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What's the most attractive thing a man has done unintentionally?

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worldshottestmom · 05/06/2026 20:35

Can be your DH/DP/random man. I'm single, so my instances will be of a random man.

When I was at work recently, a man who works there, who is really chatty with me, asked me how my birthday was and idk why but it was such a turn on. Literally no-one else remembered, and I don't expect them to as I don't make a fuss of it, so the fact he remembered it was just really attractive. The bar is in hell guys, pray for me.

Another time was a few months ago; we had a contractor come in to work to fix the lift. We let on and asked how each other is etc, I mentioned being annoyed as I hadn't been able to take a break yet after 6 hours work, so he said go for your break and if anyone says anything he will sort them out. Already a turn on. I go for my break, come back and he is arguing with my manager that I should have had a break by now because of working so long etc. I think I may keep breaking the lift in hopes that he comes back.

Making this thread as I've been on a lot of threads today that ended up being really negative and want a shred of positivity on my Friday night - so, what is the most unintentionally attractive thing that a man has done that you found attractive?

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tommyhoundmum · 06/06/2026 09:35

VenusClapTrap · 05/06/2026 20:58

He stopped to say hello to a cat in the street.

That happens all the time on our street where we have 2 street cats that own the place.

CopeNorth · 06/06/2026 09:37

My DH is honestly the smartest most interesting person I know. But he is never a “know it all” about it and always interested in what other people have to say.

GreenCaterpillarOnALeaf · 06/06/2026 09:42

Before he was my husband my DH and I worked for Wetherspoons and on my break I would always have an appletizer and one day there were no appletizers and I was just looking at the drinks fridge in absolute despair and then someone tapped me on the shoulder and gave me one and said “I hid this for you, fuck the customers you deserve it more” and it was him. We hadn’t really talked that much because we were on opposite shifts a lot but it transpired last year that he actually changed his availability a few days after we met so we would be on shift together more, not so it totally matched mine but he gave up his Friday off because I worked Friday - and giving up your set Friday off in hospitality is very romantic.

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DopeyS · 06/06/2026 09:44

Happyjoe · 06/06/2026 00:16

The common theme in these answers is kindness. Women seem to love kindness.

I wonder how different the answers would be if men were asked the same..

I'm seeing someone new and he said the moment he realised how much I meant to him was when he was doing something and couldn't message for a bit. He then messaged to check back in and sent 'Houston. Do you copy?' and I messaged back, 'loud and clear, over'. And he said it was really simple but just that we were on the same wavelength.

worldshottestmom · 06/06/2026 09:47

indiekidforever · 06/06/2026 09:34

When I met my now fiancé I had been a single mum to twins for almost 10 years. We’d been dating for a few weeks quite casually when was Mother’s Day. He brought me flowers just in case nobody else had. He was right I’d never once had flowers for Mother’s Day, I was smitten right there 😍 plus he has good, tattooed forearms 🤭

Flowers on mother's day and tatted forearms 😍 I dont think it gets much better than that

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worldshottestmom · 06/06/2026 09:48

DopeyS · 06/06/2026 09:44

I'm seeing someone new and he said the moment he realised how much I meant to him was when he was doing something and couldn't message for a bit. He then messaged to check back in and sent 'Houston. Do you copy?' and I messaged back, 'loud and clear, over'. And he said it was really simple but just that we were on the same wavelength.

Aw I love that, it's perfect when couples mesh together in that way in terms of humour etc. You sound so well suited!

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worldshottestmom · 06/06/2026 09:49

GreenCaterpillarOnALeaf · 06/06/2026 09:42

Before he was my husband my DH and I worked for Wetherspoons and on my break I would always have an appletizer and one day there were no appletizers and I was just looking at the drinks fridge in absolute despair and then someone tapped me on the shoulder and gave me one and said “I hid this for you, fuck the customers you deserve it more” and it was him. We hadn’t really talked that much because we were on opposite shifts a lot but it transpired last year that he actually changed his availability a few days after we met so we would be on shift together more, not so it totally matched mine but he gave up his Friday off because I worked Friday - and giving up your set Friday off in hospitality is very romantic.

Giving up a friday off so that he could see you more?? God damn if that is noy romantic idk what is. Why will noone do this for me 🥲 think I may just start investing in cats

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Nos4r2 · 06/06/2026 09:53

My DH gave me the money for a pair of Doc Martins then he brought home the right colour polish for them. I dont know why that had stuck because he has done lots of nice things, but I thought this was very thoughtful.

CharlesPetrescu · 06/06/2026 10:06

Newstartplease24 · 06/06/2026 09:17

actors can be awful and arrogant on set. Max Beesley is the kindest, charmingest man you could ever meet. I’m from the NW and find a lot of men in the SE negative and arrogant relative to the way guys will flatter you and help you up there. MB is full of that “let me give you a hand, chuck” NW energy and when I and a mate were slightly out of our depth running a set I didn’t really have the experience to do, he kept stepping in and making things easier. I will always remember him grabbing two camera tripods and legging it upstairs with them to help to disguise that i’d forgotten to hire a runner. Heart of gold alongside a certain level of bad boy energy is killer. He was one of those actors you used to get back then who couldn’t believe his luck, really appreciated the lifestyle rather than being a brickie or something, and he always looked after production crew with just the slight edge of gendered gentlemanliness that feminists are supposed to disapprove of. HES HOT AS FUCK

He was great in the medical drama Bodies - as was the rest of the cast.
Lovely to hear that such a talented actor (and musician!) is also a good guy.

user293948849167 · 06/06/2026 10:07

The bin men who used to wave at my toddler DD every week on bin day because she loved standing in the window watching them.

Also a casual boyfriend turned up at my house straight from playing rugby once… his rugby shirt was ripped

SparklyBrickViper · 06/06/2026 10:11

worldshottestmom · 06/06/2026 09:19

Oh my gosh how thoughtful and considerate of him! What an absolute gem. Its always the most attractive when they do things like this when you're at a low point. Always the case that they're married, too 😒 though I hear divorce is on the rise; there is hope!

I’m married, he’s not 😅.

It really was the kindest thing, and during a time I was needing to do lots of hospital visits for a relative, at the same time my mother was in treatment.

He’s a sweetheart and very kind to people in work, but he went the extra mile that day.

TheIceBear · 06/06/2026 10:15

I have to say I really don’t find either of your examples a turn on. There is zero erotic about either of them

User3353821614 · 06/06/2026 10:45

A few examples about my DH:

When our daughter was a toddler, I didn’t drive and my DH would work from home one day a week so he could me up from work. He would also look after our toddler with the help of his mum. One day when he picked me up to drive me home he told me, quite randomly, that picking me was his favourite part of his week. It was pretty much the only time we were ever on our own 😂

Another example- He decided to take up keeping sheep as a hobby. One spring his favourite sheep became very unwell towards the end of her pregnancy (this is common, especially if carrying twins). When she had her two babies she will still unwell, and one of her lambs was a gorgeous little girl, who was absolutely tiny. As the mum was sick, we had to help feed her babies. The day after they were born, my DH went to check them in the morning before going to his proper job (solicitor) 😂, and couldn’t find the tiny lamb. He assumed a fox had got her and he phoned me to ask me to go down there later that morning to see if I could find her body anywhere.

When I got to our sheep field, I found the little lamb trotting behind her mother. When I phoned to tell him he burst into tears, and his colleagues at work had to look after him 😂.

It was a hugely stressful time and we were exhausted. We were hand rearing a lamb at home as well and it’s full on. The mummy sheep did get better, but it took a few weeks. I think her being so unwell didn’t help my DH’s emotional state at the time, he adores this particular sheep.

I love a man who loves animals.

Oh, just one more example - I was chatting to my daughter about her baby photos that were pinned on a board at home. I took one off which is as of me and my daughter just after she was born and noticed my DH had written something on the back - it said how this photo of us both brought tears to his eyes and how much he loved us. It was so sweet. I’ve never told him I found this!

He’s not usually a crier, honest 😂😂

User3353821614 · 06/06/2026 10:49

worldshottestmom · 05/06/2026 21:43

Omg that is so sweet I could cry. What a stand up guy. Hope you railed him after.

You’re quite intense OP 😂

WoodforTrees · 06/06/2026 10:54

TheIceBear · 06/06/2026 10:15

I have to say I really don’t find either of your examples a turn on. There is zero erotic about either of them

Morning Ms Jolly

You do know we're all different, right? That the point of this thread is to compare things which we find attractive - not to agree universally what is erotic.

What a pointless post.

Frankenpug23 · 06/06/2026 10:54

My DH always stands in front of me on downward escalators and stairs, and behind me going upwards on both, just in case I fall or trip, I then land on him and not the stairs/floor. We have been together 24 years he’s always done it. It makes me smile/ love him more each time!

Sickoffamilydrama · 06/06/2026 10:55

I will preface this by saying I have a hot husband who is kind who I have been with for 26 years. Who I wouldn't change.

Teen DD plays Rugby and my goodness a lot of the coaches and Dad's are ex players and big. There's something very nice about watching these big men get excited for their daughters.

One of the coaches was showing them how to tackle hard and said use a lifting technique then proceeded to throw the other coach over his shoulder I think my ovaries woke back up!

kerstina · 06/06/2026 10:58

User3353821614 · 06/06/2026 10:45

A few examples about my DH:

When our daughter was a toddler, I didn’t drive and my DH would work from home one day a week so he could me up from work. He would also look after our toddler with the help of his mum. One day when he picked me up to drive me home he told me, quite randomly, that picking me was his favourite part of his week. It was pretty much the only time we were ever on our own 😂

Another example- He decided to take up keeping sheep as a hobby. One spring his favourite sheep became very unwell towards the end of her pregnancy (this is common, especially if carrying twins). When she had her two babies she will still unwell, and one of her lambs was a gorgeous little girl, who was absolutely tiny. As the mum was sick, we had to help feed her babies. The day after they were born, my DH went to check them in the morning before going to his proper job (solicitor) 😂, and couldn’t find the tiny lamb. He assumed a fox had got her and he phoned me to ask me to go down there later that morning to see if I could find her body anywhere.

When I got to our sheep field, I found the little lamb trotting behind her mother. When I phoned to tell him he burst into tears, and his colleagues at work had to look after him 😂.

It was a hugely stressful time and we were exhausted. We were hand rearing a lamb at home as well and it’s full on. The mummy sheep did get better, but it took a few weeks. I think her being so unwell didn’t help my DH’s emotional state at the time, he adores this particular sheep.

I love a man who loves animals.

Oh, just one more example - I was chatting to my daughter about her baby photos that were pinned on a board at home. I took one off which is as of me and my daughter just after she was born and noticed my DH had written something on the back - it said how this photo of us both brought tears to his eyes and how much he loved us. It was so sweet. I’ve never told him I found this!

He’s not usually a crier, honest 😂😂

This has made me love your DH too and I don’t even know him! Especially the bit about crying that the lamb was ok.

Daygloboo · 06/06/2026 10:59

mumofoneAloneandwell · 05/06/2026 20:42

Hmm

Do you know what, I was with dd swimming and a man was with his ds

He was apologetic as his ds was jumping, but i laughed as my dd loves to jump

Anyway - he stepped into the pool from the side. Like, its a kids pool so maybe a meter deep, but he just casually stepped in it. I have to sit on the side and then slide in for reference

I was like, omg you are so bloody hot 😋

I think he noticed me eyeing him, so I got back to dd and havent seen him since. But i still think of him sometimes. Getting a little tired of single life 😄😄

How long were his legs?🤣

DeltaVariant · 06/06/2026 11:00

Learned to maintain my wheelchair for me without me asking.

ThisAmpleCritic · 06/06/2026 11:04

Just being competent! Had a training day at work and one of the trainers was just so.fucking.good.at.his.job, I was enthralled 😍

Delladuck · 06/06/2026 11:19

Do always does daft things like walk in front of me on the stairs in case I trip or walks on the road side of the pavement so I don't fall into traffic

About 5 weeks ago,I trapped a nerve in my hip-i have never felt pain like it

I couldn't walk,sit,lay down,climb stairs-i could wedge my arse on a chair (at best)

Dp got me out of bed about 7am,helped me to the loo,helped me in and out of the shower,holding me up enough so I could brush my teeth before making me a cuppa/breakfast and going off to work (Monday to friday-weekends,he did everything i needed-he refused to leave my side)

He comes back about 4:20pm and from the moment he got home,he did everything-dinner/washing/housework/anything I needed (tbh he wanted to come home at lunch to help but I said not to as the painkillers where knocking me out and id just be snoring away while perched on my chair)

As I started to get better,he hovers in case hes needed and just does it-he knows what i need before I do

I also ended up in hospital 3 times over the 5 weeks and he never left my side,even at 3am

God knows what id have done without him and the crutches he managed to borrow from a friend

I luffs him-hes a good egg

ChristmasCwtch · 06/06/2026 11:32

WoodforTrees · 06/06/2026 00:52

Years ago, I was seeing someone who was - on the surface - quite alpha. Sarf London accent, sexy AF, lots of banter but definitely tuned in and thoughtful. Anyway after a few weeks, he took me away for the weekend to a lovely hotel in the countryside.

We got to our room and were unpacking our little weekend bags when he pulled out a brand new copy of Birdsong by Sebastian Faulks because he remembered me saying I keep meaning to read it. I thought that was lovely, but then he PULLED OUT ANOTHER COPY so he could read it too and we could talk about it. Honestly nearly orgasmed right there.

When i think back to that weekend, it was all about lying in the sun reading our books until we couldn't wait to have sex again. But the reading was sooooo hot.

Edited

Just wow to this one!! 🤩

ChipshopPickledEgg · 06/06/2026 11:41

My husband in full blown Dad mode with our little girl the care compassion and love.

TheIceBear · 06/06/2026 12:08

WoodforTrees · 06/06/2026 10:54

Morning Ms Jolly

You do know we're all different, right? That the point of this thread is to compare things which we find attractive - not to agree universally what is erotic.

What a pointless post.

Yeh we are all different and entitled to voice an opinion aren’t we ? Or are only people who are agreeable allowed post . Agree your post is pointless

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