Your most trivial 'dealbreaker'... (lighthearted)

[CogitoErgoSometimes]

It's Friday, I read this article... Groom Dumped Over Failed Maths Test ... and wondered what relatively trivial failing in someone meant they didn't get that second or third date.

Mine was that he collected ornamental boxes and lined them up on his coffee table set-square perfect.

Hmm. One guy had BAD tattoos (in Brighton, in the 90s, good tattoos were easy to have). He also refused to eat foreign food.

Can I have some things that I should have dumped someone for but for some reason, didn't? I went out with someone who hated anything "commercial" (I.e. Anything that sold). So he would tantrum in pubs and clubs and in car journeys would insist on listening to tapes of Dad's Army and prog rock.

Liked to dress up in a pretend animal suit to have sex! Went on a few dates, going well, cinema, drinks, dinner etc, stayed at mine, normal fun pretty good shagging! After next date went back to his and he put on this furry animal suit, complete with fly hole and wanted to DTD! I thought he was joking, but no! Apparently its a thing some people are in to! He thought I'd be up for it as I mentioned doing a charity walk with friends in fancy dress! ,( we were dressed as nuns so very different!)

You mean you didn't want to shag an oversized teddy bear, Pink? But doesn't everyone

I wonder how often he washes it ...

Ha Peace, the guy "with a little present for me" was from Dugglay too! .

I thought most men were 'bear' when DTD? Apart from the socks obv.

I'm thinking that DTD in different local accents would be quite funny...

"em em, I'm cumming, like!" (scouse)

Started dating a month or so before christmas. He gave me a beautifully wrapped box. I was so excited to open and see what it was...only to discover it was some hideous pig ornament from a range that used to be sold in cheap jewellers called 'just piggin'. I knew it was over, then and there.

www.ebay.co.uk/sch/Piggin-/72387/i.html

A gentleman always keeps his socks on, Buzz!

Pinksuitcase they're called "furries", had you really never heard of this before?!

OMG Buzz in that case did he phrase it as "Oi've got a little present for yow"?

In text messages he used to type things like 'me going to a party' . Learn to fucking speak properly you knob!!
I'm a real stickler for correct use of the English language

Funnily enough I wasn't really turned on by a giant furry dog! Didn't know about furries at the time @pocket, I do now! Would of been nice to have warned!

I remember furries from an episode of ER, one gets caught shagging a glove puppet from long past children's tv called Mr Tibbles.

1. The guy who smeared Vaseline all over his lips before a date.

2. The guy who went rummaging through the bin in my parents' bathroom, because he said 'he was bored', and then proceeded to ask me very awkward questions about the tampon applicator that he'd found in there. Not good.

3. the same guy used to suffer tremendous road rage, and condoned football hooliganism/violence.

4. The guy who asked me out on a date, and then brought all of his mates along too.

5. The guy who started headbutting a pay & display machine on the way home one night (he did it really, really hard too).

Invited me to watch his favourite film.

It was Evita.

That isn't trivial Psammead! Dreadful film.

First time (almost) DTD with this guy who'd I'd been on several dates with, he suddenly stops, puts his head in between my legs, audibly sniffs and sighs and says "Your pretty VeeVee smells majestic"
VeeVee. Majestic.
I ran and ran and ran

Another one I should have dumped but didn't - brought his (female) best friend out on nearly all our dates.

early 90's a guy I was briefly seeing turned up for a date wearing bleached jeans, shirt & a yellow cravat..there was never another date

2nd date, in his car going for dinner. He asked if I liked Van Morrison, I said yes very much. He then told me to "listen to the words of this track". He then proceeded to repeat all the words of the song after VM had sung them:

VM: Well it's a marvelous night for a moon dance
Date: It's a MARVELOUS night ... For a moon dance.
VM: with the stars up above in your eyes.
Date: with the stars ... Up above ... In your eyes.

And so on til the end of the track. He looked at me as he spoke each line - while he was driving. At first I kind of looked at him, smiling, after the first few lines I had a rictus grin. By the second verse I was looking straight ahead willing him to stop, but no, he kept on going, but now he was leaning forward to see if I was enjoying his "interpretation".

When we got to the restaurant he dropped me at the door while he went to park the car. As he went into the car park I jumped in a cab and went home.

Didn't return any of his calls and never saw him again.

Tango, did you run from the dark end of the street to the bright side of the road? As you onward sped, did he scratch his head? (Okay, I'll stop now.)

I've never actually dumped anyone. I have been dumped for being young, desperate and boring (twice - the second time it was probably justified), and didn't get past first dates a few times, probably for being charmless, boring and ugly. I wouldn't agree with the choices made by all the dumped on this thread, but I do feel a bit sorry for them. Most of them sound like they were just clueless.

The only weirdo I've ever dealt with was some French guy I met in a youth hostel in Denmark. Talked for a few hours, never saw him again, told him very little about my life except my country of origin. Somehow, and this was in the days before everyone's past was visible on the internet - he managed to find out my name, my address, my email address, and my workplace and sent me flowers and letters repeatedly... eventually when he started phoning my workplace I had to tell him I'd given the police his details...

I wouldn't say in my case it was a dumping though kirite - just going on a date and declining further invitations. I think a lot of these were fairly early stage decisions which hopefully prevented later heart-break all round.
BTW You shouldn't put yourself down kiri, I'm sure like everyone here if not everywhere you have loads of good stuff going for you
Anyway glad you finally got rid of YH beatnik from Denmark - your last line there is actually really funny - with hindsight I'm sure

A really bad haircut between dates, the "new" hircut made the face look really fat. We met for date 2 went to the pub, and I made some excuse to end the date (feigned illness) went home, and never contacted them or returned calls.

Had a pet name for her kettle

What was the name?