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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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belimoo · 31/07/2021 20:31

He constantly acted like a starved orphan when in restaurants.

Server: 'would you like that dessert with ice-cream or custard?'

Ex: (In loud, excited voice) 'CAN I HAVE BOTH??!!!'

IceLace100 · 31/07/2021 20:45

@recall

Couldn’t blow balloons up

Couldn’t eat mince pies with snow ( icing sugar ) on top without sneezing and having a coughing fit

Wore a tweed gilet

Made ballet dancer shaped feet, and moved them in time to music whilst sat watching tv

Called Trick or Treating “Trickle Treating”

Would sit watching tv yanking out his nasal hairs with his fingers and wiping them off onto the sofa

This is so funny omg
Empra123 · 31/07/2021 20:47

Baby talk. Used to refer to his mobile phone as his moby. Still does it as he messaged one of the dds to ask for your mother's ginger bikky recipe the other day.

And when we were still married he piled on a lot of weight. And then used to talk proudly about his moobs.

Dacquoise · 31/07/2021 20:51

His chubby hands and the way he poked his tongue in his cheek when he was thinking. He thought it made him look adorable. It made me want to heave.

enigmatoto · 31/07/2021 21:43

Shodan
Also I watched him eating cashew nuts one day and realised that his mouth made the same shape when he went down on me. Couldn't bear him to give oral sex after that. Nibble nibble, like a bloody squirrel.

ha ha ha ha ha ha Grin Grin Grin

loosingmymarbles · 31/07/2021 21:57

@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.
Totally agree!!!! VOM
FlatteredFool · 31/07/2021 22:25

Finding maggot casts in the living room should have been the final straw but sadly it wasn't. I hoovered them up into the hoover he thought didn't work and I often wonder if they ever hatched and he was inundated with flies.

The bathroom radiator was splashed urine yellow. Dried on. I realised it was actually tobacco stains. I think the smoke stuck to the condensation on the radiator.

Piles of dirty laundry on the floor between the fridge and cooker.

Some kind of meat stew in the slow cooker that had been there over a week.

A years worth of fag ash under the sofa.

Mould on the dinner plates despite being out through the dishwasher because he's leave them on the side for a week or so until he ran out of clean plates.

Clothes hung up to dry everywhere but took forever to dry and therefore stank of damp and smoke.

Pants so old they had hardly any crotch left in them. Ditto jeans. I bought him new jeans. Next ones weren't good enough. Had to be Wrangler. I was stupid enough to feel sorry for him then realised he spent so much on take aways he had no money for clothes.

Dick that smelt of stale piss even after a shower. Only showered once a week as any more frequent wasn't good for your skin or hair.

Sweat dripping into my eyes during sex because he was obese and took forever to orgasm due to death grip.

I could go on but that's enough about him.

ExH constantly picked his nose and rearranged his genitals obviously and inside his underwear rather than a discreet shufty.

Licked his fingers after fingering me.

Got food all round his mouth every time he ate something.

I'm so glad I'm single

Lulola · 01/08/2021 12:34

*My ex refused to get out of bed on a weekend because it was his “me time”. He would take bags of crisps and a 2l bottle of pop to bed on a Friday night alongside a Dominos he had got on his way home and wouldn’t get out of bed until the Monday for work except for using the en-suite when needed.

shock, this is such ridiculously bonkers behaviour, to the point of actually being funny!*

It drove me mad! He was so lazy but then jealous others when he missed out. He fell out with me because I passed my driving test before him, but he hadn’t had a lesson in the last 3 years, apparently it’s easier for “girls” to pass he didn’t like my response of it’s easier for those that turn up to pass.

We were together 8 years and he only met my family once and when I would invite him he would say why would I want to give up my me time to spend it with strangers. I tried to point out they wouldn’t be strangers if he made the effort.

He was genuinely shocked when I left him.

Noshowwithoutpunch · 01/08/2021 13:00

Ex 1 - wore old holey clothes that were always musty. Old wooly cardigans and on occasion navy blue cords.
-Drove a horrible little white van that was filthy and full of rags with dirt on and dirty buckets ( he thought he was a bit of a handyman and would do odd jobs).

  • Days out involved looking around the local skips looking for things he thought were useful.

Ex 2- furry teeth

  • introverted to the point of sheer ignorance.
TrueRefuge · 01/08/2021 13:08

Jesus some of these are making me feel physically sick.....

Ugh! Envy (obviously not envy)

torquewench · 01/08/2021 18:38

I've remembered another, but this isn't as minging as the others - he was deadly serious when he told me that olive oil would solidify in my insides and would block my bowels up. I asked him how an oil that was liquid at room temperature solidified at body temp but he just sneered at me. I didn't feel obliged take any dietary tips from someone who lives on pizza and Chinese takeaways (also painkillers and alcohol) Hmm

Lampzade · 01/08/2021 19:31

Some of these are just grim. I don’t know how some posters managed to get wet for these men.

torquewench · 01/08/2021 20:09

In my case, there'd been a 5 year dry spell 😳

FuckingFabulous · 01/08/2021 20:24

@Lampzade

Some of these are just grim. I don’t know how some posters managed to get wet for these men.
Aaaand, that's just reminded me of an ex who used to stare at me until it was uncomfortable and creepy and then say, in a really flat voice, "Get wet for me."

I assume he thought it was brooding and sexy. It was more serial killer than smouldering

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CruCru · 01/08/2021 20:34

I used to go out with someone who, when the automatic announcement on the Metro said “Stand clear of the doors, please”, would open his eyes very wide and gaze at me while saying “Okaaaayyyyy”. There are six stops between Wansbeck Road and Haymarket and he did it at every one.

NoThanksAllTheSame · 01/08/2021 22:38

Breath almost constantly had a strong undertone of sort of gone off vegetable soup. I thought for a little while that he wasn't brushing his teeth enough, but he was. The smell was there after he'd brushed too - just a bit masked by mint.

It only armed to show up towards the end of the relationship so maybe I had a hormonal change, or he was unwell in some way or it was purely psychological on my part!

There were LOADS of other reasons but that really did give the 'ick' a turbo boost...

Floogal · 01/08/2021 22:40

Actually think these guys need medical attention.

torquewench · 02/08/2021 06:33

@Floogal

Actually think these guys need medical attention.
That's reminded me of another one (sorry for banging on but this is cathartic). He'd never go near a doctor. He'd regularly have big offs when riding his MTB and would spend months moaning about his sore neck/ribs/pelvis/whatever. I've never known anyone take so much OTC medication. Every day he'd take at least the max allowed. And his self diagnosed injuries would always be severe - broken ribs, cracked pelvis, fracture to neck, never just a bruise or a simple heavy landing. Also used a lot of alcohol to help him sleep. I also suspected undiagnosed/untreated bipolar or depression. He works outdoors and there was a noticeable downward spiral in his mood and behaviour around October time/onset of winter months. He'd also have regular big fallings out with his friends and family. He's a lot closer to one of his four siblings than the others but just stopped speaking to him for about 6 months. At another point in the past he didn't speak to his best mate for over a year. None of his friends or family ever visited his house in 5 years. Although that's probably because there'd be nowhere for them to sit.
blissfulllife · 02/08/2021 06:48

Used to put his finger in his belly button then snuff it

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