So I promise I don’t exclusively date weirdos! But these stick out in my mind…
This is going back a good few years now, but I dated someone who couldn’t cope with me wearing a coat. Every time we went out it was, “So you’ve brought your coat again have you? We’ve got to lug that thing about with us all night, have we?” As if it was Princess Diana’s bloody bridal train. Once he was virtually begging me to wear “one of his big jumpers” instead. I kept asking why he had such a problem with me carrying a coat and he said, “You look really awkward!” What’s awkward about a coat?!
Another one didn’t understand microwaves. Or, more accurately, why you would own one. I’d been for dinner at his place when the phone rang and it turned out to be urgent. He came back and apologised for keeping me waiting for dinner; I said “No problem; we can just stick it in the microwave”. He looked utterly bewildered and kept repeating “Microwave?”, as if he’d never heard of the concept.
Okay, I thought, he hasn’t got one - but he just seemed completely confused at the idea anyone would. He was saying, “But what would I use it for?”, as if I’d suggested he should buy a unicorn. I said, “Well, reheating food! And things like scrambled egg, baked beans…” He just looked at me in total confusion, saying, “But I’d use a pan. I’d warm the food in the oven. Why would I have a microwave?” It was just too weird. I couldn’t ever feel aroused by him again.