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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!

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disasterlawn · 24/10/2026 18:45

A man I was seeing - we were considering amd thinking about living together - said that, if and when that happened, he “would enjoy ironing my smalls”.

i was going off him anyway but this sealed it in my head.

Who calls knickers “smalls”?! No one needs to iron their knickers.

if I had been in love with him I might have found it romantic, somehow (although even this is doubtful). But I knew in that moment we weren’t right for each other, and that I wasn’t as keen as I thought I was.

HammockFace · 24/10/2026 18:51

@LuciferOverLancashire Yes it was his pants. He dropped them and they looked like an airport landing strip! Not a chance I was going to jump him if he can't wipe his own arse FFS!

Aperolling28 · 24/10/2026 18:52

Dated one guy who when he w**ked himself off would do it with 2 hands, 1 either side and his finger tips just touching each side. It was the weirdest thing I'd ever seen. So I dumped him immediately.

Also dated a guy who asked me for a "handy". So gross. He also used to say "okie dokey".

One boyfriend was so cheap he would buy a loaf of bread, keep it in the freezer and just take out a slice at at time to defrost. Unbelievable.

UltimateTravelList · 24/10/2026 18:52

His ball sack was freakishly long.

Once released, they swayed just above the kneecap.

UltimateTravelList · 24/10/2026 18:55

He wrote “wandering” instead of “wondering” in a text message.

CrazyMare70 · 24/10/2026 19:05

Overuse of the word ‘cool’ and on text it is ‘kool’ 🤢. Still friends as he’s a lovely person but every time I see it on a text I silently scream.

BubbleTeaT · 24/10/2026 19:06

I once went home with a guy that I kind of knew through friends, he couldn't find his condoms so I said we should just leave it, he then proceeded to beg and said we could use a crisp packet instead! I still feel sick thinking about him 🤣🤣

AlwaysExtraHot · 24/10/2026 19:06

probablyabadidea · 24/10/2026 17:24

One guy I met online didn't even get beyond the texting stage before I'd had enough - he wanted our first date to be at my granny's funeral. How romantic.

(She was already dead, it's not like he was planning to off her just so we could then go to her funeral. That would probably have put me off even more.)

‘probably’ 😄😄😄

BakedInAButteryFlakyCrust · 24/10/2026 19:08

shuggles · 24/10/2026 18:22

@BakedInAButteryFlakyCrust It sounds as if you are very picky and have lots and lots of options. If most people were to start declining potential partners based on trivial things such as poor use of indicators and bad spelling, then the majority of people would be permanently single.

Can you ellaborate on what "ballerina socks" are? I have never seen men wearing "ballerina socks."

Sigh.. there's always one.

If you want to settle for illiterate, shit drivers with pansy socks and unhinged runs, there's plenty out there.

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Sussexserpents · 24/10/2026 19:40

He ate a scotch egg. I hate scotch eggs

Dollymylove · 24/10/2026 19:42

idontknowwhattodo2026 · 24/10/2026 18:20

lol who knows but he was so passionate about the fact - I had thought he was joking at first so he got really annoyed lol

Well his waste has to come out somehow 🤣🤣

FlibbertyGibbitt · 24/10/2026 19:43

My gran told me a tale that she liked this boy back in the 1920’s. Anyway he asked her out on a date and wore woolly gloves. That was it, never saw him again !!!!

Sussexserpents · 24/10/2026 19:46

I did hear a story about a guy who went on a date with a girl (friend of a friend) she invited him back to her studio flat where he ended up needed the toilet… he had some shall we say stomach problems and used up all of the toilet paper. He ended up having to use a towel which he then threw out the window and left soon after…. There was no next date

Dollymylove · 24/10/2026 19:46

Aperolling28 · 24/10/2026 18:52

Dated one guy who when he w**ked himself off would do it with 2 hands, 1 either side and his finger tips just touching each side. It was the weirdest thing I'd ever seen. So I dumped him immediately.

Also dated a guy who asked me for a "handy". So gross. He also used to say "okie dokey".

One boyfriend was so cheap he would buy a loaf of bread, keep it in the freezer and just take out a slice at at time to defrost. Unbelievable.

When I lived alone I freezed bread and took out a couple of slices at a time. Saves the bread going off. Quite sensible actually!!
( I couldn't do with the 2 handed wank though) 😂😂

Sussexserpents · 24/10/2026 19:47

Oh…. Also I never made it on a date with someone because they used ‘wiv’ and ‘fanks’ in their texting

Thewonderfuldollypartonsbra · 24/10/2026 19:50

I once went on a blind date-the nephew of a friend of mine

Nice enough chap,got on well and figured if see how it went

He messaged me the next day saying 'you alright sweatheart?'

No,nope not happening

(Turns out he had an alcohol problem and his family just wanted to offload him onto the nearest female mug as they thought they'd got of him with his first girlfriend but they broke up)

Otterhound · 24/10/2026 19:51

Invited for dinner for the 1st time. Took a very decent bottle of wine
she turned her nose up at it and produced the shittest bottle of wine I’ve ever had the misfortune to drink.

Dollymylove · 24/10/2026 20:07

Sussexserpents · 24/10/2026 19:46

I did hear a story about a guy who went on a date with a girl (friend of a friend) she invited him back to her studio flat where he ended up needed the toilet… he had some shall we say stomach problems and used up all of the toilet paper. He ended up having to use a towel which he then threw out the window and left soon after…. There was no next date

Sorry I'm laughing my head off at this one 🤣

FouDeFafa · 24/10/2026 20:10

Dated a guy years ago. Just before putting on a condom he said “shall we put a real coat on the little fella”.

FouDeFafa · 24/10/2026 20:11

FouDeFafa · 24/10/2026 20:10

Dated a guy years ago. Just before putting on a condom he said “shall we put a real coat on the little fella”.

”rain-coat”

Pedallleur · 24/10/2026 20:15

UltimateTravelList · 24/10/2026 18:52

His ball sack was freakishly long.

Once released, they swayed just above the kneecap.

Edited

That is now in my mind and I can't unsee it!!

DorsetKnobBiscuit · 24/10/2026 20:15

The balllerina sock picture needs a trigger warning.

ChiliFiend · 24/10/2026 20:24

BakedInAButteryFlakyCrust · 24/10/2026 16:38

Nah sweaty feet can be washed, however I'll never get the image of a 6'2 man flouncing around my living room in those absolute monstrosities.

Agreed, but I would go further to say I also really dislike any shoe that requires those socks. Way too preppy / conservative for me.

BakedInAButteryFlakyCrust · 24/10/2026 20:27

FouDeFafa · 24/10/2026 20:10

Dated a guy years ago. Just before putting on a condom he said “shall we put a real coat on the little fella”.

NO HE DIDNT 😂😂😂😭😭😭

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BakedInAButteryFlakyCrust · 24/10/2026 20:28

Dollymylove · 24/10/2026 19:46

When I lived alone I freezed bread and took out a couple of slices at a time. Saves the bread going off. Quite sensible actually!!
( I couldn't do with the 2 handed wank though) 😂😂

A two handed tug is just criminal. Must've been like shagging a 1 man tent.

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