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OMG The Ick, what gave you the ultimate ick?

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ChaliceinWonderland · 11/12/2025 22:15

So boyfriend of a year ate his toastie from the plate by holding plate to face and pushing sandwich in, no hands. I cannot therefore unsee this.
Tbh our sex life is , let's say, poor at best. This has really finished me off. I'm having the massive ick.! Regale me with your equally dire stories!

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Mumofmarauders · 20/12/2025 21:35

honeylulu · 13/12/2025 16:11

Mine was with a guy I went on a couple of dates with, he was ok, we were having a nice time. Then one day he smiled and I thought oh god he looks just like the snake from the Jungle Book and I couldn't unsee it.

His 21st birthday party was coming up and he was keen for me to be there as his GF. But we went on one more date and I just couldn't stop thinking about snakey so I'm ashamed to say I ghosted him after that.

This one is so funny! Poor guy but there would be no going back for me either 😂😂😂

LoyalMember · 21/12/2025 00:02

I girl I was going out with had second toes longer than her big toes. Seriously weird, and a right turn off... Yuk....

NewNameforThisPost2025 · 21/12/2025 00:06

LoyalMember · 21/12/2025 00:02

I girl I was going out with had second toes longer than her big toes. Seriously weird, and a right turn off... Yuk....

I have toes like that, as do about 20 percent of the population! It's completely normal!

LoyalMember · 21/12/2025 00:12

NewNameforThisPost2025 · 21/12/2025 00:06

I have toes like that, as do about 20 percent of the population! It's completely normal!

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Well, it obviously isn't if 80% of people don't have this.

Soashamed60 · 21/12/2025 00:33

Zov · 15/12/2025 10:10

Oh yes indeed. My DH is a bit lazy, and annoying sometimes giving a running commentary of what he's watching on tv (or what he's looking at on his phone,) whilst I'm posting on Mumsnet trying to read a classy novel. But he is clean and tidy, he moves his own shit, he can be funny, and is caring and considerate, and he has excellent hygiene, and has never demanded any weird/nasty sex, or displayed any of the behaviour mentioned on here by some posters...

But as you say, if he dies - or leaves - no WAY am I ever having another man in my house, or in my life. I couldn't be arsed. If I could go back in time 35 years, I wouldn't change a thing, I would still marry him. I enjoy being married/being in a couple, but I wouldn't do it again, if he died or left. I would stay on my own. The horror stories I read on here about men are terrifying! 😂

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Same here! Long marriage to a good one, clean & tidy, hygenic & no weird habits. No way would I trust another one if he went first.
These are hilarious to read, but for the love of god in what world do these men think it's acceptible behaviour?

Soashamed60 · 21/12/2025 00:37

ThatCyanCat · 14/12/2025 19:50

I can't decide what's worse, this or the guy who yelled for his mother.

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Yelling for his mother just about beats oops a daisy by a hair's breadth 🤣🤣

NewNameforThisPost2025 · 21/12/2025 00:56

Soashamed60 · 21/12/2025 00:33

Same here! Long marriage to a good one, clean & tidy, hygenic & no weird habits. No way would I trust another one if he went first.
These are hilarious to read, but for the love of god in what world do these men think it's acceptible behaviour?

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Dating can be amazing fun if you vet properly. Since my husband decided he didn't want to be married, I have dated men who were much better-looking, much better-endowed, and much better in bed than him.

NewNameforThisPost2025 · 21/12/2025 00:59

LoyalMember · 21/12/2025 00:12

Well, it obviously isn't if 80% of people don't have this.

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It's a normal variant. 20 percent is millions and millions of people! And in some parts of the world, the incidence is much higher!

AndreaMarvell · 21/12/2025 02:19

Driving along one sunny afternoon and he asked randomly out of nowhere "have you ever had a climax?"

MonickerMonica · 21/12/2025 07:29

AndreaMarvell · 21/12/2025 02:19

Driving along one sunny afternoon and he asked randomly out of nowhere "have you ever had a climax?"

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I'd have been SO tempted to reply yes I'm having one now but wouldn't want his shock to affect his driving. 🚗

BluntAzureDreamer · 21/12/2025 08:20

LifeSurvior · 12/12/2025 22:46

Not mine but my Sisters.
He got a coin purse with a clip top like your granny used to have and started counting out £1 coins for his half of drinks. 😬

That reminds of a friend's 'ick' when she went on a date with a guy who had a trolley token attached to his key ring... She said she wanted him to be ready to take her to bed, not Asda 😂😂 she never saw him again...

CalzoneOnLegs · 21/12/2025 13:32

@BluntAzureDreamer 🤣🤣 that sums up the irrational nature of ‘the ick’ perfectly doesn’t it

comingintomyown · 21/12/2025 14:29

truffleruffle · 13/12/2025 22:24

What gives me the ick is the word Ick does anyone else hate this word 🤣

Me too 😂

Flutterbees · 21/12/2025 14:38

LoyalMember · 21/12/2025 00:02

I girl I was going out with had second toes longer than her big toes. Seriously weird, and a right turn off... Yuk....

If that offends you, don’t come to Australia! I swear it’s only 20% of the population that DON’T have this affliction!

CalzoneOnLegs · 21/12/2025 14:40

@comingintomyown i agree it’s not the best word, but it does perfectly describe the reaction/feeling I don’t know what else you could say that would do that .

Legomum789 · 21/12/2025 14:47

I had an ex who kept his socks inside out. When putting them on he’d roll each one up like a condom, place it over his toes and roll it up his foot so that the pattern was on the outside. When I fell about laughing (I couldn’t believe what I was seeing) he said everyone puts their socks on like that. So am asking now….is it me or do others do this?

sprigatito · 21/12/2025 14:53

Reading this thread, I’m thinking “the Ick” is like a safety mechanism that warns you this guy is not the one…because some of these things (rolling the socks on like a condom 😂) are just endearing when DH does them, but stomach-turning when done by the wrong fella. So…all hail the Ick, we should never, ever ignore it!

Elmspringwater · 21/12/2025 14:58

He had a dick the size of a chap stick.
First night was the last.
I could have won an Oscar for faking.

Second ick didn't even start he was thin to thin for me.
And had a tiny head.

BatshitIsTheOnlyExplanation · 21/12/2025 14:59

Legomum789 · 21/12/2025 14:47

I had an ex who kept his socks inside out. When putting them on he’d roll each one up like a condom, place it over his toes and roll it up his foot so that the pattern was on the outside. When I fell about laughing (I couldn’t believe what I was seeing) he said everyone puts their socks on like that. So am asking now….is it me or do others do this?

No, that's definitely not a normal way to put on socks!

Elmspringwater · 21/12/2025 15:00

I'd love to read a thread of what gives men the ick.
Now that would be worth a read.

comingintomyown · 21/12/2025 15:15

Yeah that would be interesting

Gettingbysomehow · 21/12/2025 15:45

This thread has put me right off my dinner.

BackHomeForChristmas · 21/12/2025 19:20

Gardener82 · 19/12/2025 10:57

Pornhub.
He was so weird.

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Sorry if I’m being really naive… but can you explain please? I just can’t work this one out!
How is eating lifke this anything to do with Pornhub?🤷‍♀️

BackHomeForChristmas · 21/12/2025 19:23

Elmspringwater · 21/12/2025 15:00

I'd love to read a thread of what gives men the ick.
Now that would be worth a read.

Probably be a blank thread! 😉

They're a strange lot, if you’re female and in you are in their company, they’d think they’ve got “chance” however icky you were!🤣

Catullus5 · 22/12/2025 06:33

BackHomeForChristmas · 21/12/2025 19:23

Probably be a blank thread! 😉

They're a strange lot, if you’re female and in you are in their company, they’d think they’ve got “chance” however icky you were!🤣

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I've had icks about friends (including female ones) but nothing worth sharing on this thread.