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Little things that put you off going out with someone

478 replies

TakeAwayThatCaterpillar · 20/04/2017 16:05

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...

  1. Spent more than two minutes "grooming" to go out.
OP posts:
LoveDeathPrizes · 29/04/2017 09:22

Wow fancy. I guess he'll always be the one that got away...

floraeasy · 29/04/2017 09:39

fancy What a pig of a man! Mind you, I suppose the obvious pigs deserve some praise for showing their true colours on the first date. Better than the sneaky ones who put on an act for months to reel you in, I suppose!

badmgr · 06/05/2017 09:11

Signed off his text message with TTFN

Gallavich · 06/05/2017 09:22

I was just chatting to a guy and he decided to send me loads of pictures of the place he was staying in (unsolicited I may add) and 'accidentally' sent me a picture of his really expensive watch

ENFJ · 06/05/2017 11:02

rather a watch than a penis I suppose!! Those guys, what do they WANT!? to be wanted for their cash and then later to give out that X, Y & Z were only interested in their cash.

I was chatting to a man and he could see I am 5'2" so he says out of the blue ''so do you wear high heels a lot'' and I answered truthfully 'not really, boots with a small heel maybe but also flats, runners... only for going out or for an interview and even then not that high''. There was I thinking he was sympathising with the plight of the shorter woman. Next message was some filth about how he wanted to buy me red high heels, lick the heels of the shoes...
Yuck.
Block.
He had seemed so normal :-/

iwasagirlinavillage · 06/05/2017 23:43

I'm on OLD and there's a bit where you can click yes or no based purely on their photo (it's not tinder, but that bit is obviously trying to be like it). I just clicked no to someone as I didn't like the clock in the background of their photo.

ENFJ · 07/05/2017 00:41

oh yeh "meet me"

A few men on POF told me that they can only do the ''meet me'' thing if they pay up but women can do it without paying.

user1497965970 · 03/07/2017 20:46

Oh god!!! I'm also crying laughing! Haven't cried laughing in ages. Everyone of these posts are hilarious and ring true to me too.

user1497965970 · 03/07/2017 23:48

@ auntypammy....hahah at claw feetGrin. And scratching you're leg with his long toe nails

user1497965970 · 03/07/2017 23:51

@ dollymouse...your post is hilarious.Grin

watchingitallagain · 04/07/2017 01:12

Text me after a first date (at a gig) to ask for £25.... 'Since you didn't put out its only right you should pay for your ticket'.

user1497965970 · 04/07/2017 16:38

Pleeeese....keep this post going.... It's creasing me

DragonNoodleCake · 05/07/2017 23:57

Loving this! Off to access the long repressed memories

user1497965970 · 06/07/2017 09:23

I made a chicken casserole for about 4.30pm as he was going to work a night shift later. He muttered something and went to his car...came Back with some bread (from his packed lunch) and started dipping it in the chicken casserole sauceHmm

Purpledahlia88 · 06/07/2017 10:45

Oh god I have so so many to add but for now I'll share this:

American living in London who bought an electric scooter to whiz to work rather than walk. He also had literally ten second showers and when I asked why he was always so fast he said "I only wash my pooper honey!" In is Texan drawl. Shudder

raspberrysuicide · 06/07/2017 10:51

I met up with a strange bloke who was renting a room in a house but wasn't allowed to have other people there so we went to Morrison's cafe !
Apparently his ex wife kidnapped his children and he can't find them. I thought that was a bit odd tbh.

XJerseyGirlX · 06/07/2017 13:16

Ive had the best day reading these and haven't managed to do much work: Here is my contribution..

1 Guy asked after a few dates if he could put my dress on to DTD, he is now married to a very manly looking (but lovely) woman.
1 Guy pissed the bed when I stayed over his (and all over me, not in a sexual way he was asleep )
1 guy ate a lightbulb as it was his party trick (im still mates with this guy he is soo funny but not BF material)
New guy who ive been dating for a few months has 2 sayings which I want to cringe each time he says - BUT... He is hot as fuck so im letting them slide lol xxxx

And: Can someone explain what is wrong with a Roxette CD?

XJerseyGirlX · 06/07/2017 13:17

Fuck, meant to change my name for that one as new guy may know my username lol oops

ToEarlyForDecorations · 06/07/2017 13:29

Text me after a first date (at a gig) to ask for £25.... 'Since you didn't put out its only right you should pay for your ticket'.

Pardon ? Whoa...

I'm not doubting the veracity just the audacity !

amousehaseatenmypaddlingpool · 06/07/2017 17:06

Presented me with a wooden yellow tulip on our second date. It was in reference to exactly nothing; err, thanks?

Accosted me with a small stuffed animal that he'd hidden under his pillow just after the first time we had sex, it was not sexy.

Wet the bed (actually this was not a 'little' thing. It was disgusting.)

All different men.

Anasnake · 06/07/2017 20:25

Said 'boom' and 'oosh' at the end of sentences. 'Had a good day today - boom'. Also said 'I'm on fire' a lot - pity he wasn't...

Gotanewusernamenow · 06/07/2017 21:06

Boom/oosh...

HahahahGrin

thebigbluedustbin · 23/07/2017 06:24
  • I knew the names of all of his exes after date 1
  • overconfidence ("I'm a great catch", "you'll never meet anyone else like me")
  • noisy eater and deliberately ate louder after I casually mentioned that loud eating bothers me
  • wet sloppy kisser
  • licked my ear
  • used weed and argued for 30 minutes that it weed isn't a drug, then got offended that I wouldn't agree with him
  • had never finished reading a novel
Lucisky · 23/07/2017 19:51

Sweet chap, but his dick, erect, was the size of my little finger. I have never seen one so small. Was never going to work after that.
One who had two divorces behind him, (and was paying maintenance) seemed over interested in my flat and car, which both I owned, and kept saying how cosy my flat was and how well set up I was. Made me very nervous.
One who would lie in bed with a hard on but preferred to wank rather than have sex. (That didn't last!)
One who kept telling me about how marvellous his (dead) girlfriend had been, and I wasn't doing things like she did.
Another who didn't posess a hanky, and used to do a backward snort instead, very loudly, and in public places - people used to turn round in horror at the noise.

caringdenise009 · 01/08/2017 20:10

During the latter stages of a relationship,I walked into the unlocked bathroom to find ex soaping between his buttocks with his face flannel. This was him cleaning himself ready for sex. Thereafter every time I heard the water pipes going I knew exactly what was going on and our sex life was killed stone dead.

Why did he think I cared how clean his arse was? What the hell was going on there?