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Cringeworthyness of ex partners....

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Only1scoop · 28/07/2014 19:03

Had a few chuckles today ....met girls for lunch....been friends years and remember many of each others exes....

One friend recalled an ex who always used to ask for his pasta to be served 'El dente' even in fine Italian restaurants....he was no foodie and she used to 'cringe in her seat'

One of my exes used to ask for 'lattice fries' ....the L at start of word used to be drawn out....I used to twitch....I hated it so much.... he would ask this in any pub....restaurant.

Another ex of mine used to say he was going for a 'wee wee' and called his stomach his 'tummy'

He didn't last long really....

Just fun.... anyone got any others sayings that spring to mind on the 'cringeworthy meter'

Ex is an ex for a reason

Lllllatice fries anyone Wink

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RevoltingPeasant · 30/07/2014 13:42

sex with a sleepy golden hamster

Grin

Although that really is a mental image no one needs.

SpeakerOut · 30/07/2014 13:13

Brilliant thread Grin

AdamLambsbreath · 30/07/2014 13:12

Oh God.

And there was the guy who had a (framed) picture of his ex-girlfriend above his bed in his uni room, and told me how she used to tie him to a bedpost and blow him for three hours before she let him come.

He was at a different, rival university in the same town, and told me that his mates had been unsure if it was OK for him to go out with me but had decided it was because I was 'a looker'.

He also informed me that he had a custard fetish, but thank God he went straight-edge shortly afterwards and stopped calling me so I never had to repel any attempts at introducing Bird's to the bedroom.

I have no idea why I went out with him, apart from that I was 18 and clueless.

PittTheYounger · 30/07/2014 13:04

Lol at we're docking

impatienceisavirtue · 30/07/2014 13:02

Well...Er....wow.

AdamLambsbreath · 30/07/2014 12:52
Wink
GatoradeMeBitch · 30/07/2014 12:05

OMG I really did go for it. Sorry for the essay. It was good to get it all out though!

GatoradeMeBitch · 30/07/2014 12:05

My ex, despite being below average by all sexual markers, used to always give me an hours notice to 'prepare myself' for him. Did he think I was doing some special fanny stretches or something?

It would always take him ages to get it up (so really he should have been using the prep time, not me) and when we got going it was so pathetic I used to get visions of myself having sex with a sleepy golden hamster. It always ended the same way, him feebly punching the pillow next to my head and muttering 'No. No. No.' as in 'No, I will not come yet.' Not what I wanted to hear quite frankly. I'm certain he had a totally different idea of our sex life than the reality.

He loved to boast that he only had sex with his ex once 'Because she said if we did that again she'd DIE!' Followed by a satisfied nose snort. I really doubt she meant it in the way he thought! He broke up with her because he found a photo of her ex, a Hells Angel, and kept her up all night shouting at her that she'd knowingly put him in mortal danger by once going out with this man.

Once we stayed at my parents house and as we walked down the stairs he reached behind him and 'tickled' my crotch, complete with loud tickling noises. My brothers were at the bottom of the stairs looking up at us, and I know he did it deliberately. He also had a thing about wanting me to act 'seductively' with him while sharing a sofa with my Dad. And he complained that I must be looking for sexual attention from male family members if I didn't have my hair in a ponytail when I went round. He had REAL issues. Actually he told me an ex of his used to imply he had a thing for his daughter, so I kind of hope he decided to pass that vileness on to another family, rather than the alternative...

There was also an anecdote about how he once had to 'half-rape' a girl but that makes me too queasy.

The cringiness wasn't limited to our sex life either. He loved to talk about private things very very loudly in public, and would threaten to get the opinion of the 'man on the street', literally any random man, if I disagreed with him. He loved to use macho terms like man-handle. 'I had to MANHANDLE the dying dog into the car. MANHANDLE him!'

There's loads more I could say about him which is actually really depressing! He basically wormed his way in when I was very vulnerable, then clung on like a limpet. It took me two years to get him to understand I didn't want him anymore, and then the stalking carried on for more than a decade - not helped by the fact that we have a son he could manipulate.

Oh, and he was hairy. Very, very hairy. This is to the woman on the other thread who says that scientists have proven body hair makes men better in bed. Just - no. Grin

AdamLambsbreath · 30/07/2014 11:07

I'm technically on an MN break but cannot resist this.

I have an ex who was a nice chap at heart. BUT:

-He had an earring in the top of his ear, a little lizard, which STANK. I wondered what the smell was for ages before tracking it down and demanding that he remove it so I could disinfect the bloody thing. He just hadn't made sure to wash that part of his ear and never took it out, so it had yellow crap all round it (gross gross gross)

-He had this waterproof which he never washed. He wore it all the time and it ended up smelling like a tramp's vest. I took matters in my own hands and stuck it in the washing machine. Afterwards I told a mutual friend I'd had to take action, and she said: 'You washed it? Oh THANK GOD.'

-He thought he was funny, not realising most people were humouring him. He did 'impressions', one of which was a German-doctor style voice saying 'Is it a tu-mour?' I have no idea why it was supposed to be amusing. It certainly wasn't when I had to take him aside and ask him to stop doing it to my friend because her mum was having chemo for breast cancer.

My partner after him is now my DH. When now-DH and I met, it was just after I'd broken up with ex and DH was a little concerned about him being around. Not long afterwards they met for the first time, and ex, having known DH for - oooh, ten minutes - did that 'breaking an egg on your head' trick with his hand.

Afterwards I apologised to DH for the embarrassment, and DH said 'No, it's fine. At least now I know I've got nothing to worry about.' Grin

Only1scoop · 30/07/2014 10:52

Pseudospain Grin

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rollonthesummer · 30/07/2014 10:44

This has been my favourite thread for ages!! Can't quite get over the poo on the floor though!!

elQuintoConyo · 30/07/2014 07:21

An ex at university used to stand and clap/ rub his hands together and ask, "the beast with two backs - any takers?" to get me in the mood.

Aww, bless.

it worked cos I was a randy mare

Frogisatwat · 30/07/2014 06:03

Oh god I have just remembered. .. one ex used to say 'we're docking' when we were about to dtd at the point of penetration That really did make me cringe!

GilbertBlytheWouldGetIt · 30/07/2014 01:13

Oh God.

The one who used to ask if he could "mount" me.

SecretWitch · 30/07/2014 00:49

I had several dates with a man who wore cowboy boots and Stetson hat. He was from New Jersey and probably had never seen a horse up close. He would get all excited for himself, place my hand on his cock and whisper "Do you like my bulge, babe?"

PerpendicularVincenzo · 30/07/2014 00:36

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deakymom · 30/07/2014 00:19

got excruciatingly drunk grabbed my boobs and squeezed so hard i had bruises lamented how he was too piddled to take advantage when he fell asleep i used the bathroom and found his wedding ring!

i got dressed and left

he had everything stencilled in his house walls doors everything he called it country style i really should have known he wasn't right damm place gave me the creeps he also had mirrors above his bed......

roadtorouen · 30/07/2014 00:18

Love this thread, some posts are hilarious.

My ex used to think he was really different and unique because he didn't like football. He used to shout really loudly in pubs about how he hated 'them divs' who watched football all weekend and used to talk in a fake 'geezer' voice to impersonate them. It was so awkward. Ironically, instead of football he was obsessed with cars, so it wasn't much different as he used to constantly go to car shows and events.

Found him on a dating website a month after we broke up. He'd written on his profile (and I quote) "I'm not one of these football geezers just on the look out for one think. Can't stand those divs." Cringe.

LuluJakey1 · 30/07/2014 00:05

Once on a skiing holiday, he said to me 'You are actually really fit for someone who carries weight'.
I told him to fuck off. I was 10 1/2 stone and 5ft 7.

susansus · 30/07/2014 00:01

Oh god, at the risk of a character assassination here I completely forgot the networking he used to do!

At any opportunity with adults when we were about 17-18. Any family get together, party, function he'd find out the people with good careers or whatever and just like schmooze them. He'd explain that that's what apparently got you places in the adult world how do you fucking know, we're 17 But he used to drink far too much and end up swaying in their faces and talking far too loud.
He's kind of carried this on a bit and now has a really embarrassing personal website/blog for careers advice for engineers which is riddled with lame jokes and spelling mistakes!!

He also used to have hand gestures like David Cameron- you know the horrible bent-almost-backwards-sprayed-out-fingers. Not just when networking but when he was explaining anything.

susansus · 29/07/2014 23:57

NC because definite risk of being outed here.

My ex makes my toes curl he was so cringey.

He was quite a bit posher than me not hard and he had some kind of superiority issue so when we went to restaurants or even pubs he'd ask to try the wine and then slosh it round like them experts do and then either order or not. He'd then proceed to tell me that he was doing it to pick up the fruity undertones and woody overtones etc. We were 16. We were in pizza hut.

But then in other ways he was very self-conscious about being a posho so when he was with my family he'd cultivate this really false Brummie accent which sounded so fake. And he's use local terms in completely the wrong context. And swear far too much so it was just uncomfortable.

He also used to laugh ridiculously loudly with this kind of not snort but like the spit would all catch at the back of his throat. Really embarrassing.

And he used to wear really weird clothes that just didn't fit and didn't suit him. Jeans that would hang off his arse and tatty old trainers.

When he'd greet people he'd say 'How's you' rather than 'How are you?' or the like. Just sounded so forced.

elQuintoConyo · 29/07/2014 23:46

Fuck Perpendicular that's hilarious!

Reminds me of a cartoon of a wealthy middle-aged couple in dire straights:
Man: Darling, if you learnt how to cook, we could fire the chef.
Woman: Darling, if you learnt how to fuck, we could fire the chauffeur.

Some of these exes are really quite grubby and, well, a bit pathetic, especially the ones in their 30/40s who really should know better.

MeganChips · 29/07/2014 23:45

I had an ex whose idea of foreplay was to waggle his willy at me and say "mmm, yum yum". He was really offended about the fact I didn't want to blow him there and then.

He also used to use an alarming amount of baby talk and try and touch up my friends.

Galvanized · 29/07/2014 23:39

Lulu - One my friend set me up with who turned up on his bike dressed in lycra for our first date, and left huge bum shaped wet patches on the leather seats in the pub Yuck!

I'm friends with a guy (who used to live in London in case it's the same person?) who admitted to me this happened to him, he was so angry with himself. Some men just don't think ahead about first impressions I guess!

Gryffindor · 29/07/2014 23:34

Ah, no. London. Was yours from Leeds or living there temporarily? I think mine has lived in other cities.

Did he work for a drinks company?