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.

He told me he kept budgerigars as pets.

When he smiled he reminded me of my ex.

He told me not to shave my legs or armpits.

When we had sex he kept his eyes tightly closed.

He said to me “I like me sex”

He was the same height as me.

All different dates.

First date he took me home to meet his parents and told me he couldn't wait to marry me, I couldn't get out of there fast enough!
He stalked me for awhile after that and turned out his whole family had a screw loose so I had a lucky escape 😅

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I asked if he was going to put some clothes on, he said he would later. Eventually he put his superman dressing gown on, I kid you not! I can only think he thought that he’d be naked in bed with me so what’s the point, that never happened as I was out of there asap.

I should have dumped an ex when he bought me a large set of cheap gold plated chains, pendants, bracelets and earrings for my 21st. I definitely should have dumped him when he gave me a fake rose on Valentine's Day. But I didn’t even dump him when he announced he didn’t want me to come inter-railing with him. I think we had the ‘no future in this’ talk, which means I took our relationship way too seriously.

And I say that too. Leaving this thread …

Bad taste in mugs.

He continually chased me for replies and I hadn't even met him. Sending me messages at 11.30pm, then following up at 7.15am the next day to query why no response.

It really gave me the ick so I did not agree to a date and blocked him.

In college, this guy who I had a flirty back and forth thing going with, gave me a hand-written letter saying he wanted to ‘eat from my cavern of Turkish Delight.’ What did he think my vagina was, bloody Narnia? 🦌 🦫

Being young and stupid, I thought it sounded like he might know what he was doing, so I ended up having sex with him. Unfortunately, he had an over-sized foreskin and the whole time he was thrusting I kept picturing his penis as Frank Spencer in his turtleneck. Gave me the proper ick. Thankfully, it only lasted about a minute and a half. Turns out he was a virgin and had decided not to disclose that piece of information but happily confessed he’d now lost it to everyone who would listen.

Don't feel you have to nip off on my account 😂

I suggested a good wine from the menu, he said to the waitress 'we'll have a carafe of that one', oblivious to the fact that only the cheaper house wine came in a carafe. I winced. He brought me an enormous bouquet of flowers even though i was travelling on public transport, and had to stuff them under the table in the restaurant. And referred to his ex as 'evil', several times. No second date.

So would I! He talked to her too. He's a keeper as far as I'm concerned 😊

Same guy: wore a 3/4 length leather coat. Told me off for driving the wrong way across an empty car park - empty!! 🙈

Another had hairy hands like a gorilla, also really dry skin that flaked off, he pulled his underpants up and I saw it all dropping from his bumcheeks like snowfall. Also left my bedsheets needing shaking off 🤢

Would lick the rim of the wine glass after every sip.

Thick curly chest hair (not my thing) but weirdly stopped just below collar line.

He insisted on rescuing big spiders and putting them at the bottom of the garden, because killing them was wrong

This would be a big plus for me.

I agree regarding spiders but I had one who was not a nice man to people but also quite literally wouldn’t hurt flies. Like there would be a house fly or a fruit fly and he would do nothing. That gets wearing.

And someone who was chatting me up (again as a teen) when a group of us where at a house party and proudly showed off his circular bed. Couldnt leave fast enough.

This is going to sound very shallow but I got the ick!

Ex had told me for a while that he wanted to shave his head, he was short and skinny and I said to him it won't suit you please don't.

Come to his the next week and he's giggling (that probably gave me the ick too) from behind his door and he's shaved it 🙄 Looked like a bloody egg. Shaved his beard off too!

I didn't even want to kiss him 😖 He said he had done it for charity at work but when I said well how much did you make for charity he couldn't tell me so he'd lied about that anyway and just shaved it for free.

All went downhill from there.
My now partner of almost 7 years shaved his head during lockdown and he's so handsome with it 🤣 so I just think I wasn't very into the ex anyway

He was a keeper! I would have loved him for this.

Some don’t realise a bald head does not necessarily equal Jason Statham. I do love a bald head though.

They can’t win! An ex BF did Movember and grew just a moustache and looked like an 80s porn star. Couldn’t go near him. My DH on the other hand has a beautiful beard inc a bit of a moustache and I hate it when he’s clean shaven. 🙈🙈🙈

Friend set me up with her boyfriends friend. He was wearing a pink tshirt and I hated it. Didn't see him again, until 6 months later hit it off on a night out and we will be celebrating 17 years together this year and 15 years married! He never wore the pink short again though! 🤣

I just slammed my legs shut in horror 😂

Oooh I just thought of a time I definitely give someone the ick inconsequentialy!

I took a man to bed and in the throws of passion he bent me over and as he inserted I did the loudest most drawn out fanny fart in human history. Sounded like a ship coming in to dock. He went as limp as an under-cooked prawn instantly.