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

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InstrumentsofTorture · 03/01/2024 17:34

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.

OP posts:
LessonsLearnedInLife · 05/01/2024 11:34

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

😂😂😂

Notthrilledatthatidea · 05/01/2024 11:36

@InstrumentsofTorture Can OP do another thread where we gave someone the ick for no reason?😂

SuitYouSir · 05/01/2024 12:09

Notthrilledatthatidea · 05/01/2024 11:36

@InstrumentsofTorture Can OP do another thread where we gave someone the ick for no reason?😂

Yes! This thread is giving me life but a bit of self-cringe would be great too.

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ToBeOrNotToBee · 05/01/2024 12:33

SuitYouSir · 05/01/2024 12:09

Yes! This thread is giving me life but a bit of self-cringe would be great too.

Wait no more....
On a solo holiday decided I wanted some male company and matched with a belgium doctor.
We met, he was OK, nothing amazing but I thought I'd drink my drinks and see where the night goes.
Anyway, those sangrias were very alcoholic and I got wasted very quickly (so quickly I now wonder if something else was added to my drink).
Anyway, leaving the bar I walked into a cloud of cigarette smoke which triggered a sudden urge to vomit.
And boy did I vomit. The sangria, the spaghetti I had for dinner, and my false teeth!
I had to go wading through my vomit pile for my false teeth which I eventually found.
He put me in a taxi back to my hotel and I have not told a soul about to this day.

HoldMeCloserTonyDancer · 05/01/2024 12:55

Notthrilledatthatidea · 05/01/2024 11:32

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.

Ha ha ha 🤣

Stormyweathr · 05/01/2024 12:59

I had a friend who dumped a guy because he used to put tomato sauce on everything (and mounds of it too)

Firefly2009 · 05/01/2024 13:00

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Notthrilledatthatidea · 05/01/2024 13:27

@InstrumentsofTorture @Firefly2009 if you start a new thread can you please call it '-Reverse ick:

noego · 05/01/2024 13:33

We were getting passionate, ripping each other's clothes off. She was wearing tight skinny white jeans. I undone the buttons, she was going commando. I pulled them off from the ankles, it was passionate, it was sexy until I saw the skid marks inside the jeans.

Firefly2009 · 05/01/2024 13:46

@Notthrilledatthatidea Done!
Not my thread originally of course so I tip my hat to the OP. New thread in Chat

LuluBlakey1 · 05/01/2024 14:30

noego · 05/01/2024 13:33

We were getting passionate, ripping each other's clothes off. She was wearing tight skinny white jeans. I undone the buttons, she was going commando. I pulled them off from the ankles, it was passionate, it was sexy until I saw the skid marks inside the jeans.

Neither ridiculous nor inconsequential.

LuluBlakey1 · 05/01/2024 14:32

Thread has become typical Mnet oversharing.

GothConversionTherapy · 05/01/2024 14:39

I think some of the latest ones are made up

Firefly2009 · 05/01/2024 15:57

GothConversionTherapy · 05/01/2024 14:39

I think some of the latest ones are made up

Some of us have had very bad luck with men. I can promise that none of mine are made up!!

Thecatmaster · 05/01/2024 16:22

One guy used to say, continuously, during foreplay that, 'oo yer lak that, dunt ya, yer lak that' in a string northern accent after every single thing that he tried. 'oo, yer really lak that'.

Another, upon nearing climax would say, 'hold on now, big finish', presumably to forewarn me of the magnitude of his finale. It was underwhelming and just consisted of him doing exactly the same, only faster. It was very distracting as it bought to mind the commentary at the Olympics gymnastics. I lay there waiting for him to double twist before dismounting.

Thecatmaster · 05/01/2024 16:39

And another at Uni. He only ate biscuits, meat and super noodles and was absolutely petrified of moths. He leapt around the room screaming in a high pitched voice before bolting out of my room, still screaming and down the corridor of my halls. I was mortified.

OnlyHasEyesForLoki · 05/01/2024 16:53

He licked his lips lasciviously with his tongue out before taking each sip of his drink. I think he thought it was sexy. 😵‍💫

CET27 · 05/01/2024 16:59

Reverse ick…was on a date and a pair of used pants dropped out of my trouser leg. Had put on a pair of pre worn jeans and not realised pants within! Tried to style it out and hastily bundle into my handbag but definite ick 😂

Miteraeuryale · 05/01/2024 17:32

This one’s shallow as hell, but I dated someone for 2 years and never saw him without a beard. He shaved one day, without warning me, and the second he walked into the room it was over for me 😂
He looked like a completely different human, it was like “who the hell have I been dating all this time?!”

Somatosensational · 05/01/2024 17:34

Thecatmaster · 05/01/2024 16:39

And another at Uni. He only ate biscuits, meat and super noodles and was absolutely petrified of moths. He leapt around the room screaming in a high pitched voice before bolting out of my room, still screaming and down the corridor of my halls. I was mortified.

Edited

That’s me with moths Grin date, funeral, sex, brain surgery, whatever, if I see a moth larger than a 5p I’ll be bolting out of there!

wasdarknowblond · 05/01/2024 17:35

He gave me some gold earrings that were like tiny bells 🔔- that was it - finito.
(He got them back).

GinLover198 · 05/01/2024 17:36

When I stayed over for the first time, I found very expensive face cream in the bathroom. Fearing it was the ex’s I got serious ick & thought it was a pity as I really like him. As we were leaving his flat, he popped back to the bathroom as he’d
forgot to put his face cream on as he explained his face breaks out with the cold air. We’re now married & share face cream!

WestwardHo1 · 05/01/2024 17:37

Miteraeuryale · 05/01/2024 17:32

This one’s shallow as hell, but I dated someone for 2 years and never saw him without a beard. He shaved one day, without warning me, and the second he walked into the room it was over for me 😂
He looked like a completely different human, it was like “who the hell have I been dating all this time?!”

Completely agree that seeing a baldy smooth face when you've been used to a bit of rough is always a bit of a shock. And not a good one. It's like they have lost half their jaw.

Somatosensational · 05/01/2024 17:38

Like this? Shock

What absolutely ridiculous and inconsequential things have put you off a partner?
Miteraeuryale · 05/01/2024 17:41

I’m having flashbacks lol

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