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AIBU to ask you for the funniest reasons you've lost interest in someone?

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BakedInAButteryFlakyCrust · 24/10/2026 14:49

I did one of these threads under a different username a couple of years ago with hundreds and hundreds of replies and it genuinely brought me to tears. I can't find it to read back on.

I'm recovering from surgery and laying horizontal and was hoping some of you could revive your funny / cringy experiences to brighten my day.

After a long marriage, I have spent the last 3 years being superbly single and here are some that I have been through, which immediately gave me the 'ick.'

• I was taken on a lovely date in London. Really hit it off well. He drove me home (rooky error) and proceeded to indicate around every bend and curve in the road. I got home, thanked him for his time and blocked him.

• next one was a guy I was seeing for a few months. He told me 6 days in 'I generally really love you.' And would type Mabye instead of maybe. I just couldn't get over it.

• getting jiggy with someone. I proceeded to use my hand to help me along. After the deed was done and I (finally) got there, he proceeded to well up with actual tears and told me I shouldn't need to do that, and to give him constructive feedback on his performance so I wouldn't need to do that in future. I didn't sleep with him again.

• Those fucking ridiculous ballerina socks men wear. This might be trivial but I just wait for any bloke wearing them to burst into a full pirouette. This was also the same guy as above.

• Another hinge guy would send 😂 after every message. What are you up to today? 😂
I'm just getting home from work 😂

I have so many more. Many many more. Please tell me your experiences to remind me why I need to stay single!

OP posts:
elfies · 25/10/2026 20:01

Many years ago I had a colleague who finished with her boyfriend because his false teeth clicked when he kissed her !

SunnyJoker · 25/10/2026 20:03

I was on a first date with someone in a Beefeater restaurant. The young waitress was going round filling the little ramekin dishes with sachets of sauce, mayo, vinegar etc. He waited until she was at the table behind and proceeded to take every single sachet out and put them in his pocket.I was disgusted and asked why he did that. His answer; his kids liked them… I got up there and then and left!!

KathleenDarleenDayKnight · 25/10/2026 20:10

DorsetKnobBiscuit · 24/10/2026 20:52

I shuddered. Truly revolting poses.

Notasbigasithink · 25/10/2026 20:11

Thewonderfuldollypartonsbra · 24/10/2026 15:52

Too many to mention but the best ones (all different men)

'Met' online and arranged a date
All good until he opened his mouth and spoke-he sounded just like donald duck

Another date-had been on a few dates and where getting down to it
He took off his (white) pants and they where persil white-they almost glowed in the dark

The one who took me to Scarborough (a few dates in)
There is (or used to be) a burger van on the seafront
He ordered himself a massive burger,sat and scoffed it (with grease and ketchup running down his chin) while looking me in the eye and saying 'nomnomnom'
Didn't even ask if I wanted a chip

My ex-i was madly in love with this arsehole and had gone to see him
He must had stepped out of his jeans/pants in his bedroom and left them there
They where soaked in dried shit-it had dripped through to his jeans
Ive never felt love dry up so fast

Had all his teddy bears lined up on top of his wardrobe

Had a dried bogey on his nostril

When he spoke he had white stringy saliva in his mouth

Didn't own a toothbrush (or any teeth)

Had the same name as my brother

Went on a date,went really well and he ghosted me
Popped back up a few months later and tried to act like it hadn't happened
He must have met someone else,that ended and he tried to come back to me for a shag

Had a really long foreskin-it sort of dangled over the end of his willy

I guess I get the ick really easily

I'm sorry but you need to elaborate on the shit soaked jeans guy?!
Had he just crapped himself and got into bed without a wash? Did you discover this when you woke up or were these old jeans that he'd never bothered washing?!

Notasbigasithink · 25/10/2026 20:22

The absolutely dead silent 'cumming' guy! Not even a slight lip curl to give anything away! After about 10mins I asked him and he'd cum about 9mins 55seconds ago....
Apparently he was embarrassed about his premature ejaculation problem so thought it would be better to hide it instead?!
He had a really really small (thin and short) penis too

hot2trotter · 25/10/2026 20:25

Okay, well I won't be able to beat slipped over in Greggs, and wiped his arse on a towel that he then threw out of the window (my personal favourites).

-Wore Spongebob Squarepants boxer shorts the first time we were about to have sex.
-Kept playing the song "Put Your Hands Up For Detroit" on repeat, complete with singing it right up in my face. I can still picture it now, and his breath stunk.
-Had a voice like Joe Pasquale.
-Had to be home by 9pm so his parents could 'lock up' - he was 32.
-Had a really baggy foreskin that draped down at least an inch over his bell.
-Had a micro penis.
-Ended every single text with 'CU Sunday @ 7pm' or whatever the day/time was that we were next seeing each other in person. And I mean, every single text.
-Wore the same aftershave as an ex who broke my heart.
-Had crusty eyebrows.
-Cancelled a date because his mum said he shouldn't go out if he had a cold.

I've mixed the order up but a few of them were the same person

MrsE1 · 25/10/2026 20:29

Maddy70 · 24/10/2026 14:52

He rolled ham into a roll when he made me a salad like it was posh ... Instant turn off

That’s harsh!

InjuredDuck · 25/10/2026 20:31

Thewonderfuldollypartonsbra · 24/10/2026 15:56

My ex didn't have an arse

His legs just sort of joined his back with no arse in-between

He was a weird combination of skinny and soft at the same time

Very off putting

His pencil dick didn't help matters

Was he called Ryan? 😂

AgentPidge · 25/10/2026 20:31

I was 16 or 17 and it was the first time I'd been to the cinema for a date. During the film he tapped me on the arm and showed me his false tooth, which he'd taken out, for some reason. It put me right off!

YYURYYUCICYYUR4ME · 25/10/2026 20:32

First walk home from a pub meeting, many years ago, said to me 'see her in front, could you wear a pair of jeans like that on our next date, so I can see the shape of your arse'!! There was no next date.

Hillwalker · 25/10/2026 20:34

My sister finished with her boyfriend because she didn’t like the way his hands joined onto his arms!

Hocuspocuspreparatus · 25/10/2026 20:43

it was a sad one. Wearing socks with sandals on the beach at 35 degrees and in the night he just hold my bum tight and thats it, said he is waiting for the perfect moment. Never again ( and he was called Tony )
another one, on every message or any conversation,, let go yo X restaurant to eat sushi Roarrr,, I am going to work Roarrr,,

TheLastSilverSaint · 25/10/2026 20:49

All different men:

He sang along to the Bruce Springsteen song Atlantic City while looking fondly into my eyes and replacing the word ‘Atlantic’ with the name of his hometown.

He described my body as ‘looking very trim’ during sex.

He confidently informed me that I was lying when I said I enjoyed giving oral sex, because ‘nobody in the world actually likes giving oral, couples just do it to each other because they feel like they’re supposed to’. Also he had a centrefold poster blu-tacked to his bedroom wall of a woman in a bikini sitting astride a motorbike, despite him being 39 years old.

He suggested I have my perfectly happy, extremely healthy dog put to sleep because she was old.

I was due to meet his parents and he asked me to wear a short skirt because his dad thought short skirts were sexy.

He went to his GP one winter because his hands were mildly chapped. As if that wasn’t bad enough, he showed me his prescription treatment as proof that seeing the GP was the correct thing to do. The treatment was a small pot of E45 cream.

Thewonderfuldollypartonsbra · 25/10/2026 20:50

Notasbigasithink · 25/10/2026 20:11

I'm sorry but you need to elaborate on the shit soaked jeans guy?!
Had he just crapped himself and got into bed without a wash? Did you discover this when you woke up or were these old jeans that he'd never bothered washing?!

I have no idea

I'd gone round because I was a fool and madly in love with him

He just wanted sex

He'd finished work few hours earlier (long distance lorry driver) so I'm guessing he'd taken them off and gone to wipe his arse but forgotten about them/couldn't be arsed to move them

He went for a wee and I wandered into the bedroom

There they where-his pants and jeans on the floor (they where soaked in shit-i can still smell them)

I have no idea how long they'd been there-it was dry (or at least looked it-i wasn't touching them to find out!)

I fled his flat and went home-everything I felt for him just dried up faster than my vagina

Turns out,he'd been cheating on two other women with me and had another in the wings (he gave me an std and blamed me for giving it to him-i hadn't slept with anyone else)

I never said another word to him-i doubt realising he'd left them on the floor turned me off-he won't have given it a thought

I shudder at the woman I was then-my standards where low but not that low

Notasbigasithink · 25/10/2026 20:54

Thewonderfuldollypartonsbra · 25/10/2026 20:50

I have no idea

I'd gone round because I was a fool and madly in love with him

He just wanted sex

He'd finished work few hours earlier (long distance lorry driver) so I'm guessing he'd taken them off and gone to wipe his arse but forgotten about them/couldn't be arsed to move them

He went for a wee and I wandered into the bedroom

There they where-his pants and jeans on the floor (they where soaked in shit-i can still smell them)

I have no idea how long they'd been there-it was dry (or at least looked it-i wasn't touching them to find out!)

I fled his flat and went home-everything I felt for him just dried up faster than my vagina

Turns out,he'd been cheating on two other women with me and had another in the wings (he gave me an std and blamed me for giving it to him-i hadn't slept with anyone else)

I never said another word to him-i doubt realising he'd left them on the floor turned me off-he won't have given it a thought

I shudder at the woman I was then-my standards where low but not that low

🤢🤢🤢

Thewonderfuldollypartonsbra · 25/10/2026 20:54

InjuredDuck · 25/10/2026 20:31

Was he called Ryan? 😂

Haha

No,Simon (or si as he liked to be known)

I call him 'the alki dickhead' now lol

TheLastSilverSaint · 25/10/2026 20:56

3luckystars · 25/10/2026 18:59

That’s not my criteria.

Ignore Shuggles. He’s a strange - and celibate - little man who pops up on threads like this to tell women they’re unreasonable for not dating men they find unattractive.

BakedInAButteryFlakyCrust · 25/10/2026 21:15

TheLastSilverSaint · 25/10/2026 20:49

All different men:

He sang along to the Bruce Springsteen song Atlantic City while looking fondly into my eyes and replacing the word ‘Atlantic’ with the name of his hometown.

He described my body as ‘looking very trim’ during sex.

He confidently informed me that I was lying when I said I enjoyed giving oral sex, because ‘nobody in the world actually likes giving oral, couples just do it to each other because they feel like they’re supposed to’. Also he had a centrefold poster blu-tacked to his bedroom wall of a woman in a bikini sitting astride a motorbike, despite him being 39 years old.

He suggested I have my perfectly happy, extremely healthy dog put to sleep because she was old.

I was due to meet his parents and he asked me to wear a short skirt because his dad thought short skirts were sexy.

He went to his GP one winter because his hands were mildly chapped. As if that wasn’t bad enough, he showed me his prescription treatment as proof that seeing the GP was the correct thing to do. The treatment was a small pot of E45 cream.

His dad liked short skirts and he asked you to wear one for that reason? I'm sorry!?!?

OP posts:
FreyaJade · 25/10/2026 21:34

I am right now very happy to be single.. I thought my dating history was bad but omg some of these stories are making me feel quite sick!

Cielovista · 25/10/2026 21:44

I once went off someone when they didn’t put their knife and fork together at the end of the meal.

Prekoc2 · 25/10/2026 21:46

He was really pointy. Especially his nose, his chin and his shoes. He also had no lips.

Also he couldn't pronounce his 'r's properly. This was particularly unfortunate as his ex (whom he mentioned frequently) was called Rebecca.

SeraphionLightbringer · 25/10/2026 21:46

He walked too casually. I can’t explain it, he just did and it grossed me out.

hendaw · 25/10/2026 21:47

he ordered a coke and crisps, just gave me the ick

SemiRetiredLoveGoddeess · 25/10/2026 21:48

Nofeckingway · 24/10/2026 15:08

Ugly shoes and not in a trendy way .
Wore black shirt with navy trousers . I made him change and never went out with him again.
Wore a baseball cap with a suit . Like Trump but years before .
Ate picallili ? on a chicken sandwich. In his cupboard was also a load of food in cans .
Didn't eat vegetables and referred to salad as rabbit food.

Chicken and Picallili must be an absolute deal breaker for any woman.

Not exactly sophisticated.

Notasbigasithink · 25/10/2026 22:36

hot2trotter · 25/10/2026 20:25

Okay, well I won't be able to beat slipped over in Greggs, and wiped his arse on a towel that he then threw out of the window (my personal favourites).

-Wore Spongebob Squarepants boxer shorts the first time we were about to have sex.
-Kept playing the song "Put Your Hands Up For Detroit" on repeat, complete with singing it right up in my face. I can still picture it now, and his breath stunk.
-Had a voice like Joe Pasquale.
-Had to be home by 9pm so his parents could 'lock up' - he was 32.
-Had a really baggy foreskin that draped down at least an inch over his bell.
-Had a micro penis.
-Ended every single text with 'CU Sunday @ 7pm' or whatever the day/time was that we were next seeing each other in person. And I mean, every single text.
-Wore the same aftershave as an ex who broke my heart.
-Had crusty eyebrows.
-Cancelled a date because his mum said he shouldn't go out if he had a cold.

I've mixed the order up but a few of them were the same person

I thought they were all the same person and was wondering how the hell you managed to last long enough to see his droopy-turtleneck micro penis?!