From bad teeth to wearing bad jeans! A look at the top 40 “icks” that could ruin your relationship!

CHICAGO, Ill. — Billy Joel once sang, “don’t go changing to try to please me,” and that he’d “take you just the way you are” in his hit song ‘Just the Way You Are’. 

The song was released in 1977 and well, it appears things have drastically changed in the dating scene over the last 46 years.

In 2023, singles are now breaking up with prospective love interests over “icks”.

What is an”ick” you ask?

Simply put it’s a dating term for things you don’t like about the other person.

But these aren’t just any dislikes.

“Icks” are next level bad. They are deal breakers! Instant turn-offs! And they kill relationships!

“Icks” range from dirty fingernails to talking too loudly and having a bad tattoo to being rude to a waiter.

The upscale dating app Seeking recently conducted a poll on “icks” and since the new year marks a fresh start, we thought this ‘info’ would be good for singles to have as they look for love throughout 2023.

So here we go.

Researchers polled 2,000 adult daters about their “icks” and discovered 65% broke up with someone because of an “ick” and 88% have ghosted someone because of one.

Here’s a look at some of the “icks” from the poll results:

• 21% said living in a messy situation was their number one turnoff
• 21% said they hate bad manners the most
• 20% disliked a date with dirty fingernails
• 16% (of women) believe wearing a tacky watch is an “ick”
• 15% (of women) would call things off if someone referred to their favorite sports team as ‘We’, as if they’re part of the team
• 15% broke it off because they were obsessed with star signs
• 14% ended it because they clapped when a plane landed
• 14% (of men) would break things up if someone wanted to share food on the first date

And the no. 1 “ick” of daters, with 24% of the votes, is bad body odor or smelling bad!

79% of daters believe being a picky dater is a good thing and that it’s okay to end a relationship over an “ick” because they deserve the best.

According to Seeking’s experts “dating up” is the current trend in the dating scene, and that’s basically finding someone who can boost or “elevate” your present lifestyle.

They go on to say that singles shouldn’t settle for someone who doesn’t have the qualities they want and add that “only when you set your expectations high that you start to live the life of your dreams.”

Below are the top 40 “icks” according to the survey.

TOP 40 THINGS THAT GIVE ADULTS THE ‘ICK’

• Smelling bad
• Pretending to be more knowledgeable about something than they actually are
• Being rude to a waiter
• Living in a mess
• Being overbearing and rude
• Having dirty fingernails
• Being too clingy
• Having bad teeth
• Double texting (sending a secondary text if you’ve not responded after the first one)
• Talking too loudly
• Chewing with their mouth open
• Oversharing on social media
• Having long fingernails
• Referring to themselves in third person
• Still living at home
• Not wearing socks with shoes
• Having shoes that are too dirty
• Putting on a baby voice
• Breathing heavily
• Having a bad tattoo
• Eating and talking at the same time
• Being obsessed with their star signs
• Wearing a tacky watch
• Wearing shoes you don’t like
• Wearing too much makeup
• Wanting to share food on the first date
• Not paying on the first date
• Clapping when an airplane lands
• Taking longer than you to get ready
• Referring to their football team as ‘we’
• Wearing bad jeans
• Having an Instagram account for their pet
• Saying pet names like ‘honey’ or ‘baby’
• Using emojis in texts
• Not being able to drive
• Wearing a weird colored lipstick
• Wearing sunglasses indoors
• Having too many shirt buttons undone
• Wearing creased clothes
• Wearing socks to bed

Do you have an “ick”? If so, leave it for us in the comments.