!
Population growth of 20 million since the 50s has stuffed housing education NHS low skilled employment for UK residents let alone primary schools with 50 per cent non English speakers.
If you cannot speak English after 2 years here then no benefits or housing etc.
Sorry if you do not like my opinions.

Oh take a day off Goosey. Even Nigel’s girlfriend would have to admit he’s a challenging wank. In the words of the great Mrs Doyle, ‘Can you imagine him, standing over you naked with his lad in his hand, wanting you?’ 😂😂😂

TheTealHiker · 15/06/2026 20:07

OneCyanFox · 15/06/2026 01:10

This was in the late 80's and I was living in a rented flat above where I worked. The bedroom had a bath and a basin in it, but the shared toilet was down one flight of stairs. He was staying over after we slept together and got up in the night and pee'd in the hand basin 😵‍💫 More recently, I was dating a man I'd met at work . He was obsessed with sex and watched porn every day to get himself off. I was very disappointed to find he had a small, thin penis and couldn't get an erection. He'd apparently asked the doctor for some viagra , but then decided not to use it 😒

In the hand basin ?

I hope he took the plug out...😷

JJMama · 15/06/2026 20:08

Haha these are brilliant! I have a few, all different guys from over the years…

1.) Showed up at the pub I was in with my friends, and expected to leave with him. I did, but broke up with him stating no one takes me from my friends, and btw don’t just show up when you’ve not called ahead…! I really liked him and we had a great relationship. Just felt too controlling and yuck. Don’t regret it.

2.) Bought me Poison for my birthday, threw it towards me unwrapped, and said “all women like this perfume…” ICK

And I hate Poison, not my thing at all. Which he’d have known if he was decent.

3.) Couldn’t meet me for dinner which I’d arranged for his birthday, as his Mum was expecting him and she “always makes a fuss of me”. 🤮

I’m sure there are more but those three sprang to mind…! Will enjoy reading all yours.!!

YowieeF · 15/06/2026 20:10

Rubbish - 17 year old lad in Halfords can change any bulb in any car- it’s not rocket science.

SparklyGlitterballs · 15/06/2026 20:18

40 years ago I had a few dates with this guy. He had straggly ginger hair and didn't dress well, so I'd already decided to end it. When I finished with him he kept playing the record "If You Leave Me Now" by Chicago 🤢

Another guy I dated, not only did he have a small dick, I found out he wore underpants under his boxers. I was straight out of there.

Last one, used to call me his 'lully', as in 'alright my lully?' Nope, icky ick ick.

XenoBitch · 15/06/2026 20:23

Went on a few date type things with a guy I had known for a while. Went to a pub with him and friends. He ordered steak, and ate it by cutting a piece with a knife and fork (normal)... then eating that piece with his bare fingers. He did not even put it in his mouth.. he just gnawed on it. Then he took a swig of his beer. Well, I say swig. He poured some in his mouth and let a load go back in the glass... and it was full of tiny bits of steak.
That was bad enough, but we never DTD, as he struggled to get it up. Said it was having sex with a relative when he was a teen made it hard for him to get hard later on.

MoonWoman69 · 15/06/2026 20:26

When I was about 15, met a lad who was 17, with a motorbike. I thought he was the db's! We'd met at the school disco. He came to my house to take me for a walk (I lived in a small village at the time) was lovely to my mum and very gentlemanly. As we were walking and talking, he stopped and gently kissed me. His breath could have killed a donkey at 50 paces! Then I noticed his teeth were green! 🤮 I some sweets in my pocket and very time he opened his mouth after that, I lobbed a strong mint in! Needless to say that didn't last long.
Next one was a bloke I met in a small nightclub in the market town not far from us. Me and my mate (She drove and drank cola) used to go every Friday night. He was a barman and had long dark hair and was quite sexy in the dark with the coloured flashing lights. We flirted for a couple of weeks, then we went outside on one of his breaks. His teeth were all black and rotten and you could have fried chips in his hair! Let's say, the dark suited him! 🤮
Third one, lovely looking fella, gentle, caring etc. Did the deed and once he'd cum, he started crying about what a beautiful experience it was, how lovely he felt, how overwhelmed he felt, meanwhile my left cheek was covered in snot and tears! He didn't stop beefing for about ten minutes!
Lastly, the one with the dick that I couldn't even get hold of using my thumb and first finger as a circle! He went on to get married and have 3 kids, Christ knows how! I spent 10 minutes fumbling with him, before I made an excuse and left! He never even made any apologies for it!
Did a bit better as I got older! 🤣

Dancingintherain09 · 15/06/2026 20:30

mumofoneAloneandwell · 14/06/2026 18:02

If a man eats a salad and gets mayo around his mouth 🤢

🤮 can you add mapping food into that too

Dancingintherain09 · 15/06/2026 20:36

Twinkeltime · 14/06/2026 19:06

Top 5 men.

  1. Met for the first time, he had such a tiny head i couldnt stop looking, had one drink and left.

  2. onenight stand his dick was the size and width of a chap stick, i could have won oscars for my fakeness that night.

  3. He got drunk pissed himself rang him mum and asked her to come take him to bed.

  4. He shaved his pubes and his legs, i couldnt do it i left i said i had an emergency.

  5. He was picking his nose and wiping it on his trousers like it was normal.

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Pia GIF by Australian Survivor

I'm not sure which one is the worst 🤣
The small head or the small....

parkezvous · 15/06/2026 20:37

maras2 · 14/06/2026 18:12

The dreaded feathery stroker as described by Marian Keyes. Smile

Ha ha!

Sevenwondersofthewoo · 15/06/2026 20:39

Mine was he didn’t wash his cock said he didn’t need to it was his scent he was in his 30s this was the third date and he was gorgeous too but nope nope nope

I didnt just get the ick I got the puking ick 🤢🤮🤢

orangegato · 15/06/2026 20:57

Mouth tasted of baked beans.

Givemethereins · 15/06/2026 21:10

Back21970 · 15/06/2026 01:56

I’ve been feeling a bit down recently about my single status and this thread is the first thing that’s made me laugh out loud for ages - some of these are hilarious.

The poo stained huge vibrator is winning so far!

Do you think many of these folk go on to find their soulmate in spite of their ‘shortcomings’ ?

Im far from perfect myself, but I thought that maybe I was too fussy but going by this thread it appears I’m not alone 🤣

yes i think some of them do go on to meet women who love them.
I dated a guy in my twenties, a screenwriter. He was bestowed with not the best looks, a paunch in his twenties, a big nose, small eyes, thin lips.
Our first date he got me very, very drunk on Long Island Iced teas. We went back to mine and we're making out on my bed, mid-make out, i roll to my side and throw up!!
im mortified and am now in, hes needs to go home mode. No, he almost immediately wanted to continue the make out session after hastily shoving puked- on covers off the bed.
Anyway, we stayed in touch but no more sexy dates. Not long later he went onto become one of Hollywood biggest screenwriters. You will have seen his films. He told me that when he moved to LA and started to get known, women would just throw themselves at him and basically try to hook him as a partner in the weirdest ways.
He's happily married now. So well done him.

ScotiaLass · 15/06/2026 21:23

SleepingStandingUp · 14/06/2026 22:48

if you're put off cos someone eats tuna, then they're not the one and perfect.

it won't be the only moralistic point you disagree on, just the first significant one you noted. or the one that broke the camels back

and if you have different moral standards points👽, you'll have different values too

he was never right for you, you just didn't spot it

if you're put off cos someone eats tuna, then they're not the one and perfect.

Hard disagree. My OH doesn't eat tuna because I can't stand it. My eldest 'discovered' it thanks to school lunches and now occasionally eats it at home. He tried to snuggle up to me after having it for lunch this weekend and I pushed him away. I don't care if he's my precious first born and he's at an age where he rarely wants to snuggle, if his breath smells of tuna I don't want him anywhere near me.

InOverMyHead84 · 15/06/2026 21:27

She bought a pug.

On every level. No.