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.

Doctors are notorious for doing a disappearing act when patients vomit!

argghh I just remembered his parting gift. I ended it in October.
At Christmas I received a 'gift' from him through the post.
A DVD featuring one of my first ever boyfriends.
I mean WHO does that?! (not anything dodgy like porn! This older ex is in a musical...) but , still, bloody weird! And they hate each other !

Owned (and wore) a SOS Band tour T-shirt.

He said brought instead of bought, ie I went to the shop and brought some wine 😬

Came with me to church, couldn’t sing in tune 😂

This reminds me of a story my friend told me years ago.

Back when we were 18. She was seeing this guy she was totally smitten with. His dad and step mum were away for the weekend so he invited her to their house. She went to the bathroom for wee to find there was a full roast chicken in the bath.

roasting dish, congealed juices and the carcass of a half eaten chicken.

Ive occasionally left a glass in the sink when I’ve gone away but never my Sunday roast leftovers in the bath!

Exclaimed during a Messenger conversation when we were first getting to know each other, 'I bet you have the cutest bare botty!'
(I had to grit my teeth to even type that.)

Had a tattoo of Tweety Pie on one leg and Bart Simpson on the other.

That would be an absolute deal breaker for me too😞

That makes me think of the girl in 'Girl Interrupted' with the chicken carcasses under her bed. shudder

Anyone who fancies me back. 😂

Another relieved himself all over the books in a window seat in my bedroom during the night, turned out he regularly sleep walked.

One boyfriend talked too much during sex.
Next one didn't talk enough.
It needs to be just the right amount (and of the right type obviously!).

His come face

I totally get it. I had a similar reaction when I saw a guy I had a crush on in Birkenstocks* and bare feet. Narrowly better than socks, I'll admit 😂 but I find men's feet really unattractive, unfortunately, so instant ick.

In a similar vein, I went off one guy when I noticed how massive his shoes were.

(*Crocs would have been even worse!)

Blind date set up by a mutual friend. He was in the RAF. We'd both been told about each other, and my friend had sent me a small photo of date in uniform. Meeooow. I met him at the train station and..........he had such a broad Glaswegian accent, I couldn't understand a word the poor man was saying. We went to the cinema, and then our separate ways within hours.

I went home with a friend at uni after a night out and he had laundry drying all over his room, including bedding. He started putting the bedding on the bed, I think he only had one set, and as if that didn't kill the moment enough, he struggled with the duvet and put it in the cover by climbing inside it. In fairness this probably saved our friendship, I quickly made my excuses and left 😂

He opened the door wearing odd Christmas socks (it was July).

Wearing a new dress and being told, "It looks like something me mum would buy"

The guy who told me he was 5' 8". Now, I didn't care how tall he was, I have no problem with going out with someone shorter than me, taller than me, I don't care. But this guy had Issues. We met and I thought 'he's not 5'8"'. He was the same height as me, and I'm 5' 6". Honestly, he could look into my eyes, we were precisely the same height. Which I quite liked, actually. However, he asked me my height, I said 5'6" and he told me I was lying. I was clearly the same height as him, and he was 5' 8", so it MUST BE ME LYING.

That was it, really. And I am sure to this day he thinks it was because he was too short for me and I was some shallow bitch who wanted a tall man. He wasn't, it was accusing me of lying!

Turned up to an afternoon coffee date in a suit and tie complete with handkerchief in pocket then sat on his hands when the barman came over with the card machine. Even when I tapped my card he didn’t even say thank you. Then asked if he was what I’m looking for - errrrrr no

First date - went for a meal and he used his knife the scrape his plate and then put the knife in his mouth - 🫣

Kept using the word "yeet"

I was on my way back home to my student house to meet my boyfriend of a few months. We were going to a New Year’s Eve party that night and the theme was the 80s. He opened the door to me and to my surprise he’d shaved off his beard, leaving only a moustache. Apparently he’d decided to go as an 80s rock star or something. It immediately struck me how much he looked exactly like his Mum, but with a moustache. I couldn’t stand his Mum. I couldn’t get past it! I ended it a few minutes after arriving and headed straight back to my parents house which was absolutely miles away!