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What is the most unattractive thing a man has done, intentionally or otherwise?

52 replies

PolkaDotPorridge · 06/06/2026 21:49

Inspired by another thread.

Many years ago -

Cried in a cupboard when I ended the relationship
Another delightful chap on a FIRST DATE picked his nose and wiped it under the table at dinner in full view of my horrified face

There is one more but it is way to gross to post 🤦🏼‍♀️🤮

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Redsofacushionsandsnacks · 06/06/2026 21:58

Licked my face on a first date. To this day, I have no idea what that was about?
Did he think I was a Cornetto? Or was he channeling Hannibal Lector? Not a clue.
Different guy, the first time we had sex, he used fingernails in places fingernails should never be. Grim.

BuffetTheDietSlayer · 06/06/2026 22:11

Cried in a cupboard when I ended the relationship

Did he tell you that or did you open the cupboard and find him crying?

PashaMinaMio · 06/06/2026 22:14

Dry skin flakes. Used to pick them off & make it bleed. Always had scabs.

mumofoneAloneandwell · 06/06/2026 22:17

Had one long creepy fingernail on their little finger, which can only have been used for picking at gross things

Lied about the dumbest things

PolkaDotPorridge · 06/06/2026 22:19

BuffetTheDietSlayer · 06/06/2026 22:11

Cried in a cupboard when I ended the relationship

Did he tell you that or did you open the cupboard and find him crying?

He went upstairs and didn’t come down for ages, so I went up after him and heard the sobbing coming from the cupboard. I still cringe thinking about it.

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NedsAtomicWheelieBin · 07/06/2026 01:19

Wore a steam punk outfit.
Admired himself in the mirror, slapping his huge gut and said "yep, still got it"
Treated me like a sex doll in the bedroom because he was addicted to porn.

All the same man.

PolkaDotPorridge · 07/06/2026 14:40

NedsAtomicWheelieBin · 07/06/2026 01:19

Wore a steam punk outfit.
Admired himself in the mirror, slapping his huge gut and said "yep, still got it"
Treated me like a sex doll in the bedroom because he was addicted to porn.

All the same man.

Sounds like a catch! Why are they so weird!

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mixcross · 07/06/2026 14:47

Early in a relationship a man cut his toenails in front of me and my desire for him pinged out the window as his toenails pinged around the room.

Slightyamusedandsilly · 07/06/2026 14:48

Different boyfriends

Wasn't hygienic but still wanted blow jobs. Once, I gagged when I got near and could smell it and he was insulted. WTF?

Wiped his bits on the duvet cover (his house, not mine, I'd have kicked him out there and then) after DTD.

Cut his toenails in the kitchen and one flicked into my cereal.

Took false teeth out in front of me.

Absolutely rank. Urgh.

wheredidtheteago · 07/06/2026 14:49

Took me on a date, took my drink order, came back with said drink and ‘shared’ it with me taking massive gulps out of it 😳 there wasn’t a second date

mixcross · 07/06/2026 14:51

@Slightyamusedandsilly My sympathies, your fella sounds worse to be honest!

Pinkissmart · 07/06/2026 14:56

Hid under the bed when I was in labour

TheLightSideOfTheMoon · 07/06/2026 15:13

mumofoneAloneandwell · 06/06/2026 22:17

Had one long creepy fingernail on their little finger, which can only have been used for picking at gross things

Lied about the dumbest things

Coke Nail.

ExDP would pluck his facial hair with tweezers (he always stole my tweezers and lost them - cunt) while staring gormlessly at his phone.

It wasn’t just the plucking. Each time he pulled out a hair he made an even stupider face and then relaxed back into gormless once it was out.

Dearest readers, I was with him for twenty years.

Slightyamusedandsilly · 07/06/2026 15:27

mixcross · 07/06/2026 14:51

@Slightyamusedandsilly My sympathies, your fella sounds worse to be honest!

It was more than one.

I'm permanently single now. The thought of them makes me want vom.

OatHazelnutLatte · 07/06/2026 15:34

PolkaDotPorridge · 06/06/2026 22:19

He went upstairs and didn’t come down for ages, so I went up after him and heard the sobbing coming from the cupboard. I still cringe thinking about it.

How long had you been together? Did you live together?

searchforthesun · 07/06/2026 15:49

Didnt brush his teeth before getting into bed at night 🤢 apparently, once a day was enough.

Whettlettuce · 07/06/2026 16:16

I dated a guy briefly that cried every time he ejaculated. Gave me the right ick

Givemeausernamepls · 07/06/2026 16:22

Moved in with me… and I am being serious. I’ve loved with two men and whilst both were very different the experience was deeply unpleasant

Squirrelchops1 · 07/06/2026 16:23

Grunting each time they thrust forward during sex.

NotDarkGothicMama · 07/06/2026 16:59

Laughed. I really fancied him, made a special effort to be at an event I knew he'd be at, and then heard him laugh for the first time. He brayed like a donkey. Stopped fancying him immediately.

Random321 · 07/06/2026 17:40

On turned up in the most wrinkled, unironed clothes. Looked like he slept in them. Killed attraction immediately.

Another organised a date in a fancy restaurant but had ordered for me before I got there. I wasn't late.

He has a steak but ordered crab salad. I actually like crab salad but he didn't know that.
If he was controlling enough to order for me on date 2, there was no way I was seeing him again.

smallglassbottle · 07/06/2026 18:54

Left me sitting in the car at a motorway service station whilst he went inside for a meal and I sat in the car with a very high temperature due to a blood infection. I only found out what it was when I got home and saw a doctor. Don't worry, I got rid of him 😊

Luckydog7 · 07/06/2026 19:24

Told me, with great affection, like he was doing me a huge favour, that he would 'just follow me with work' and 'I will just get a job in a shop or something'. We were both in university at the time, and I was doing a design degree, not joining the army or planning to work on oil rigs or something.

I was like WTF, you're planning on being a trailing husband with a little job at 21?? The economy had just collapsed too!

PauliesWalnuts · 07/06/2026 19:33

Blocked my toilet with acres of paper (and shite), before getting on his bike and cycling to work, leaving me to deal with it.

beeble347 · 07/06/2026 19:39

Got stupidly drunk, ate Burger king off his bare chest sat up in bed, then went and threw up in his sink. Then came back to bed and was trying to spoon me with cold, wet hands 🤢

Also - did a big snotty sneeze all over his hand, then started licking it off like a dog. Was fully mid open tongue lick when I went "what are you doing?!?!" He'd apparently forgotten I was next to him and could see everything. He said "there's no tissues around!" We were in my student bedroom which had a sink in it.

Same guy - what a prince. Rest of his behaviour was even worse. I look back and don't know which urge is stronger, to cringe, vomit or give my younger self a good shake!