It took seconds for my boyfriend to give me a very specific and long-term ick - and everyone agrees with me

An Australian woman is doubting her relationship READ MORE: One small detail made me want to dump my long term boyfriend 

A woman immediately got the ‘ick’ from her long-term boyfriend after he put on a macho act in front of her friends – despite acting far differently in private.

The ‘ick’ is when attraction to a current or potential partner suddenly changes to a feeling of disgust because the individual did something either disturbing or annoying.

The Australian woman revealed that her boyfriend is afraid of spiders and recently ‘freaked out’ after seeing one in her closet.

‘He wouldn’t even come close to it because he hates spiders. I didn’t particular want to deal with it either but I moved it outside,’ she said in a Facebook post.

‘A few weeks later, we were at dinner and there were five girls on the balcony. A spider pops up and one girl absolutely freaks out. My boyfriend, who now apparently has no issue with spiders, grabs a a paper towel and attempts to kill it.’

A woman immediately got the 'ick' from her long-term boyfriend

A woman immediately got the ‘ick’ from her long-term boyfriend

The woman said that his sudden change in behaviour really ‘rubbed her the wrong way’.

‘I have the biggest ick right now, because what is this new show of masculinity?

‘He made me deal with it when it was just us. But when there is an audience of women, he is happy to put on a show? I’m literally repulsed.’

The next morning, the woman admitted that she thought she was overreacting in the heat of the moment – but she was still annoyed about the situation.

A few women agreed with her ‘ick’ and claimed it was a red flag.

‘That would p*ss me off,’ one wrote. ‘I’d tell him to go be with his new girlfriend.’

‘Next spider in the house, pick it up and throw it at him,’ another said.

‘If he doesn’t get the spider every time, then he’s not marriage material. Why bother staying together if he’s only going to man up in public?’ a woman asked.

But others claimed she was ‘overreacting’ and being too harsh.

‘I see it the opposite way. When he’s with you he feels safe enough to let his vulnerable side show,’ one said.

‘You’d expect him to be brave and deal with it so when there’s a bunch of females in his house he has no point but to deal with it. Imagine if he was the one who was scared of the spider, how much rubbish you girls would’ve gave him!’ another wrote.

A third shared, ‘I’m terrified of spiders but when someone else panics around me I go into what I call mum-override. I can do scary things for other people. Your boyfriend is probably the same.’

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