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What random / secret things do you find attractive?!

465 replies

Luckyduck88 · 21/02/2019 17:05

So... here are the random things I find attractive in a man.

-someone who is good at catching. This sporting prowess makes me weak at the knees.

-an effortless parallel parker. Swoon.

-Smoking. Hear me out... I do not want a smoker in fact I'd actively avoid a man that smokes... but deep down maybe it's the Hollywood old school glamour (or more likely deep seated crushes on the bad boy at school lighting up behind the bike shed) hangs head in shame

What are your slightly less obvious 'secret' things that make you fancy someone?

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JustDanceAddict · 22/02/2019 09:19

Plays guitar

Can cook/not afraid of housework

Reads

Nice eyes/bum/tall/big hands

I hate smoking so that’s a complete turn off for me!

MissKittyBeaudelais · 22/02/2019 09:21

Men putting on/taking off a tie in front of the mirror.

Also, men wet shaving, in front of the mirror.

Am I weird? 😐

Headinthedrawer · 22/02/2019 09:28

A really serious expression.Neat fingernails.Slightly suntanned hands.

TraceyBond · 22/02/2019 10:21

IfNotNowThenWhy Sharpe, god yes. I have the day off on my own, I think I know what to watch on tv now Grin

Men in checked shirts and wellies - comes from going to agricultural college.

Also... men in women's underwear or fit gay men kissing - hold me back

Fontella · 22/02/2019 11:19

Men who have slightly bandy legs! Like Andrew Lincoln in the walking dead. I don't find anything else about him particularly attractive but I always find bow-legged men a bit sexy. Weird.

You would have LOVED the guy who was walking in front of me into Tesco the other day then.

He was gorgeous. Mid to late 40s, tall, tousled hair, leather jacket, long legs in jeans and boots ... but he was bandy as a coot, which put me right off.

He was perfect in every way ... apart from the fact you could have driven a small mini between his legs.

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Losingthechubrub · 22/02/2019 11:39

Navy combat trousers and a tool belt
Hairy forearms and big hands
A face that looks 'lived in'
Grey hair
Big noses

Losingthechubrub · 22/02/2019 11:43

JustDanceAddict You just described my other half

GrouchyKiwi · 22/02/2019 11:53

My DH reeled me in by speaking Latin, talking Linguistics with me (and knowing more), and singing the Elements song by Tom Lehrer. Blush

BettyBahooky · 22/02/2019 12:15

Scottish accent, round firm peachy bum, fair hair with brown eyes, juicy lips, grey joggers with no pants underneath.. 👀

TheFirstRuleOfFightClub · 22/02/2019 12:29

He was perfect in every way ... apart from the fact you could have driven a small mini between his legs.

Or as they say around her, 'he couldn't stop a pig in a ginnel'. 😂

TheFirstRuleOfFightClub · 22/02/2019 12:30

*here

ghostyslovesheets · 22/02/2019 12:36

dark hair
nice eyes
ability to use sarcasm correctly and laugh at themselves

I am a bloody awesome parker (reverse and parallel) and I have a nice back - I'm a fucking catch (if this works for men!)

Pannalash · 22/02/2019 12:56

Fabulous teeth

Deep voice with a posh Scottish accent

hazandduck · 22/02/2019 13:03

@ThefirstruleofFightClub my grandad always used to say “he’d never stop a pig in an alley!” 😂

Also @minkies11 thanks for the LOL!

autumndreaming · 22/02/2019 13:08

Big nose
Sitting on the side of the bed putting cufflinks on
Driving

RubyRedBerry · 22/02/2019 13:49

bit of black eyeliner on a man.....strange i know :)

inashizzle · 22/02/2019 16:36

Shaving, especially when pushing tongue to get to the bit between lip and nose

Watching solid forearms and biceps working when sawing

A man who has no idea he is really attractive, isn't on the look out.

Fresh out of shower hair

George Best in his early twenties, maybe even Tom Jones (without that loin thing he had going on ). Tommy Selby .So all with that glint in eye. A winker generally gets me too. Had a wink from a drummer with great forearms , he knew exactly what he was doing. Do miss a good wink. Loved a good whistle too. Do young men even whistle now?

origamiunicorn · 22/02/2019 16:55

Watching solid forearms and biceps working when sawing

Yes! Any manual labour really, some nice forearms doing sawing, drilling, anything hands on and slightly grubby is just weak knees all round.

Pugwash1 · 22/02/2019 16:59

Glasses
Boots of pretty much any type
Fugly. Not just ugly
Shaved bald or lots of hair to collar
Chest fur
Muscly
Uniformed
Nice teeth
Broken noses
Scars
Crap at housework /cooking
Great at everything else
Speaks foreign languages
Clever
Awkard around women
Picks worms and snails off paths
Good with animals, elderly and children
Sarcastic but wittily so
Red heads
Luckily DH is all of the above apart from glasses so bought him a pair without prescription lenses in and he's shaved his head. Problem solved!

AllPizzasGreatAndSmall · 22/02/2019 17:26

Why are people saying things like fabulous teeth and nice eyes, surely it's normal to find them attractive?
The question was about less obvious/random things that people like.

Chelsea26 · 22/02/2019 17:36

I have a few weird ones...

when a man is running and he has muscly legs he gets a line up the side of his thigh from the back of his knee - that sends me funny.

Goalkeepers - not just professionals - they tend to be tall and broad which helps but also have a certain kind of personality

Also any man who can whistle really loudly with his fingers in his mouth (to be fair any woman too!) I so want to be able to do that!

Mol5 · 22/02/2019 17:39

Callus blisters on a mans hands

edgen2019 · 22/02/2019 17:40

Men who don't swear.

FuckYouChrisAndThatHorse · 22/02/2019 17:45

One of those 90s check shirts tied around the waist with t-shirt and jeans. Takes me straight back to being in Uni. Why don’t men tie their shirts around their waists anymore?

Mother87 · 22/02/2019 18:12

Nice firearmGrin
War photographers with looooads of pockets (Don McCullin who's 80+ now but still 'dashing' imo)

Scruffy (fit) builders with loads of pockets and utility beltsGrin

Fit men rolling fags/cricket bowlers/linen type scarves artfully 'swagged' Grin

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