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Little things that put you off going out with someone

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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:
CassandraAusten · 20/04/2017 16:32

Repeatedly said 'arrrr let the dog see the rabbit' when presented with anything from food to tits Grin

I once ditched someone for snoring. I made him get up and go back home in the middle of the night!

Nettletheelf · 20/04/2017 16:33

OK. During the deed he kept giving a running commentary in strangely clinical terms, but in a feverish tone of voice:

Nettle, I'm putting my penis into you!

Nettle, I'm thrusting into you!

Nettle, I'm ejaculating into you!

It was hilarious (for all the wrong reasons and I was the only one laughing). It was too weird. Also, he only liked sex after playing tennis (??!!!) and would never stay over.

NameChanger22 · 20/04/2017 16:34

Told me about how he complained about the baby next door crying.
Liked football.
Described his ex as unhinged.
Facebook photos all from the inside of a pub or club.

tectonicplates · 20/04/2017 16:42

Chewing gum.

TheSpottedZebra · 20/04/2017 16:46

Played a Roxette cd

ComputerUserNotTrained · 20/04/2017 16:47

Nettle, was he an advanced driving instructor? Or a police driver maybe?

Janey50 · 20/04/2017 16:48

Someone who said that I should make losing a bit of weight and getting fit my priority. FFS if you were that bothered,why did you ask me out in the first place?! Confused

BounceBounceSplishSplash · 20/04/2017 16:51

Tried to feed me with his fork on our first date and was very insistent when I said no and wouldn't let him.

Janey50 · 20/04/2017 16:51

And I would add that any man who said he didn't like cats would be binned pretty sharpish,no matter how nice he was otherwise. That would be a total deal breaker. Thankfully,I've not encountered one yet!

MrsJaniceBattersby · 20/04/2017 16:52

He wore dungerees as a fashion statement not for work

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TakeAwayThatCaterpillar · 20/04/2017 16:58

Nettle, I'm laughing at your story right now [feverish tone of voice emoji]

Janey, drink in the face would have been justified with that one....

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Nettletheelf · 20/04/2017 17:00

Hmmm, now he didn't say "when I tap sharply on the headboard I want you to imagine that a small child has run out in front of you". So we can rule out advanced driving instructor, I think.

DramaInPyjamas · 20/04/2017 17:07

I Facebook stalked someone I really fancied and who I saw out and about regularly, his wall was full of things like

"A moment on the lips, a lifetime on the hips"
"Take the c off chips - What do you get?"
"A balanced diet is a cake in each hand."

Body of a man, personality of one of your mums Slimming World pals

LobsterQuadrille · 20/04/2017 17:19

Said "hey ho, the wind and the rain" whenever he felt that there was a lull in the conversation.

HazelBite · 20/04/2017 17:35

He cycled over to see me , but I opened the door to him and he was wearing cycle clips around the bottom of his suit trousers!

ShowMePotatoSalad · 20/04/2017 17:36

Wanted to be a wrestler

Smoked while having a poo

I'm crying with laughter!!!

BoyFromTheBigBadCity · 20/04/2017 17:40

Smelt so strongly of the smoke the first time he stayed at mine, the next day a friend came over and said 'did you start smoking?'. He hadn't smoked anywhere in the flat.

ShowMePotatoSalad · 20/04/2017 17:42

Ex boyfriend had cabbage breath. All the time. It was really, really awful. I felt sorry for him but I couldn't put up with it anymore. Confused

NameChangeWimp · 20/04/2017 17:51

Using the phrase "hehe" in a text message.

debbs77 · 20/04/2017 17:55

Thought of more....

Lived at home with parents at 36, which would be fine but no plans, desire or motivation to move out

I used to have a FWB that literally shouted "OOOOOOOOOOPPPPPPFFFFFFFF" when he orgasmed!

MovingtoParadise · 20/04/2017 17:56

If my dh died or dumped me I would never go out with anyone again

I'm too old to accommodate other people's weirdness and let them stay in my house or shag me

I find the idea of intimacy with other people revolting

Janey50 · 20/04/2017 17:59

TakeAway Grin It turned out that this bloke had a bit of a reputation for taking up with women that he thought he could 'improve'. Liked to make them his 'project' apparently. Nope,not happening.

VladmirsPoutine · 20/04/2017 18:00

Moving Your post really made me laugh Grin.

I stopped seeing someone once because he kept talking about how beautiful our babies would be and adding my first name to his last name saying it had a ring to it. I was astonished! We'd planned to go for drinks first before dinner and all the above was said during our first drink.

My friends think it was nerves and I should have continued to see him Hmm

VladmirsPoutine · 20/04/2017 18:01

And another guy kept making 'woof woof' 'gruff' noises during DTD. I was unsuccessfully trying to stifle my laughter with a pillow over my head.

GeekyWombat · 20/04/2017 18:03

Smoked.

Misused apostrophes.

Told me he believed David Icke about the lizard people.