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What are your definate 'No-No's'?

139 replies

HappyWithLife · 03/10/2010 13:46

I'm sure I'm not the only one with a tick list of must haves and must not haves when it comes to prospective dates. A lot of them are quite tongue in cheek and moveable (hair colour etc) but what are your definates?

My definate 'NOs' would have to be smoking/heavy drinking/poor hygiene...pretty standard stuff but do you have any more obscure ones?

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whiteandnerdy · 04/10/2010 20:07

Mehh, I didn't want to coment on this thread all seemed a bit trivial. I did think about putting something about an instant No-No being peolpe who are very judgemental wondered if anyone else would have seen the irony. But wait ... I remembered my own No-No, it has to be women wearing designer sun-glasses. Oh those ones with the gold around where the hinge they really make my blood boil.

Anyone who want's to look like Victoria Beckam, or anyone the tabloids is pushing as being in vogue, is a No-No. Hell why stop there any woman who reads tabloids is a No-No. Really last week I was waiting in a take-away, picked up either the Sun or Mirror, made it about a third of the way through before I felt sick with the knowledge that people actual pay good money to read utter garbage, and thoughts of "if this is what has become of humanity, bush the button now, let the nukes fly and be done with it."

HerBeatitude · 04/10/2010 20:14

Oh god yes, tabloid readers.

Wink
nogreythatmatters · 04/10/2010 20:32

In my experience- no no's:

Tattoos
Any man who describes himself as a "free spirit" - w.nk.rs!
Men who boast about having lots of previous relationships esp. with married women
Men targeting vunerable women who have money, and have recently finished a relationship
Men shorter than me when I have heels on

And there are more!

HerBeatitude · 04/10/2010 20:33

Where is Shiney's guide to dating vocabulary? That was hilarious

gettingeasier · 04/10/2010 20:39

Happy stop he sounds like Morph Grin. Seriously though where do you get the chutzpah to pull a stunt like that unless you are an Adonis ????

Come on now dig deep no more stories ...?

poshsinglemum · 04/10/2010 20:56

One of my exes was shorter than me AND into woo bollocks. How I put up with him I will never know!

poshsinglemum · 04/10/2010 22:14

Would you date a guy who couldn't spell properly? On msm he writes no instead of know.

dollytwat · 04/10/2010 22:25

being sung at, possibly with a guitar being played, country music

gettingeasier · 04/10/2010 22:38

Its been a while posh what is woo bollocks ?

HappyWithLife · 04/10/2010 22:43

Glad it's not just me...I don;t know what they are either

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poshsinglemum · 04/10/2010 22:47

mystic shit. like chrystals or in my exes case; crop circles!

whiteandnerdy · 04/10/2010 22:48

Personally, I can't spell for toffi. Magnamit, if only I dated ... I feel I should stop dating women who can't do Laplace Transforms, Vector Calculus or use Hidden Markov models Grin as some form of reciprocal protest to you English Language Fascists Wink.

HappyWithLife · 04/10/2010 23:05

Ah...I took the name 'woo bollocks' literally...thought it was something to do with the scrotum Blush

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Jellykat · 05/10/2010 10:13

Have just caught up with all of this.. nearly wet myself laughing!..

What i want to know, mummyilubyou.. How did your date go last night??? Wink
Where there any No Nos there??

aseriouslyblondemoment · 05/10/2010 11:11

have pmsl at this threadGrin
no no's for me
wolfman hands{think simon cowell}
dirty nails and yes ewww at the long one designed for clinker shifting{boak}
bo/bad breath/greasy hair/dandruff
chubby fingers adorned with signet rings
bracelets
ear/nasal hair
poor table manners
dyed hair
moobs
wonky grotty teeth
hideous accents or sounding like david beckham
obvious resentment towards ex
dodgy shoes and white socks
sandals revealing yellowed brittle nails and hairy toesShock
horrible cheap aftershave

aseriouslyblondemoment · 05/10/2010 11:15

oh and maybe this is a tad controversial but i just couldn't contemplate GINGERGrin

gettingeasier · 05/10/2010 11:33

Grin@ chubby fingers adorned with signet rings

Ok I am going to have a think about my no nos have decided I must be a bit arrogant as most of the things listed so far wouldnt even be listed they are so far off my radar of acceptability iyswim ?

readywithwellies · 05/10/2010 12:39

Have to add - cat, budgie or reptile owners.

Also, long hair, especially rat tails, leather waistcoats.

Football fanatics, Facebook addicts

HMTheQueen · 05/10/2010 12:56

Anyone with hair longer than mine. eww.

aseriouslyblondemoment · 05/10/2010 13:09

tory boy clothesShock

HappyWithLife · 05/10/2010 13:26

Mr Naked Man was 42...he came back one day with purple tips in his blonde/grey hair Hmm. He also had his nipple pierced and a diamond stud in his ear.

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mummyilubyou · 05/10/2010 15:25

Jelly, there were no no-nos thanks for asking, quite the reverse, although some of you might disagree...[Wink]

He brought me flowers, which shoulda been a no-no but wasn't because he was absolutely lovely Grin

Jellykat · 05/10/2010 18:16

YESSSS!.. mummyilubyou.. That's excellent!
Fingers crossed tightly for you!Grin..

SolidGoldBrass · 05/10/2010 18:26

Oh, the spoon-sucking while chopping onions I would kind of let a man off for (it's supposed to stop your eyes watering so there's a good reason for it.)

I would add, though
People who watch any crapola mundane TV like the X Factor or Strictly Sleb Whatever. Or soaps. And talk about them. (Occasional watching of Big Brother is permitted though).
People who tell me what brand their clothes are or expect me to know the difference between one pair of trainers and another.
Men who want to tell me how 'supportive' they are of feminism (I don;t mean I want to go out with sexists, but men who like to go on at length about feminism and What A Feminist SHould Be Like - creepy fuckers)

Antalya1 · 05/10/2010 19:04

Such a rubbish day at work but all forgotton when I read through this HerBeatitude "Brings his pit bull on the first date" Grin
"Attempts anal sex the first time we go to bed" Shock...I've clearly led a very sheltered dating life..is the best yet to come???