https://www.reddit.com/r/AskWomen/comments/1i9lr9l/whats_the_weirdest_funniest_dumbest_ick_youve/
created by froderenfelemus on 25/01/2025 at 12:18 UTC
262 upvotes, 154 top-level comments (showing 25)
> **The ick** is a slang term used to describe a feeling of disgust that arises towards a love interest, usually after a specific, often trivial, behavior.
Comment by blackdahlia56890 at 25/01/2025 at 19:32 UTC
222 upvotes, 1 direct replies
Guy brought his brother and his sister in law on the first date. Didn’t tell me. Then got upset that I wasn’t dressed nicer. I was wearing a dress at the Olive Garden. I was over dressed as is
Comment by sksksksthrowaway at 25/01/2025 at 20:50 UTC
405 upvotes, 6 direct replies
He sent me a nude of him stood in a mirror but had a long-ish tshirt on which kinda covered what i was meant to be seeing as it just dangled there 😭 it was giving "mom I threw up"
Comment by DimmyMoore70 at 25/01/2025 at 19:23 UTC
163 upvotes, 2 direct replies
First date, guy told me he wanted me to meet his mother later after dinner. Even our waiter looked dumbfounded as he overheard it. Lol. Suffice to say I did not meet her that night or any other.
Comment by cranbeery at 25/01/2025 at 13:42 UTC
1221 upvotes, 8 direct replies
When a guy I met through online dating gave me a geography quiz on our first call: Name all the continents, he dared me. I got everything right. Then he told me most women are too stupid to get it right.
"Weird how a woman qualified to date you is also too smart to date you, huh?"
I hung up and we never talked again.
Comment by ZebLeopard at 25/01/2025 at 20:26 UTC
136 upvotes, 1 direct replies
We went to a comedy show and it turned out he laughed like an evil cartoon character.
Comment by OpinionsInTheVoid at 25/01/2025 at 19:29 UTC
104 upvotes, 1 direct replies
When he started talking about his love of tradwives 🚩
Comment by bookloverandcurls at 25/01/2025 at 19:34 UTC
512 upvotes, 3 direct replies
We went on a date, and it was amazing. I swear he was the epitome of a gentleman—such a nice guy, I can’t even comprehend it. I was really into him, and by the end of the night, he offered to drop me off at home instead of having my best friend pick me up, which was honestly really sweet. Just so you know, my best friend was still trailing behind us.
The night took a strange turn when he walked me to my door, hugged me, and then pointed to my stomach, saying, “This is where my future children will be” I couldn’t help but bloody laugh because I was so confused. So, I just said I wanted to go to bed.
After I made sure he had driven away, I called my best friend to come to my house. We laughed so hard that we could barely get inside. Honestly, I was really freaked out by what he said because he was everything I had been looking for in a guy. From first impressions, he was hilarious and sweet. We talked about life, and he wasn’t even sexually forward at all. Plus, he was tall with a bit of a rugged look, and he made good money.
My best friend and I decided to call him. I asked, “What do you mean by your future children? That’s really confusing and kind of creepy.” He responded, “I’m just stating my wants and needs; I’m a dominant man.” I couldn’t believe it. I never spoke to him again. Honestly, it felt like such a loss.
Comment by Agitated-Mistake5473 at 25/01/2025 at 13:37 UTC
533 upvotes, 7 direct replies
I met this guy who was nice, funny, good looking, successful etc all the good traits. And then he mentioned he’d just broken up with his ex, and he opened his phone, showed me her picture, and I looked almost exactly like her. It was so funny I couldn’t help but laugh. After the date I thanked him for his time but not for me. He texted me later that after he saw me he decided to get back with his ex to give them another go. Well good for you buddy glad I helped, I guess?
Comment by Ilovethe90sforreal at 25/01/2025 at 22:11 UTC
81 upvotes, 3 direct replies
In my late 20s I went to a small casual club with a guy. He thought it would be funny to give me a wedgy. A WEDGY. We did not go out again.
Comment by angstyaspen at 25/01/2025 at 20:21 UTC
77 upvotes, 0 direct replies
He was too into the fact that he was good in bed. And he *was* good, but it put me off that he was so proud and self-satisfied about it. He worked it into a surprising number of conversations.
Comment by Background-Orange-61 at 25/01/2025 at 21:33 UTC
76 upvotes, 2 direct replies
Told me he was a reddit mod for the r/ alpha male page lol
Comment by limonadebeef at 25/01/2025 at 19:28 UTC
202 upvotes, 4 direct replies
idk i always get ick when guys on dating apps i talk to always ask me to go to their place on the first date. and then when i suggest meeting in a public space i get ghosted. like ok cool i'm the problem now for vetting for my own safety? ok lmao.
Comment by Blue85Heron at 25/01/2025 at 19:12 UTC
241 upvotes, 4 direct replies
He was trying to decide whether to pay for his daughter’s college or buy a new boat. I have no problem with kids paying their own way through college, as much as they have the means to, but it was the way he said it. He was concerned about “the optics” of it. There was something about that bit of corporate-speak that made me go, “Ick.”
Comment by postmoderngal at 25/01/2025 at 19:01 UTC
451 upvotes, 2 direct replies
He said Elon Musk was his role model
Comment by heywaifu at 25/01/2025 at 20:18 UTC
53 upvotes, 0 direct replies
This guy was dumbfounded of me going to school for MechE so he asked me what the derivative of x^2 was. I just opened my mouth in shock.
My last ick that I could remember was that the guy was genuinely getting upset not getting top three in trivia. It was awkward seeing him start getting angry
Comment by TrueCrime-and-Music at 25/01/2025 at 21:49 UTC
58 upvotes, 2 direct replies
Showed me the tattoo of my name on the back of his leg that he had gotten with no conversation ahead of time. We had been talking maybe 4-6 weeks.
Comment by ferretsarerad at 25/01/2025 at 20:02 UTC
92 upvotes, 3 direct replies
I briefly dated a guy who would text me a question mark to inform me he had a question. But all the time, for any question. He also was going bald which is fine except he'd always wear a baseball hat, even in situations where a hat was not appropriate (i.e., in bed, at a nice restaurant, any time we were together). The kicker was the lying for no reason to make himself appear more connected or impressive? One time, he told me he got "exclusive" tickets and backstage passes for deftones from one of their roadies who was a "close friend." We got turned away at the door as it turned out they were fake tickets from Craigslist; a lot of folks had gotten scammed by the same seller. He still wouldn't admit it
Comment by Obvioushousecat at 25/01/2025 at 20:27 UTC
84 upvotes, 1 direct replies
We were chatting online in like 2008, and he asked me to describe what I looked like, since I didn't have a profile picture. I was 18. I gave a brief description and joked that people still think I look like a 12 year old girl. He told me that's just his type. I've never blocked someone so fast
Comment by MsWeed4Now at 25/01/2025 at 20:44 UTC
43 upvotes, 1 direct replies
A guy I knew came up to me at work one night (bar, and he was a little tipsy) and said to me “you smell like you’ve got what I’m looking for”. I’ll never, NEVER forget it. Worst pickup line I’ve ever heard, and I’ve heard a lot.
Comment by rarelulu at 25/01/2025 at 22:13 UTC
41 upvotes, 0 direct replies
I had a crush on this guy for so long and we got along really well. Thought it could go somewhere until, out of nowhere, he got all flat-earther on me. Instantly lost interest, lol.
Comment by Badmouths at 25/01/2025 at 23:09 UTC
45 upvotes, 4 direct replies
Someone wrote one they ignored about their current boyfriend so I’m gonna do the same 😂
I love him so much, but omg, he will randomly start talking in a fake British accent (we’re American) and once he gets started it’s like he doesn’t stop.
About month or so ago, we went on a car ride that was about two hours long. Half an hour into the drive, “the accent” started up, and basically, he would speak normally and then immediately repeat what he said in this over-exaggerated British accent.. and whenever I’d say something to him, like give him directions, he’d respond to me in it 🥴
At first I didn’t really mind despite it being pretty cringe. This was something he did even back when we were just friends, though it usually was just a word or two and then it was done.. but that car ride really sent me over the edge lmfao 😭 eventually I was like “hey babe, ya gotta stop with the accent. I love you but right now it’s a bit much for me” lol, as nice as I could with about 25 mins left of our drive.. Thankfully he did stop! Yay!!! But he still does it occasionally. I limited him to 5 words/phrases in the accent a day (if he MUST), which he thought was funny, but I’m so serious 😂
Comment by GasolineRainbow7868 at 25/01/2025 at 22:07 UTC
76 upvotes, 1 direct replies
First date and he starts telling me how when his ex-gf moved to another country for work, he made her send him frequent photos of her va-jay-jay - not for sexual purposes - but to see if she was shaving it for some other man. Apparently she found this (and other similarly bizarre things) very controlling and broke up with him.
I let him know that his behaviour was indeed insane. No wonder she broke up with him.
But honestly, I admired his audacity to admit something so outrageous to a total stranger - particularly one he was attempting to impress. We formed an unlikely friendship. Nowadays, I let him know whenever he's being an absolute maniac. He's learning...
Comment by Zestyclose-Base-9063 at 25/01/2025 at 20:02 UTC
38 upvotes, 1 direct replies
A guy asked me senior year of hs if my mom also had big boobs.... on prom night...
Comment by Kyaspi at 25/01/2025 at 21:51 UTC
38 upvotes, 2 direct replies
We went on a first date and he was openly disgusted by my career and said he could not understand why I would be interested in working it. It's nursing. I did not even go into details about the job, it was just like he did not want to even hear about it and switched to talking about his job as a professional poker player. After, he started talking about how much he is struggling to date women in general, and if it didn't work out with me that he was done
Comment by Traditional_Self_658 at 25/01/2025 at 22:00 UTC
36 upvotes, 0 direct replies
I learned that he was extremely gullible, when it came to random information on the internet. From parasite cleanses that pop up on tiktok, to stuff about how you don't need a driver's license to drive a car because the constitution protects your right to travel... he believes everything the internet tells him. 😂