ICKS w/ BRITT

What CHS students are NOT looking for this Valentine’s Day

Mimi Lunsford, Staff Writer

Britton and I went around school asking people what their “icks” are in honor of Valentine’s day. “The ick,” much discussed on TikTok and Instagram lately, is where attraction to a current or potential partner is suddenly flipped to a feeling of disgust. Generally, catching the ick tends to leave you feeling as though you’ll never look at the other person quite the same way again...that is, without a sense of overwhelming disgust. And though the ick tends to show up in newly forming relationships, it can happen in long-term relationships too. Britton and I have definitely gotten the ick before, and we’re not the only ones! Here are some CHS students that have caught the ick:

“When they wear flip flops, drink straight milk, or when they sing a song and mess up the lyrics or they are singing over the volume of the music so you can’t hear it” and “When they are telling a joke but no one laughs the first time so they repeat it”

“When they are know-it-alls”

Brody

“When their husband comes home”

“When they are texting and say ‘yuh’ instead of ‘you’”

“When someone is playing ping pong and they go chase the ball” and “When they try to show off or show out”

“When you ask them a simple question and its either a 10 minute conversation or they don’t answer the question”

“When they have crumbs on their mouth or food in their teeth or something in their nose”