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OMG The Ick, what gave you the ultimate ick?

289 replies

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!

OP posts:
Crikeyalmighty · 14/12/2025 00:04

DollydaydreamTheThird · 13/12/2025 23:39

@BauhausOfEliott And I bet when you go to the football and have a few drinks you don't come home throw up on the carpet, piss in the wardrobe, demand sex now and shit the bed? I think this is the kind of drinking, football and shagging man they were referring to. 😂

Yes that post was a little bit Zoe ball - late 90s- ‘aren’t i one of the lads ’ -although I do get we aren’t all the same -

Crikeyalmighty · 14/12/2025 00:08

Yorkshirelass04 · 13/12/2025 23:00

Referred to his willy as his 'tenderness'.

Ooh no - that’s odd - I’ve often mentioned on here on posts related to ‘Ick’ the very odd comment after first time I had sex with a not unpleasant guy when he whispered into my ear the immortal words of Frankie goes to Hollywood ‘ I’ll protect you from the hooded claw, keep the vampire from your door’ - I had an urge to say ‘ WTF’

Catullus5 · 14/12/2025 00:18

AquaForce · 13/12/2025 12:21

It's incredible what can trigger the ick. I love these threads, hilarious and endlessly fascinating to me.

Agree. I like counting the number of icks I've committed that have been mentioned on the thread. 4 so far. Not saying which.

DurinsBane · 14/12/2025 00:43

Yogabearmous · 13/12/2025 06:43

I hear you.
mine wore pasty type shoes to our first date that looked like something the hobbits wore in lord of the rings. Those and a really really long scarf that was hand knitted by mummy, made my stomach turn.

The Hobbits didn’t wear shoes?

Shedeboodinia · 14/12/2025 00:50

There is a certain tone of voice men can do that is so condescending that if it is used on me then that is the end.
Also anythijg to do with bad hygene

CactusSammy · 14/12/2025 01:07

It was the second date. Knowing that I was a single mum to two young kids, working full time, 12 hour shifts, and training as a dental nurse, he told me i was lazy because I said I didnt have time to go to the gym.

Met him in my lunch break, was 5 mins late as had to change out of my scrubs. He said 'you're late - typical woman'

Said he didnt pay his ex child support as he didnt know what she would be spending it on, so he took round bags of food instead.

There wasn't a third date!

Inthedoghaus · 14/12/2025 01:30

MyballsareSandy2015 · 13/12/2025 08:15

First holiday together … boat trip and everyone was diving or jumping off the side of the boat … he spent about 20 minutes wrapping those foam noodle things around his body before carefully going down the steps 😳 … no going back from that …

🤣🤣

Pryceosh1987 · 14/12/2025 02:13

I would address it with him, address your issues with him in that moment.

TonyTheImpala · 14/12/2025 02:15

BauhausOfEliott · 12/12/2025 17:30

I’m a woman and I enjoy drinking, shagging and football and have no interest in having children. Not all of us are sexless, teetotal and maternal, you know.

I thought we were talking about men? No one accusing you of anything 😊

Chickensky · 14/12/2025 02:19

lilypetals · 13/12/2025 11:48

He used to eat "breakfast in a tin"
He use to have long hair, had his pony tail cut off and then kept it in his bedroom like some kind of weird hairy trophy pet
He used to ask me for a "cuddle" in a baby voice which made me want to vomit my guts up
He bit his nails down until they were so tiny that his finger started growing over them
He used to brag constantly about his prowess in bed. It turned out to be more disappointing than a vegan pizza

Oof! That just doesn't sound pleasant at all!

canuckup · 14/12/2025 03:15

'he looks just like the snake from the jungle book'

😂

These are priceless

suburberphobe · 14/12/2025 03:18

Solo, single is fabulous.

Henry8thHoover · 14/12/2025 05:15

Dirty ears.
Used a stuffed toy as a pillow.
Bedroom smelt like a rabbit hutch.

Different blokes.

AquaForce · 14/12/2025 07:07

Henry8thHoover
Used a stuffed toy as a pillow.

😂😂
He must know that generally people use an actual pillow for a pillow and this nonsense will end up on an ick thread at some point. Why not keep the teddy bear for solo sleeping?

glendabrownlow · 14/12/2025 08:48

Legomum789 · 13/12/2025 23:49

Skid marks on the bed sheets when he sat on the edge of the bed 🤢

You are not alone. My ex regularly skidded up the bedsheets but I wasn't allowed to say anything because that would lead to him being nasty towards me.

Jugendstiel · 14/12/2025 08:56

JudgeBread · 12/12/2025 22:38

Where are you all finding these men Jesus Christ. Is there some discount man shelf I'm not aware of? Or have I just been extremely fortunate that most of the men I've dated have been clean, fun and capable of looking after themselves?

I wonder this. How in hell did they get past a first date, let alone into the beds and lives of these women?

MyballsareSandy2015 · 14/12/2025 11:38

sandrapinchedmysandwich · 13/12/2025 16:54

To be fair though perhaps he wasn't a good swimmer. I think this one is unfair

Stay on the boat then 🤷🏼‍♀️

Gardener82 · 14/12/2025 11:51

Crikeyalmighty · 14/12/2025 00:08

Ooh no - that’s odd - I’ve often mentioned on here on posts related to ‘Ick’ the very odd comment after first time I had sex with a not unpleasant guy when he whispered into my ear the immortal words of Frankie goes to Hollywood ‘ I’ll protect you from the hooded claw, keep the vampire from your door’ - I had an urge to say ‘ WTF’

Oh god, What did you do, did you laugh or bring it up afterwards.

Crikeyalmighty · 14/12/2025 12:03

Gardener82 · 14/12/2025 11:51

Oh god, What did you do, did you laugh or bring it up afterwards.

Said nothing and more to the point- then lived with him for 3 years!’ And yes he was a controlling oddball - Lord knows where my head was

NormasArse · 14/12/2025 12:05

StruggleFlourish · 12/12/2025 16:56

I can understand why you'd say this, it hasn't been my experience but those are three pretty popular male passions aren't they?

In my experience men like:
lots of meat,
being served on hand and foot,
and not being challenged (having their beliefs or behavior questioned in any way)

You lot know some weird men! 😂

Crikeyalmighty · 14/12/2025 12:07

a strange one I know is I don’t like my H using my name when we are disagreeing on something - it feels somehow patronising

CactusSammy · 14/12/2025 12:22

Went in to his bathroom, to find a not insignificant ball of poo lounging casually on the toilet seat, at the back.

Was horrified, has to mention it as I really needed a wee. He came into bathroom, looked at it, looked at me, and said with not a shred of embarrassment, 'sometimes shit rolls up your arse, like yeah'.

He did at least clean it up. Christ, im so glad ive decided to remain single ....

lilypetals · 14/12/2025 12:35

CactusSammy · 14/12/2025 12:22

Went in to his bathroom, to find a not insignificant ball of poo lounging casually on the toilet seat, at the back.

Was horrified, has to mention it as I really needed a wee. He came into bathroom, looked at it, looked at me, and said with not a shred of embarrassment, 'sometimes shit rolls up your arse, like yeah'.

He did at least clean it up. Christ, im so glad ive decided to remain single ....

What on earth is wrong with men? women never do this.

Why are men leaving skid marks all over the place and piles of literal crap?

I truly dont get it- do they not wipe themselves properly or wash properly?

Women manage to do this so why cant they....It is fcking revolting

EmuFace · 14/12/2025 12:41

He wore waterproof trousers to a children’s theme park.

BitOfAWeirdo · 14/12/2025 12:55

My bf at university. I left him in my room for a few minutes and when I came back he had put on a pair of my knickers and was lying on my bed pouting at me.

I had to try very hard not to just burst out laughing.