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atlgirl · Gucci

What Really Weirds You Out?

Maat · Kenneth Cole

Women who remove their eyebrows and draw them back in. I seriously can't even look at them.

kenzie · Chanel

I can't talk about anything related to teeth when I'm eating. It really, really grosses me out. Weird, I know.

I also can't stand the site of toothpaste globs in the sink. As in, it make me physically ill.

HeatherLynn · Gucci

ketchup. Yep, ketchup. Even writing it kind of freaks me out. Most of the people in my life know about this and if ketchup is on the table (at dinner in a restaurant) they will move it because I can't stand for it to be on the table, much less have me touch it!! It's weird and completely not normal.

Maat · Kenneth Cole

HeatherLynn wrote:

ketchup. Yep, ketchup. Even writing it kind of freaks me out. Most of the people in my life know about this and if ketchup is on the table (at dinner in a restaurant) they will move it because I can't stand for it to be on the table, much less have me touch it!! It's weird and completely not normal.

Ohhh. You reminded me. Although I do use ketchup on cheeseburgers and mayonnaise on sandwiches, I can't look at either one and I get really grossed out if I get some on me accidentally. But I EAT the stuff. I'm strange.

Metric · Gucci

birds. I am so scared of birds, especially big ones like parrots. Once a guy tried to make me hold a parrot and I almost cried. I totally freak out if a bird flies near me.

Also I hate touching raw hamburger meat. I don't like to touch other people's hair or get a loose hair on me (however dog or cat hair doesn't bother me).

Now you know all of my idiosyncrasies.

laken1 · Hermes

Does my food touching count? I am super duper weird about that. Thankfully DH agrees & we have several sets of what we call "lunchroom plates" - Yup, the ones with dividers like you used in elementary school. We use them when we are having several runny things, like mac & cheese, a meat, and beans.

I can't eat fried eggs in a restaurant for the above reason - I like my yolk runny but I don't want them to mix so I eat all of the white & then break the yolk last. it drove my ex batty. I get paranoid eating them in a restaurant because I think everyone is looking at me - which they probably are.

AllieGurl · Marc Jacobs

Eels, they gross me out to the point where I want to vomit.

kahluamilk · Dooney & Bourke

raw meat grosses me out. however i do eat meat and love eating meat.. i just don't like to touch it... hence, i don't cook! or if i absolutely have to i poke it w/ a fork or whatever is closest. my bf gets so annoyed when i do it... and i usually storm off and tell him to do it himself... that works out in my favor cos i don't like to cook anyways!

rosie_the_riveter · Gucci

I don't eat meat but my husband does so I use latex gloves to prepare it.

I hate when I touch something and it's wet (especially at the store) like leaky bottles and such. I got rather psychotic about it.

Open curtains.....I always think that someone is watching

The vents in the apartment....I think that there could be a video camera watching me. At our other apartment we had a little hole by the thermostat that I had to cover up right away b/c I was convinced that there was a camera installed.

When I walk out my front door, I have to check my lock a gazillion times before I can walk away (same with my car).

I have to wipe down my already clean silverware before I use any pieces. My glasses must be rinsed before I can drink out of them.

Kelly · Hermes

eyeballs freak me out. I don't like to look at them or think about them. I don't even really enjoy gazing into my bfs eyes or anything like that, and I think it really bothers him because he likes being all mushy. he doesn't get it.

guaged ears. I can't look at someone who has them. It's hard and awkward because I actually like a number of people I know who have them, but my eyes are always shifting because I can't look at their faces, and I know they think I'm bitchy, but I can't help it. I can't carry on a normal conversation with them.

member · Hermes

Spit. When someone spits in front of me, I get nauseated and want to vomit.

Bugs in my house. Whenever I see one crawling around, I get so freaked out and then I feel like they are crawling all over me.

Food caught in the drain in the kitchen sink. If I ever have to clean it out (because water won't go down) I feel like heaving.

Seashells · Dooney & Bourke

My feet cannot touch anything wet (other than the shower, pool or ocean). If I step on water that I spilled on the floor, I freak.

Mandy · Kate Spade

jellyfish. its not so much the fear of being stung, they just freak me out. animals shouldn't be clear.

hair. same as metric, dog and cat hair doesn't bother me but hairs not attached to someone's head give me the willys (unless i know its mine).

tri_sarah_tops · Marc Jacobs

Styrofoam. I can't touch it, but the noise it makes is even worse. I won't even drink out of a styrofoam cup. I hate it.

The sound of paper ripping. I just got chills thinking it about.

Newspapers. I hate the way the paper feels. I read them occasionally but I have to sit on the floor and put the paper down in front of me. I can only touch it long enough to turn the page.

Kitty · Hermes

1. Milk. If I stop to think about it for more than 2 seconds I want to throw up. I start thinking about cows stomachs and utters..ugh. Plus, I've read some really scary stuff about milk.

2. Eggs. Again, I just can't stop to think about them for more than 2 seconds.

3. The way my feet feel after I've walked on the beach. I can't stand it.

Collette · Chanel

AllieGurl wrote:

Eels, they gross me out to the point where I want to vomit.

I used to have the same fear and actually tried to run away from one underwater while scuba diving. Quite an interesting site. I have one as a pet now and I looooove him.

Ok things that gross me out

1. Feet. I hate feet anywhere near me. My DH always tries to touch me with his at night and I got really freaked out.

2.Noses. Again weird I know, like when people give eskimo kisses or something like that. gross.

3.If I see anyone touch my food, because of this I refuse to eat at buffets. I'd starve to death before I would eat from a communal area.

zeitgeist4 · Gucci

Any bodies of water that have moving creatures in them. In other words, swimming pools are okay, and rivers (if the water is moving fast enough). The thought of fish and other things coming up and touching me freaks me out. I was at the beach yesterday and I couldn't let the water get past my ankles, in fear of some creature touching me.

But, I am fascinated by ocean/underwater documentaries.

Go figure.

luckylily · Gucci

Toenails - I keep mine extremely short and long, icky toenails make me naseous. I've been known to burst into tears when my husband accidently touched me w/ his toenails.

Mouth/saliva noises - Like when people eat loudly. It gives me the quivers.

Elle · Hermes

luckylily wrote:

Toenails - I keep mine extremely short and long, icky toenails make me naseous. I've been known to burst into tears when my husband accidently touched me w/ his toenails.

Me, too .

I can't watch anyone else brush their teeth or think about brushing teeth when I'm trying to brush my own - I gag so much that I seriously cannot finish.

I always think that milk smells like it's gone bad, even if we just bought it. I've been banned from smelling the milk to judge good-ness because if I do I freak out and immediately pour it down the drain.