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The Ick Files: An A-Z of Your Biggest Turnoffs

by Ari Cagan

An A-to-Z catalogue of dating turnoffs

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An A-to-Z catalogue of dating turnoffs

Arranged alphabetically, this collection gathers more than 175 real-life examples of small behaviors that can abruptly change how someone feels about a potential romantic partner. Its entries range from everyday habits to unusually specific dating moments, framing the “ick” as both a social curiosity and a source of shared embarrassment. Based on submissions to the Instagram account @SubmitYourIck, the book combines popular entries with new ones, making the subject a catalogue of personal boundaries, attraction, and the varied standards people bring to dating.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • For readers interested in dating culture and relationship humor.
  • For fans of short, anecdotal collections organized around a shared theme.
  • For followers of @SubmitYourIck or social-media submissions about dating.

Themes

Dating cultureAttraction and turnoffsSocial normsSecondhand embarrassment

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Book overview

The ultimate compendium of cringe-worthy libido-killing dating behavior.

You know the feeling: someone you might find cute says or does one tiny thing so profoundly unsexy that your attraction vanishes instantly. Attraction: gone. Chemistry: dead. Romance: canceled.

Congratulations. You've got the ick.

And you're far from alone.

The Ick Files is an A-to-Z catalogue of more than 175 real-life cases of instant attraction annihilation. Equal parts anthropological study and cautionary tale, The Ick Files explores the bizarre, irrational, painfully specific behaviors that instantly kill attraction--and unite daters everywhere in horrified solidarity.

Prime offenders include:

- A guy who doesn't believe in brushing his teeth.
- A guy who golf claps after a good hook up.
- A girl who owns thirty stuffed animals and kisses every single one of them goodnight before she goes to sleep.
- A guy who brings his laundry to an apartment dinner date.

And many more too icky to even put on the outside of a book.

Based on the popular Instagram @SubmitYourIck, and featuring fan-favorite submissions and new entries you'll wish you could unsee, The Ick Files turns the internet's most unromantic romantic confessions into the best type of secondhand embarrassment.
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