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To ask for the unusual things you find sexy in a man

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underthemilky · 29/03/2024 07:10

Off the back of a list about irrational things you find ick, let's be positive and express things you find surprisingly attractive.

Hairy forearms
Mildly hairy back
Just hairy generally
Bald heads

OP posts:
AloeVerity · 29/03/2024 08:21

The driving one/arm reversing always comes up and I agree that a crap driver is not a turn on, but really?! Isn’t being a decent driver just a basic life skill? It’s like being impressed that someone can blow their nose or mow the lawn.

PotatoPudding · 29/03/2024 08:21

Most of these are normal. What’s unusual about finding kindness attractive?

PickleJelly · 29/03/2024 08:24

Rolled up shirt sleeves too!

K0OLA1D · 29/03/2024 08:24

Basically Oli Sykes......

Februaryfeels · 29/03/2024 08:24

I'm not seeing anything unusual about any of these

Most of them come up all the time on these threads

But for me it's nice arms and hands

BringMeSunshineAllDayLong · 29/03/2024 08:25

My is weird for all the thread police ...
A lovely blackhead that I'm allowed to squeeze 😁

Loopytiles · 29/03/2024 08:29

Oooh, see @BringMeSunshineAllDayLong I am a fellow sporner but have never attempted that after a fellow sporner friend, when we were much younger, said that over time it had contributed to the end of her attraction for her boyfriend! Decided not to take the risk! With difficulty at times!

CarrieMoonbeams · 29/03/2024 08:32

Kindness to animals. I know that bit isn't unusual in itself, but I'm currently sitting here with a cuppa and I can hear DH in another room singing a made up song to our very elderly cat. He also gets the cat all comfy in his arms and stands with him at the window for ages because the cat can't jump up on the window sill now to look out at the birds 😻

One of our dogs had an operation a couple of years ago and wasn't able to join us on walks for a while. DH patiently gathered up a couple of pine cones, a small stick, and a few of those 'helicopter seeds' (can't think off the top of my head what they're called!) to take home so our dog could sniff them and feel like he'd not missed out on too much of the walk 😍

We're in our 60s now and have been together since we were teenagers. He's an absolute cracker, he really is.

BottomlessBrunch · 29/03/2024 08:34

Ha yes @TheLongThinTetrisStick same here. Especially if you're, ahem, the cause of the sweatiness. Love it.

Also the ability to walk in somewhere like a pub and have a conversation/laugh with random people.

SallySunrise · 29/03/2024 08:36

ToBeOrNotToBee · 29/03/2024 07:49

Eyes that crinkle when they smile. Makes my fanny flutter.

This! Ideally with suggestive eyebrows.

WoodBurningStov · 29/03/2024 08:37

My DH drives a HGV and I find it sexy when I see him driving

Shirt sleeves rolled up to 3/4 length
Veiny arms
Strong arms in general
Jeans and nice shoes
Stubble

I also agree with others, kindness to animals and the ability to confidently walk in somewhere and instantly start to talk and have a laugh with strangers

IamaRevenant · 29/03/2024 08:38

Moobs. The bigger the better. Also flab generally.

DisforDarkChocolate · 29/03/2024 08:40

A straight nose.

Excellent parking, I'm not alone in this though but I only found this out on MN.

Hoovering.

AGodawfulsmallaffair · 29/03/2024 08:42

PotatoPudding · 29/03/2024 08:04

Don’t judge.

I am 46 and go to college one day a week. A 21 year old guy in my class told me he was taking is gran, who lives in a care home, to the coast over Easter. Not out of obligation but because he thinks his gran is awesome.

It gave me a little flutter 😂

Aw that’s fabulous.

MurderousCheekbones · 29/03/2024 08:42

K0OLA1D · 29/03/2024 08:24

Basically Oli Sykes......

Oh yeah 😁

When they're a bit cocky - they're attractive and they know it, and they know you know it.

BringMeSunshineAllDayLong · 29/03/2024 08:42

Loopytiles · 29/03/2024 08:29

Oooh, see @BringMeSunshineAllDayLong I am a fellow sporner but have never attempted that after a fellow sporner friend, when we were much younger, said that over time it had contributed to the end of her attraction for her boyfriend! Decided not to take the risk! With difficulty at times!

Well I'm pleased to say it worked out fine here. 24 years after the first squeeze we are happily together. The only blip was when we were picking up DSC and his ex (who I have a great relationship with) spotted said blackhead and in front of me gave it a squeeze. I would have been less gutted if they had had a quick snog 😱.
It only happened the once and I have almost let it go (22 years ago).

Flozle · 29/03/2024 08:43

BringMeSunshineAllDayLong · 29/03/2024 08:25

My is weird for all the thread police ...
A lovely blackhead that I'm allowed to squeeze 😁

I knew I would marry him when my husband bough me a set of sporner tools for that very purpose 🥰

AGodawfulsmallaffair · 29/03/2024 08:44

Wasteddaysanddays · 29/03/2024 08:03

Showing kindness to others. Not just big things, but small things like picking up a toy a child has dropped, or picking something off the top shelf for someone in a supermarket. Noticing someone in need and solving their problem without thinking. Kind to animals.

A good laugh, a proper chuckle, one that makes other people smile even if they don't know why they are smiling.

A good storyteller, not lies, but who can make you want to listen to them. Always has a memory to share, makes information interesting.

All of this, just add in makes people laugh for perfection!

PoppingTomorrow · 29/03/2024 08:45

These threads always fill with things that aren't at all unusual!
It's totally natural to find hairy men with chunky forearms attractive - it's primal. Baldness not weird either as it indicates testosterone

Jennalong · 29/03/2024 08:45

A dimple on the chin , and when a man has been doing something physical and you can smell him more ( but not gone to the b.o stage ) also when they come home in the winter and you can smell the cold on them.

Am I the only person that can smell winter / cold on people ?

IamaRevenant · 29/03/2024 08:46

Oh dear I've just read the full thread and most of these are not weird at all! I'm now a bit embarrassed by my chubby chaser tendencies 😅

PoppingTomorrow · 29/03/2024 08:46

Februaryfeels · 29/03/2024 08:24

I'm not seeing anything unusual about any of these

Most of them come up all the time on these threads

But for me it's nice arms and hands

That's also not unusual!!

theDudesmummy · 29/03/2024 08:47

It seems from this thread that my liking a full thick head of curly hair is actually unusual!

ChangeIing · 29/03/2024 08:53

I’m not attracted to fair-haired men in general, I prefer dark.

Arms don’t do much for me.

But give me a reddish-haired man with lean forearms and I’m obsessed.

IsotonicHedgehog · 29/03/2024 08:54

@Jennalong i can smell cold too - and I just read your post out to my man because he thinks I’m weird for it!

I think the arm reversing/DIY sexiness is just general competence being attractive (and I’m here for it!).

My man is an engineer so very skilled at making and fixing things. The extra sexy part is the sound his tools make on his tool belt when he’s moving. It’s a bit like the noise of a cowboy walking with his spurs and belt jangling and it’s sooooo sexy.

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