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.

Haven’t read six pages but surely this is ‘the ick’ but more eloquently put !

If someone hasn’t posted it already there are two amazing threads over in the relationships section about “the ick”
I have never laughed so much reading those threads.

@GiantPuffaJacket
agreed - the backpack being too low etc, unintentional comedy gold 🤣

When we go out for a meal and there is coleslaw in a little pot my DH just eats it all straightaway , doesn't mix it with the other food , gone in seconds . I can't bear to look at him do it anymore 🤷‍♀️

"like the devil holds a pitchfork" 😂😂😂

Back in my dating times

He licked his knife

Told me I'd be 'lucky' to touch his 'massive cock'

Had saliva in the corner of his mouth

Had the same name as one of my brothers

Had a voice like Donald duck

Told me,5 minutes into our date that I would have to drop all my male friends if he decided I was worth dating

He had a car-the window wouldn't go up so it was permanently open

Wore a novelty bow tie

Wore cheap loafers from primark and had tits bigger than my own

It's a cess pool out there

Went on a pub date with a guy who wore a fun jumper because he was so crazy. Left by ten.

🤣🤣🤣

I was meeting a blind date and as he walked towards me I saw that he had creases ironed into the front of his jeans. I have no idea why it gave me the ick but it did immediately.

@Sharontheodopolodous
knife licking is horrible, I went out for a meal with work mates and one man actually licked his plate I couldn’t believe such lack of self awareness

Omg 🤣🤣🤣🤣

I tipy toe run? I'm remembering this too 😅

He arrived at our date on a skateboard. We were early 30s

Just thought of another...different guy
Held his knife like a pen. Killed it for me.

Cutis Aplasia - a very rare birth defect. One of my DC has this. Luckily theirs is only 1cm in circumference though, so hopefully hair will cover it!

I once binned off a date because he had a very ladylike bum, perfectly round and pert. I couldn’t get past it.

I remember in the early stages of dating my now dh he was waiting at the train station and when I walked up he looked like a hobo. So because he had travelled a bit I decided to go for a couple of drinks then call it a day.

Well I'm glad I didn't. I went home with a sore face from laughing so much, once we got there he disrobed the hobo gear and smelt amazing.

Now over 9 years in and 2 kids. And i still fancy him as much as when I first seen him.

He was lovely. But his surname rhymed with my first name.

@WombatCowgirl my DH does the word-perfect-menu-ordering thing and it gives me the ick/rage in equal amounts

Another one when he would see me drive up he would run towards me like an awkward T Rex with a goofy smile on his face.

He arrived at our date on a skateboard. We were early 30s

Had a voice like Donald duck

This thread is brilliant. 😂

Yes! It was absolutely hilarious. I must find it!

Wore red shoes, I dumped him that night.
Went back to a guys house for sex, his idea of foreplay was watching Dads Army videos.

I had a date with a woman once, who stopped dead still half way through dinner, looked past me and said she could see her dead uncle standing at the end of the table, nodding at me in approvement. There was no second date.

I was on holiday with 'Romeo'. It was all going rather nicely and there had been talk of moving in together and making things official. Then he had a few beers and revealed that he had split up with his first wife when he was in his 20's. This had been discussed before but not in much detail. They had a child together who was around 6 when they divorced. He said he was planning to leave the UK to go abroad for a fresh start. I asked him what he had planned to do about seeing his child, and he shrugged his shoulders stating that 'Kids don't need Dad's like their mothers so I suppose I would not have bothered'. A year later as he was planning to emigrate, the mother had a tragic accident and died. Her mother did not want to look after the girl as she was unwell, so he had to step in and take her to prevent a care placement. He talked about being a full time father like it was the greatest burden of his life. I asked him how he felt about the mother dying, and he said he couldn't care less as she had 'taken him' for child support and divorce settlement. It gave me the ick, and the hills appeared for me to run up. I dumped him immediately upon return from that holiday and haven't looked back.

He holds hands wrongly. I can’t describe exactly what he did, but it felt so wrong.