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What random / secret things do you find attractive?!

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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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ALongHardWinter · 21/02/2019 18:54

Glad to see I'm not the only one affected by nice forearms!
I also love it when a man smells nice. I don't mean doused in aftershave,just a faint whiff of something citrusy/minty.....
I can't resist intense blue eyes either.

DuffBeer · 21/02/2019 18:56

Nice armpits
Attractive nipples
Left handed

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MamaBear2181 · 21/02/2019 18:57

Another vote for Riggers aswell. My extremely sexy OH wears them for work. He’s a landscape gardener so well muscled, tanned and has those kinda rough workman’s hands that feel amazing running over my skin. Swoon!

stegosauruslady · 21/02/2019 18:57

Hairy men. Its just super masculine and sexy. DP finds his own hairy back a bit horrible, I looove it. I also won't let him trim his pubic hair, I like the jungle!

The smell of DP's sweat. Doesn't work with anyone else, but I adore him a bit stinky and hate it when he has been at work and smells of deodorant.

SauvingnonBlanketyBlanc · 21/02/2019 18:59

A man (dh)who can wink sexily gives me the fanny gallops

IfNotNowThenWhy · 21/02/2019 19:00

So...hunky bods, nice arms, good at things and smells nice then! ?
Most of these are fairly mainstrean (not all obvs).I want to hear more weird ones!
I personally HATE men driving, it's a turn off. They all think they are amazing at it so maybe that's why.
A man on a horse though. Phworgh.
I also quite like a man who looks a bit evil and has a filthy laugh. Reading gets me going too but I have never had one who did that. Grin

halfwitpicker · 21/02/2019 19:01

I quite like a man in a cable knit sweater. Or a man chopping wood.

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Just tyring to imagine the likelihood of finding some bloke chopping wooding a cable knit sweater... Grin

itbemay1 · 21/02/2019 19:13

Well defined shoulders and a little soft belly!

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Ratonastick · 21/02/2019 19:26

Watching a man undo his tie and top button. Or just loosen them, that’s fine too. And a man in a dinner jacket with his bow tie undone and hanging round his undone collar. Sigh......

Tryingtogetitright · 21/02/2019 19:27

As well as forearms I like really hairy men, especially when the backs of his hands are hairy. Does it for me!

SummerIsNearer · 21/02/2019 19:27

A very common accent... think proper Eastend or Essex.

Blonde hair, blue eyes. Possibly slightly darker blonde but 'was blonde as a baby'.

Nice car.

When he starts a sentence with 'at the end of the day'.

Big smile, slightly crooked teeth.

A man that likes club classics, old school anthems and UB40.

Decormad38 · 21/02/2019 19:34

Crinkles round eyes.
Scandinavian style glasses.
Checked pyjama bottoms and t shirt

SummerIsNearer · 21/02/2019 19:34

Just came to add that I find Ralph Finnes ridiculously attractive in Schindler's List Blush

AvocadoDream · 21/02/2019 19:35

I find men’s hands erotic. Sometimes I can’t help but think what those fingers could do to me as I leisurely study a manly hand. Smaller hand with long independent fingers is a turn on definitely. Fortunately, men don’t tend to cover their hands In everyday life, unlike their buttocks. So ;)

halfwitpicker · 21/02/2019 19:41

You and me both, summer

Aardvarkitsabloodyaardvark · 21/02/2019 19:42

Blue eyes, big thighs and tattoos Blush

mooncuplanding · 21/02/2019 19:43

The reverse parking is clearly a thing I share with many others Grin

There's something about a man doing manual labour in the sunshine that is hot

And boxing. I'm supposed to hate it I know, but it's just really manly. I met a famous boxer once and he sort of took your breath away.

tor8181 · 21/02/2019 19:44

ive always liked short pretty boys who can sing(well shorter than my 5ft10)

i put it down to my boy band obsession from the 90s when i was a teenager that still hasn't gone away at 38

its not all boy bands though any handsome man who can sing with out facial hair(my pet hate as it turns my stomach)make me weak at the knees or as del boy puts it makes them bandy

Bezalelle · 21/02/2019 19:44

Curly hair.

DP shaves his head but I've seen photos of him with longer hair and it gives me the gallops.

TheFirstRuleOfFightClub · 21/02/2019 19:47

*ToeDust

I like a man in a kilt, with the knee high socks and the sporran. I was tempted to get the men in kilts calendar until i saw the pictures mostly had no legs on them 😭*

My daughter bought me this calendar for Christmas. I prefer men that look like vikings, long beards and longish hair tied back, but they didn't have a Viking calendar! 😂

Menarefrommarsitwouldseem · 21/02/2019 19:49

Big hands.
Sunday morning scruff. So showered and clean. But trackies, t shirt and stubble.
Arrogance
Driving in general. Except my ex who drove like an old woman and was stressy.
When they do little things like change the battery in my car key fob and just know how. I swear my car at the moment I was watching YouTube videos and I still couldn't get the bastard thing out.
Beer on their breath

JacquettaW · 21/02/2019 19:50

Chunky bums
Bit of a gut, a la Paul Hollywood. There's a man at work and I'd kill to have a squeeze of his belly Blush

I also second police men in stab vests

Grinchly · 21/02/2019 19:51

God I HATE that arm on the back of the seat/headrest thing.
I do like older men who manoeuvre to be on the road side. Makes me smile and reminds me of my lovely Dad.

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