You meet the one. They're perfect for you. Then youve got the ick so badly you eant to set fire to yourself. What petty thing did they do?? 👀

[mumofoneAloneandwell]

Eaten tuna 🤢

Monstrous food eaten by those with poor morals.

HE didn’t have a high cholesterol level, he was actually quite a fit cyclist, and even if he did have cholesterol problems, ONE slice of bread with butter wouldn’t make him keel over.

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Said he'd never eat cornflakes because you might just as well eat a bowl of pure sugar

I think a lot of men make the fatal mistake of assuming every woman is maternal whether they be mother to a brood of 7 or an 18 year old - they assume it’s innate and we will find these ‘cutesie’ lickle boy acts irresistible, like their mums, aunties and grandmothers….. which is disturbing in itself given the presumed sexual context of this now adult relationship 😬

He was by no means perfect, nor "the one". The ick was there for a long time festering but the final straw when he told me I was too old to be wearing my beloved sparkly turquoise nail varnish and I should wear the same subtle coral colour that his mum wore. I was 19, he was 26 & his mum was 60.
His other words of wisdom included telling me I shouldn't be outside with wet hair as people would think I was a slut (knowledge that had been imparted to him by his 90 year old Gran). We'd just been swimming in the sea and funnily enough I didn't have a hairdryer in my bag.
He had already chosen the names of his future children and he didn't understand why he should have to compromise on them if the mother of his children didn't like the ones he'd decided on.
I pity his now wife, although I'm assuming she must have found something about him endearing in order to marry him in the first place. Just thinking about the fact I went out with him for so long makes my skin crawl!

Love it, really made me giggle! 😂

You haven't met "the one" if you are put off by trivia/small mistakes.

What's more, if you are put off by trivia/small mistakes, there is probably little point in holding out for "the one" because sooner or later they are going to do something unattractive/stupid. It happens to all of us.

Probably better off living alone in your own low tolerance zone.

Bit rude 🙄

😂😂😂😂

He absolutely was not the one in any way but the ick was when he stayed over at mine for the first time then the next day asked me to drive him to the train station as he reckoned he would get lost. It's a 5 minute walk in a straight line down the main road. Didn't see him again.

One long term ex. One time I wasn't in the mood for sex and he stuck out his bottom lip, fluttered his eyelashes and said "pwetty pwease?". Stuck with it for a few more months because I adored his kids but couldn't fancy him again after that.

Not mine but a colleague had a row with her boyfriend over something minor. He kept messaging her and she muted him as she was at work. Mid afternoon she gets a call from BFs mummy telling her he's a lovely boy and cares about her a lot and she should just talk to him. They're actually still together but I got the major ick on her behalf!

Told me confidently that the flags and protests outside of migrant hotels were "To protect women" 😶

I should have clarified. Australian/older gent/ outdoor pursuits etc completely fair, it's what it's for after all. We were 19 & I was a hip, young student; he was a 20yr old, tall, lanky, pale Scotsman whose only outdoor pursuit was walking to the pub. We were in Edinburgh at the Fringe!

He had a friend who was sort of old money, Scottish landed gentry, & I think he just wanted to be him (said mate was an absolute wanker with a shitty ponytail who treated his Australian girlfriend like staff & like she was lucky to have his time).

We crawled on for about a year. He lost his job & I ended up subsidising him on my part-time, student wages. Wanker. I saw the light eventually. Mind you, I have him to thank as my standards since then have been SO high to counter my stupidity!

Oh I am so sick of the anti reform attitudes here.
If you really think uncontrolled third world immigration legal or illegal has improved this country then I have a bridge to sell you!!
Population growth of 20 million since the 50s has stuffed housing education NHS low skilled employment for UK residents let alone primary schools with 50 per cent non English speakers.
If you cannot speak English after 2 years here then no benefits or housing etc.
Sorry if you do not like my opinions.

Haha it wasn't cool, when I was young, to be called Barry 😁

Yes, but Ryan Gosling wore a cardigan in Project Hail Mary and that didn't dim his appeal!

Thank you for clarifying, @Puffalicious . I will confirm that DH is 3 for 3 with your criteria. I'm delighted that I may not have to dump him - especially since it's taken me 35 years to train him!

This was totally down to his mum. Overbearing cretins like this ruin men for future partners and then wonder thy they never marry or divorce early.

Told me that:

"If Mr. Wonderful comes along, then I'd let you go because I would want you to be happy"

This was whilst we were away on a 'romantic break' Needless to say he got dumped pretty quickly after that.

And I'm very pleased to hear that your wanker has caused your standards to be raised.

Ha! He definitely gets a pass. A well trained man is a God send! I also have one.

ONE OF THEM WAS IN THE FUCKING GHETTO.

There are so many verses. So many....

yeah.... you know that's why she wrote it. Honestly.... 🙄

Absolutely. I'm forever telling the myriad of younger women in my work to have high expectations & that's what they'll eventually get. I'm known in my friendship group for taking no shit after 'Wanker Jim' & 'Dickhead David' 🤣

I mean, you're telling on yourself there but FWIW there are plenty of anti Labour and Green party threads and comments on Mumsnet. People have strong views on politics and voice them.

Whether or not he stands for what you believe in Nige is an objectively terrible MP. He's failed to hold a single surgery in Clacton, and he's missed 77 of 77 votes in Parliament this spring. He sat on the EU committee for fisheries, bitched about how shit the EU was for British fishermen but only actually attended said committee once.

Mine was a guy I was seeing had a small guitar in his bedroom. On a STAND! I thought that was so bizarre as he was already living at his parents and late 20’s. It was only a few years later that I learned that there was a thing called Guitar Hero and it’s actually an interactive gaming thing for Playsation etc. Ironically this was when I was seeing someone who worked for the company so it was really weird all round. Did feel a smidge of guilt for the false judgement but he was an arsehole in other ways tbf.

My Partner voted for Reform. Instant ick and trying to get shot of NOW