What absolutely ridiculous and inconsequential things have put you off a partner?

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I don't mean completely acceptable reasons like poor hygiene, lying, flakiness etc. I mean things that the poor other person could not possibly have anticipated would mean the end of their relationship.

For me it was many years ago when I finally finally got together with a lad I'd had a crush on for about 3 years. About 2 months after we started seeing each other he invited me to his house. Which is where he committed the unforgivable sin of picking up a broom and sweeping the kitchen floor.

That was it. 3 years of obsessing over him and, just like that, a bloody sweeping brush came between us.

Haha! Overall, I think I had a lucky escape!

Him being nasty about the waiter just doing his job also put me off. I’ve read that how someone treats a waiter tells you a lot about them.

Oh, I thought of another one. He had a toy poodle. And not even because it had belonged to an ex girlfriend, just because he wanted one. Also he’d put jumpers and bow ties and stuff on it. Nope!

Actually this is a general ick of mine. If his dog is girlier than mine I can’t date him. Yorkie, chihuahua, any kind of doodle, all nopes. It’s surprisingly common. 😂

A lot of these responses illistrate how women help to shore up the patriarchy. Men get punished for not being "manly" enough.

Called me 'beeebbbbbb' (babe) in a thick Welsh accent.

Cheating Fraud lying, 25 years of a man who didn’t brush his teeth properly or change socks and pants regularly. Why the bloody hell did I put up with that he’s gone I’m happy.

NOT 😅😂

We had been dating for a few weeks, had sex.... all fine until we had sex one time and he started masturbating with 2 hands, one either side of his todger. As if you were holding a banana with your fingertips. That was the end.

The guy in the tricorn hat - did he look like this?

What’s wrong with using talc?
🤣🤣

I picture David Walliams!

What?!😂Why did he do that? At what point? Did he give an explanation for going solo?

Ha, one of my favourite things to see is hulking great big men with tiny dogs. Really makes me smile.
(I dont date men though, so its not quite the same thing I suppose)

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Been speaking to a guy online for the past year, He really is a nice guy, But, If I say something funny to him, Instead of typing 'lol' he types 'teehee' and it makes me want to throw my phone through the window.

Maybe thought not manly enough and should have a burger.

🤣 but was that meant to be "Hurraaaaaah"??!

@scoobadydawoo re the shallowness of these rejections, I think sometimes apparently trivial mannerisms reveal something about a person's character. For example, I mentioned an ex-DP so proud of his hair that he flaunted it in a horrible swooshy L'Oreal ad kind of way. But this conveyed two things about him: his vanity, and his habit of looking down on his friends (who were going bald). Plus, I have to say, this wasn't the only thing horrible about him! 😶

That's more like it !

Grey underpants!

Did jazz hands. Was actually falling in love with him then he blimming did jazz hands. The ick set in and we were finished within days.

I am old, so I have a collection of icks!

1. The man who turned up with a plastic rose complete with plastic dew drops.
2. The Greek water polo player who talked about himself for 2 hours. He was gorgeous. I managed to get one sentence in, which led to further information about his great he was.
3. A man who I was on the fourth date with, demolished a whole litre of ice cream to himself, without offering any.
4. A man who bit his nails. He was in his late 40s.
5. The ONS who asked for a T-shirt to sleep in. He never became a ONS.
6. The man who declared he was going to marry me, as he was still crossing the road on our first date.
7. The man who said that he was going to kill his ex GF's cat. That date only lasted 10 minutes.

This thread is hilarious!

My friend married a man whose surname sounded the same as her first name, albeit spelt with one letter different. He's now in jail. The name have been reason not to date him if not marry him .

It’s very true but it does illustrate the complicated interaction between our cave woman instincts and our expectations. The broom thing is a good example. No one wants a boyfriend who is good at whipping the broom round the place. But a mortgage and several pregnancies in and it’s completely annoying if he doesn’t.

I have to confess the tricorn hat was silently doing it for me all along.

I have to disagree, a man who whips a broom about the place is always a winner in my books. I married one and am not disappointed! 🤩

He smelled of cheese and onion crisps and wanted to be wanked off in front of the rugby.