Little things that put you off going out with someone

[TakeAwayThatCaterpillar]

I was thinking today about the little things over the course of my dating years men have done/said that instantly made me think "nope, not you". They were probably perfectly nice people in retrospect...

1. Looked mildly nonplused about a woman in a picture having underarm hair.

2. Liked Miranda.

3. Used the phrase "wedding tackle".

There are probably countless more. Tell me yours...

3. Spent more than two minutes "grooming" to go out.

Had hairs growing out of the end of his nose

Not his nostril, the bulbous bit at the end
We had a lovely dinner in a dark-ish restaurant and then he walked me to the station. Under the flourescent lights BAM there it was

I tried another date to convince myself I wasn't that shallow, and he told me he could never have pets because they would make his house dirty. He said growing up, his mum kept plastic covers on sofas to keep them clean, and he had picked up her neat freak habits
That's when I knew it was curtains for him

I agree with that damp smell, far too many dates and short relationship with a damp smelling guy, his flat smelt damp and even his skin smelt damp. The final straw was when a girl he worked with called him in the night whilst drunk looking for sex and he lay next to me whilst sex taking her.....this was the same night he's packed a case for a work trip and included a box of condoms. I got dressed and left at about 2am!

Another one wanted desperately to put his finger up my bum when we first kissed, and tales about Craig David all night long, they'd been friends as kids or something dull!

The one with the tiny toes and manly feet that came in his pants everytime we snogged and when he eventually managed to keep going to DTD it was so tiny I didn't even know we were DTD!

Cringe....the one who showed up for a date in the car (we were meeting upside a restaurant) just so I could see his 'amazing car' wearing plastic looking driving gloves with knuckle holes, bleurgh, kept them on all date and cried later on too.

That should have said sex talking - badly explained - he was talking filth to her whilst he thought I was lying asleep next to him

Auto correct is stupid - talked about Craig David all night and the next one should say manky feet not at all manly!!!

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''Using the phrase "hehe" in a text message.''

He wasn't based in Oxfordshire by any chance was he?

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Mirri

Who ever served him i.e. Petrol station, cinema etc he would copy their accent from what ever nationality they were.

If he spoke to someone from different place country .... he would automatically assume that they would eat .... whatever he felt that nationality ate ....... cringe and embracing .........

How puke-worthy is this? He loved the word "dainty" !!!! Said I had dainty shoes, dainty earrings etc. etc.

Another guy used to bring his guitar round, gaze at me while singing in some god-awful drone, a mournful love song. He was no Eric Clapton either! I'm sure he thought I was shaking with emotion when I buried my face in a cushion to laugh my head off.

This thread has saved my marriage. I am not equipped for the dating world .

This thread made my weekend.

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Always wore the same clothes when we met.
Wore his 'best suit' to work because he wouldn't have time to change before seeing me for a meal at a pub.
Wanted to hold my hand from the moment we met.
Didn't make any conversation. At all.

Turned up late - no explanation or apology.

Was rude to waiter.

Bragged about his upcoming "big holiday" which was white water rafting in America.

Wore Flintstone boxers.

Would never, ever phone me on his mobile, even if it was important, because of the cost. Would wait until he was at home and in the time when he had free calls. It was ok for me to call his mobile though (and he earned twice what I did)

Was homophobic. Or genuinely believed that every gay man, of any age, even if happily married for years, fancied him.

Sang snatches of Cliff Richard songs, or the Goodies' 'The Funky Gibbon' in operatic style when things went quiet.

Sadly all the same man.

So many things...

• Lives with his parents.
• Bad, hesitant/ slow driver. Or, even worse, has never learned to drive.
• Bad personal hygiene.
• Bad manners/ inability to discuss anything interesting.
• Disrespect for women (including me).
• Never moved away from where they were born even for a short period and no desire to.
• Wearing hats or sunglasses indoors.
• Owning no shoes that aren't trainers or wearing sports clothes for non-sporting activities.
• Tight or obsessed with money.
• Immature sense of humour. No, farting is not funny.
• Children from a previous relationship. Even worse if not disclosed up front.
• Large tattoos. Especially tattoos of someone's name.
• Shaved or waxed chest. Just no.
• Men who have more feminine hands than me because they've never done any physical work.
• Men who don't like sports. Weird.
• Men domesticated and don't mind living in squalor, or expect someone else to clean up after them.
• Has never learned to cook even basic meals. Or, a fussy eater. I met one once who would only eat frozen vegetables. Very strange.
• Not being able to spell. Especially basic, primary school things like confusing 'there' and 'their' or 'to' and 'too'. This drives me crazy.
• Short men who lie about their height to get dates.
• Eyes too close together or set too deep in their head. Freaks me out and reminds me of George Bush.
• Giant head. Looked like a caricature of himself.
• Strange laugh. High pitched like a little girl being tickled.
• Certain strong regional accents.
• Privately educated. I think it does real damage to people and creates attitude problems. I'm sure there must be exceptions but never met one yet. And the accent is like nails dragging down a blackboard to me. It's bad enough having to work with so many let alone choose to spend my free time with one!
• Swaggering, self-important walk (the kind that makes them look like they need the toilet).
• No hobbies other than drinking.
• Supports UKIP, the BNP or similar. Prejudiced and ill informed views in general.
• Doesn't like animals. Creepy. Or, owns huge, vicious dog.
• Thinks it's ok to try to date someone when you have already dated one of their friends.
• Greasy skin. Yuk!
• Bad teeth/ breath.
• Plays computer games.
• Thinks sleeping in a tent or caravan is a fun idea for a holiday.

And so many more! No wonder it took me so long to find DH!

Mean - his boiler broke and he went without hot water for months instead of paying to get it mended.

His clothes smelled musty and instead of curtains, he hung blankets from his windows.

Didn't brush his teeth before attempting sex in the morning. I dropped endless hints but he didn't pick them up.

Arrived on his bicycle with massive sweat patch on his shirt.

His bed stank of BO.

Had a window box and grew tomatoes in it and he talked about it endlessly.

Also, an ex public schoolboy who smugly told me that no one from a state school (I went to one) would study classics at Cambridge. I wouldn't have minded, but his school was very minor and not known for academic achievement.

At the awkward end of a first only date, breathed huskily into my ear "I want to pleasure you with my tongue" 😳

I'm remembering so many! Hahaha

We met twice and he thought he had the right to tell me what I could and couldn't spend my money on.
Also wanted me to meet his family.

Used to text while driving 😭

Didn't ever wash his jeans- said he read somewhere that you didn't need to 😷
Told his work colleagues I was his sister.
On a list of things he said he liked about me, he mentioned my personality but not my face. And then said it was because the list was of 'sexual' things.

Cried after the first meet because I said I didn't think it would work. Like actual tears, in his car, on his lunch break. He asked me to stop texting because it was upsetting him.

Hands are so important! Even if they're clean, the "wrong" shape or size puts me off immediately. Also shoes. And definitely no white socks, except with trainers. Teeth have to be clean. He can be as bald as a coot, unshaven, even slightly musky / sweaty.., not a problem. Oh, and a good sized penis is important. One guy I slept with, who was gorgeous, charming, intelligent, funny, ticked all the boxes but his willy was the size of my thumb. I was so shocked, felt terribly sorry for him, but I never saw him again. Poor man.

Sigh. An ex from when I was younger who watched a football match over my shoulder on our first date. Should have been enough of a red flag really. His shared house had no toilet paper or hand soap. Ever. He was also overly proud of his parents' house and how expensive it was and thought that made him better than his friends. When he had to stay at my parents' house, he went through my brother and dad's wardrobes to borrow a belt and could not understand how weird that was.
And was also a low grade kleptomaniac. I'd put something small down and he'd put it in his pocket. So odd. Oh and he liked to lie about things like where he was born.

But then there was another guy who mid date decided to show me pictures of his cats and stuffed toy collection. If it was a tactic to put me off, it really worked.

Told me that I should put the dogs in the kitchen while he was in the living room. (It's THEIR home, mate! You were just a one-time guest.)

Also complained that he had got dog hair on his clothes (he was sitting on the boy dog's chair, and that animal shot out hair like an enraged porcupine firing quills).

(In contrast, the man who became Mr Flappy admired the dogs excessively and shared custard creams with them. I rest my case. )

I'd gone back to his house and he had a poster of his best friends sister on the wall above his bed (I knew her, he knew I knew her!) I hadn't noticed it at first, until he pointed it out ... and kissed it on the face. I made my excuses and left.

I may never date again!

Oh - and a general comment.

Child-bearing hips.

Shallow as I am, I cannot ever fancy a man who has child-bearing hips ...

Oh - and a general comment.

Child-bearing hips.

Shallow as I am, I cannot ever fancy a man who has child-bearing hips ...