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Things that made your ex unattractive

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FuckingFabulous · 29/07/2021 18:13

I'm not talking about the "s/he was a cheat/abuser/criminal/gaslighter" type stuff, because that is entirely understandable and totally deserves its own thread for all survivors of that fuckery. I'm talking about the small stuff that made you look at them like, "You're grim."

-My ex didn't brush his teeth every day. At one point, I put paste on his brush and it was there and dried on 9 days later. Ew, do not even attempt to kiss me.

-He also pronounced the emergency medical response vehicle as "Ambliance." Cringe, cold chills, skin prickling.

  • if he'd been outside doing ANYTHING, even talking to a neighbour, when he came back in he would look at me with an expression of devastated, dead on his feet exhaustion and just say, "Coffee" in a really croaky voice.
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PearlFriday · 29/07/2021 18:16

Eeooo i thought vaping was bad!

Wishingwell75 · 29/07/2021 18:22

OP - the 3rd ick - the "coffee" in a croaky voice (probably with a hangdog expression on his face) just really made me laugh! Sorry.

So, so many examples from the motley crew of fools I've dated, just trying to think of some that wouldn't immediately out me!

CiaoForNiao · 29/07/2021 18:26

He always felt the need to tell me he'd farted. Like I hadn't heard it Confused

Cocopogo · 29/07/2021 18:27

Mispronouncing words would be enough to tip me over. Mine used to say pacific and it drove me bonkers.
Farting in bed 🤢

FictionalCharacter · 29/07/2021 18:33

Mine started doing that wanking gesture with his hand, in front of his mouth, and making loud slurping noises at the same time. I believe it was his way of saying “may I have a BJ please”, but he only succeeded in giving me the ick.

whatisthisinhere · 29/07/2021 18:36

I knew it was the end when an ex of mine asked me "shall we be together?"

He meant sex 🤮

movingadviceneeded · 29/07/2021 18:38

Playing consoles in his pants every single evening. Even made a "gaming chair". It's a no from me.

EineReiseDurchDieZeit · 29/07/2021 18:38

Ex 1

His insistence that he looked like a well known actor. (didnt) His inability to give up 20's lifestyle. I didn't know at the time, but he also deliberate chose long distance relationships, so he could have the best of both worlds, and be able to tell people who asked he wasn't single but not actually commit. Obsession with comics to the sad degree not the cool degree. Cheater.

Ex 2

Punishing me like an angry toddler for an awful life event that happened to me and was out of my control, (but also impacted him) rather than have an adult conversation about his feelings.

Ex 3

Chose a girl he thought he was intellectually superior to and who he didn't love or properly respect over me, who then cheated on him after less than 5 years of marriage.

bobandhisburgers · 29/07/2021 18:45

He had a weird bum. Like where his tail bone would end. A bit like in Shallow Hall but there wasn't a tail there, just a...space. Like a belly button at the top of his bum. And he was a dickhead.

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FuckingFabulous · 29/07/2021 18:46

I've got a friend whose ex refused to associate with anyone he didn't think was going to vote the same way in an election as he would. Including her parents.

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FuckingFabulous · 29/07/2021 18:46

@FictionalCharacter

Mine started doing that wanking gesture with his hand, in front of his mouth, and making loud slurping noises at the same time. I believe it was his way of saying “may I have a BJ please”, but he only succeeded in giving me the ick.
Ewwwwww. No. I would never let his willy anywhere near my face after that
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Timetoreflect · 29/07/2021 18:48

He used to do the windmill in the bedroom and thought I’d be impressed

Timetoreflect · 29/07/2021 18:51

I read a similar thread once where the poster’s ex called their genitals him and her. During sex he’s say “he loves it when she does that” 🤮

WasThisSexist · 29/07/2021 18:58

I was coming on to say plain old laziness but now I’ve read some these all is forgiven 😮

deeplyambivalent · 29/07/2021 18:58

Sneezing really REALLY loudly. Derailing any disagreement by introducing outrageous false equivalences. Gargoyle sex face.

OhGiveUp · 29/07/2021 19:05

His face looked like it was set in stone with his eyes closed during sex.
Except for when he came and then it would take on an expression like he'd stubbed his toe.
All in total silence!
And he was shite in bed.

ladymuck111 · 29/07/2021 19:07

His grey ballsack Confusedyet he thinks he is gods gift to women

NoviceNewMN · 29/07/2021 19:11

These are all really grim.

Men are really grim arent' they?

I think of course although women (all people in fact) can be annoying, a man's equivalent list wouldn't even come close to this type of stuff.

notactuallylolling · 29/07/2021 19:12

@Timetoreflect ew! That reminds me of ‘it puts the lotion on its skin…..’Hmm

Galassia · 29/07/2021 19:12

Some fool once told him he looked like George Clooney and his ego became even bigger. He didn’t look remotely like George Clooney the actor so I can only presume there is an other well known George Clooney who looks like Gru from the film Despicable Me.

He would tell people that we had just met that he was mistaken for George Clooney and I would cringe for two.

Always speeding in his car. He once asked me if I would like to take a scenic route up through Wales rather than go on the motorway but alas the scenery was a blur as his only intention was in his words, to pick the car off in front by over taking them so he was constantly flooring the accelerator.

Slagging off his colleagues and family behind their backs but always bugging himself up.

I have never met anyone else with such a monstrous ego.

Knotswapper · 29/07/2021 19:22

Oh the sneezing, so obnoxious and 'look at me', used to drive me mad.

Falling asleep with his legs in a frog position spreadeagled on his bed, usually clutching a glass of vodka.

Pronouncing Wetherspoons as 'Wetherspools'.

messybun101 · 29/07/2021 19:26

Some fool once told him he looked like George Clooney and his ego became even bigger. He didn’t look remotely like George Clooney the actor so I can only presume there is an other well known George Clooney who looks like Gru from the film Despicable Me

Oh. My. God. Pahaha Grin

AdventureCode · 29/07/2021 19:36

He vaped and had those tiny little juice bottles everywhere, they were falling out of cupboards, falling off the top of cupboards, just falling down fucking everwhere.
Even worse he would keep the vape thing in his hand permanently even when not vaping. In my mind I'd nicknamed it a babybottle and once it stuck in my mind i knew the relationship was over. It was in his hand then up to his mouth then in his hand then up to his mouth, then in his hand and repeat all bloody day... Eurgh fucking thing

SilentPanic · 29/07/2021 19:37

This is awful and so tiny, and I'm ashamed that it put me off because there's nothing wrong with it. He was younger than me, and adored me (or the idea of me), and liked the fact that I'm a bit of a mothering type and more mature than him. This had started to bother me, because he was behaving more and more like a son to me (only 2 yrs younger!) Then one night, whilst watching a film, he put his head to rest on my shoulder.
There was something in that gesture that made me feel NO NO NO! I was always going to be the strong one, the carer, and that was the physical manifestation of it.

gimmenachos · 29/07/2021 19:40

My ex wasn't a regular tooth brusher. Then his front teeth fell out... He also used to refer to sex as 'making babies'. Ick.