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What clothes would put you off a potential partner?

214 replies

StillCoughingandLaughing · 04/08/2019 19:32

Inspired by the ‘What three items would you never wear?’ thread in AIBU - is there an item or style of clothing that would put you off if you were looking at someone as a potential partner?

I've just walked past a man who was wearing a ‘If found, please return to the pub’ T-shirt. This and all similar variants (‘In case of emergency please insert beer’ with an arrow pointing upwards etc.) would kill any lust for me. I’m sure there would be people who think it horribly judgemental, but I just know this would be the type of man who’d enjoy prank shows, Unilad and ‘epic bantz’.

Anyone else?

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Thirtyysomething · 04/08/2019 19:52

Boot cut or flared jeans 😑

Coolcoolcoolcoolcool · 04/08/2019 19:54

I agree with grey joggers and slogan t-shirts especially ones with 'hilarious' sex jokes on.

•Onesies- obviously
•Superdry or other label that jizzes their name all over mens' clothing
• Any kind of uniform- like when you see a group of men together and they're all wearing a short sleeve checked shirt and wide leg jeans- think for yourself!

I am partial to a man in a cardi though, especially if he wears glasses too.

CherryPavlova · 04/08/2019 19:54

Baseball caps except for sailing.
Vests worn at T-shirt’s
Anything with a slogan on it
Anything bearing a St George’s flag
Football strip
Tracksuits unless warming up or cooling down post long distance run
Single cuff shirts
Polyester cotton shirts
Shiny suits
Overly young clothing on middle aged men
Elasticated bow ties
Winged collars on dress shirts
Grubby clothing
Cheap t-shirts that are nearly see through
Topless men off the beach
Large, cheap watches pretending to be PPs
Excessive jewellery. In fact most jewellery except perhaps a wedding band and cuff links.
Earrings and piercings more generally
Tattoos
Silly huge unkempt beards that look like Osama Bin Laden’s

FrenchyQ · 04/08/2019 19:57

Shoes without socks while wearing a suit (with slightly to short trousers)

slipperywhensparticus · 04/08/2019 20:00

Skinny jeans white Jean's.....white skinny jeans

Youngandfree · 04/08/2019 20:01

Shell suit
Socks and sandals
Skinny jeans
Football jerseys
Anything neon
Old man shoes (brown, boxy etc etc)

tectonicplates · 04/08/2019 20:02

@Davespecifico What on earth are estate agent shoes?

RaeCJ82 · 04/08/2019 20:03

Crocs
Skinny jeans
Shirts with all buttons done up when not wearing a tie
Anything Stone Island

DelphiniumBlue · 04/08/2019 20:04

Oh yes, 3/4 length trousers/shorts. Baseball caps - I can't see that they are ever necessary. Those horrible ankle skimming trousers with bony hairy ankles poking out, especially if worn with shoes and no socks. Anything beige. I'm not keen on those hiking trousers with zip off bottoms, but I might accept them on someone who was actually hiking.Not keen on slogans, and I find football kit completely unacceptable unless the person is wearing it whilst playing football.

tigger001 · 04/08/2019 20:06

Onesies
Crocs
Sandals (with socks just shoot them)

Giggorata · 04/08/2019 20:07

Football shirts
Track suits
Trainers
Baseball caps
T shirts with slogans
Ties with jeans
Short sleeved shirts
Vest tops
White socks
Shiny suits
Socks with sandals
Pork pie or trilby hats
Bow tie except with a dinner jacket

DryBananaHippyHat · 04/08/2019 20:07

I don't give a toss what anyone wears unless it's socks with sliders. That makes you look like a twat. Otherwise crack on.

DelphiniumBlue · 04/08/2019 20:07

Which is worse, shoes without socks, or sandals with socks?

Mythreefavouritethings · 04/08/2019 20:14

Skinny jeans, deck shoes with no socks, tracksuit, pink v-neck jumpers (they just look hideous), shirt and suit jacket with jeans, anything luminous, cycle shorts or any lycra, t-shirts that hug every muscle and make the arms look like the circulation is being cut off, ... I quite like a Hawaiian shirt as they just make me smile (I know!) Not overly fussy, nice shirt and jeans every time. Shirt not tucked in though. Bit fussy then.

Allli · 04/08/2019 20:15

I’m laughing out loud here. Hilarious posts, although I can taste a bit of sick in my mouth just thinking about some of these!!

I don’t know which is worse, hideous clothing or “tops off” on the hot weather - now some of those sights really are sick making......

Sagradafamiliar · 04/08/2019 20:15

I remember when every laddish knobber circa 2009 was wearing one of those 'sex drugs and sausage rolls' tshirts from the market!

JayeAshe · 04/08/2019 20:20

Aran sweater with food stains worn to first [blind] date ... and again on second date
: - ((

MashedSpud · 04/08/2019 20:24

Any kind of sandals.

kalinkafoxtrot45 · 04/08/2019 20:31

Baseball caps
Man buns
Tracksuit trousers (when not doing sport)
White socks and slip on shoes

Soola · 04/08/2019 20:33

Every piece of clothing that Mark Barrow Boy Wright wears. Those hideous too tight trousers on his sparrow legs look awful.

I’ve just remembered another fashion faux pas that my last ex made. He went shopping and without warning showed my then 15 year daughter and I a white hoody monstrosity with black graffiti writing on it that he had bought.

My daughter and I have the same sense of humour and he held this thing aloft and then put it on.

I could not look at her and she could not look at me for fear of collapsing in hysterics.

He was a very nasty man and would not have been able to take a joke so it was absolutely excruciating trying not to laugh.

It was two sizes too big and would have fit an American quarterback!

Later on my daughter and I made an excuse to go out and drove a block away and just sat there crying with laughter for about twenty minutes before we could even speak.

TheLightSideOfTheMoon · 04/08/2019 20:37

I wear Crocs. My tootsies look stunning in them. Proper goddess like.

I insist we remove them from the list.

TigsytheTiger · 04/08/2019 20:38

Fanny pack sliders!

LatteLove · 04/08/2019 20:39

Tracksuits worn as ordinary clothing i.e. not for sport. Just no.

This.

Also

Football strips
Pool shoes/sliders with socks.

And a special mention for women’s clothes

Dancinggertrude · 04/08/2019 20:39

@soola you are well rid there for sure 😂
Im laughing so hard at a man in boot cut jeans... no idea why 😂😂😂

Craftycorvid · 04/08/2019 20:40

Most of these! Baseball caps worn pointing in any direction; any slogan tee shirt on someone over the age of 16 (just to be clear, not trying to date teenagers here Grin) those grim grey trackie bottoms that look rather grubby, most shorts on most British males, a blue rosette at a political gathering.