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.

On a first date a guy asked about my past relation who broke up with who. I told him he left me and he said “oh so you must be crazy one.” He was trying to be funny I guess. There was no second date.

First date, first glimpse, got out of the car in a really weird way. Over.

When I worked in Canada I was asked if I wanted to go to a drive-in to see a film. I would have loved it, but he parked in a field next to the drive-in, which meant we were looking sideways at the film and had no speakers, so it was like watching a silent movie.

I said I wasn’t enjoying it so he asked if I wanted to go for a meal. I sat in the car while he went and got us a burger, then he gave me a napkin to hold for him. It contained his top set of teeth. We were both 21. First and last date!

Omg I'm laughing like an idiot at these!

My date was in Milan .. afew years ago. We arranged to meet in v smart bar ... I was waiting for him and as he approached he tripped over the entrance carpet. I tried to ignore it but already the ick had set in. ...

@Newsenmum girllllll no, I can honestly say in that moment I lost all attraction for him! 😂😂😂

He took me on the train to the airport to watch planes for a date
Was he called Martin and are you the Princess of Liechtenstein?

Met a guy at a wedding many, many years ago. He was very nice, but he had a towing caravan. It put me right off him. I thought they were for old people.

I had a lovely partner for a couple of years who lived and died in short sleeved checked shirts even in winter. So grim . I even tried loosing a few but they were always replaced. I am convinced it is laziness on their side.
Even worse he always had to shorten people's names such as Doc for doctor, really cringe worthy 😬 but the killer was his childish sense of humour!

Awww… It’s actually beautiful.

On our first (and last) proper date, we were eating in a restaurant when he started doing a terrible impersonation of a Greek guy we both knew, who was still learning English and who spoke with a strong accent.

Unfortunately, this bloke’s impersonation was so off that he sounded like he was doing a racist impression of a Chinese person. Other diners turned to stare. Cringe.

He would emerge from the shower with a heavy dusting of talcum powder over his dangly bits 🤢

Shuddering at short sleeved checked shirts. The worst.

😂😂😂

few drinks and dancing at home and he took his socks off to try and moonwalk - fuck knows why, and all I could see was his clammy feet under his jeans.

Sobered me right up and couldn’t move past it

I saw my teenage boyfriends yfronts drying on his mums airier!

Years ago my friend met a guy in a local pub. They arranged to meet again and he suggested the same pub.
They had a nice evening and because her to go back to his for a drink. Turned out there was a reason he always drank there - he was as living in a camper van in the car park. And when she asked to use the loo, he didn’t have one, only a bucket.

Most of these are small signs pointing to bigger issues.

I mentioned someone with cracked knuckles and sleeveless tops showing off spotty skinny ribs. It showed his arrogant ego - thought he was amazing and wanted to show everyone how hot he genuinely thought he was but without actually putting any work into it. It was also shown in his lack of understanding the concept of consent, but that wouldn't have been funny.

The guy who phoned in the middle of my favourite tv programme clearly didn't care about my preferences, only his own convenience.

More positively, DH was a hulking metalhead when we met and I was charmed by him liking sweet sherry and stamp collecting.

He had straight white teeth and smiled a lot. I could see they were one of his best features, but every time he smiled it put me off, and I didn’t know why.

Eventually I realised. His top teeth were all the same length and when he smiled he looked a lot like my neighbour, Bob, who was in his sixties.

I don't even know where to start with this one.

My DP says “brush pan and brush”. Drives me mad. I’m not sure he ever said it in the early days… It’s been 15 years now and we have three kids so I feel it’s a bit much to end things with him. Ha ha.

The one who wore a too-small sun hat on his giant head on holiday in Italy, and also insisted on changing out of wet trunks on the beach with a towel around him, when there were changing rooms, and lots of chic Italians watching us.

The one who tried to cook dinner for me, and put an entire head of greens in a pan to boil, without chopping it up, at the same time he put the chicken in the oven. Then got out an actual Canteen of Cutlery.

I can add to another thread I’ve been following called “when was the last time you really laughed out loud”? 😂

Went on a few dates with a guy. Really liked him. He was a really nice guy but after we slept together, I woke up the next morning to him doing press ups by the side of the bed. I don't know why that was such a turn off but it was. I stopped seeing him after that. Gave me the ick.

ooooo, my dream date

Dying at the napkin teeth!!!