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

357 replies

CogitoErgoSometimes · 13/03/2015 15:40

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.

OP posts:
GallicGarlic · 13/03/2015 22:27

Shock Shock

I wonder if any of these men were that poster's jolly nice son, who only wanted a girlfriend for regular sex, is that too much to ask Grin

TheNewSchmoo · 13/03/2015 22:33

He had turned a laptop bag into a little sewing kit

GallicGarlic · 13/03/2015 22:35

See, now I'd appreciate that Schmoo Blush

TheNewSchmoo · 13/03/2015 22:40

A man, with a little sewing kit I just couldn't.

Wailywailywaily · 13/03/2015 22:55

He asked me out for a drinky.

ClockwiseCat · 13/03/2015 23:02

You see wickedwitch I would have found that quite funny and would have expected a few more orgasms after I'd finished chuckling

I have nothing that rivals any of these.

MsIngaFewmarbles · 13/03/2015 23:11

He spat a bit when he talked. I could have dealt with that. I couldn't cope with the other things that came out of his mouth, racist jokes that were ok because they were 'ironic'. Yep as ironic as Jim Davidson.

FarFromAnyRoad · 13/03/2015 23:16

These are brilliant! The last time I dated anyone - around 25 years ago!! - a guy made much of inviting me round for dinner. I was apprehensive because I am a committed foodie and have cooked all my life but anyway - off I went. The wine was warm, the house was cold and 'dinner' was a packet mix pasta and sauce of some kind stretched out with tinned peas. I don't think he got his leg over that night or indeed ever - not with me anyway!
DH did it right and took me to a Michelin starred restaurant - he was in like Flynn!

HouseAtreides · 13/03/2015 23:19

One guy who I was seeing for a little while complained that his feet hurt, and they smelt bad too. Upon very simple questioning it turned out that he had bought shoes that were too small and then just decided to wear them anyway.
He actually looked incredulous when I suggested he just buy some more that fitted. It had honestly not occurred to him. Confused

When I turned down a FB (a fairly obnoxious one TBH- my boundaries were messed up!) with the real reason that I was on my period, he felt my arse through my full length skirt and said "No knickers on? You said you were on?" You charmer...

HouseAtreides · 13/03/2015 23:20

Oh... that one guy who would only eat hot dog sausages with white bread. That was it. FFS.

Catzeyess · 13/03/2015 23:25

The guy who wanted to look at my used tampon because it was 'interesting' Shock Hmm Confused

whateverlovemeans · 13/03/2015 23:27

Watched him plough through 2 triple cheeseburgers, large fries and large drink without stopping. Ick.

GallicGarlic · 13/03/2015 23:49

Oh, the union president in my first term at uni! I thought my social life was going to be all sorted for a few months. First date, we sat down, he bought a round and some crisps. Then he got out a notebook and pencil. And itemised the cost of each item. With my name in the margin.
I decided to find my own social life.

Nandocushion · 13/03/2015 23:49

bastard driver
not a reader
non-tipper
fanatic about dogs/sports/cars

MadeMan · 14/03/2015 00:02

Marker pen eyebrows.

Lurleene · 14/03/2015 00:17

Cowboy boots.

He was not a cowboy.

underthewestway · 14/03/2015 00:23

First date. In pub. He went to get round of drinks; came back with said drinks ........ and a pickled egg. Yes, a pickled egg such as you used to in plastic jars see in pubs of a certain type in my youth. He then proceeded to eat this along with his pint, as though it were a packet of crips or something. And then tried to snog me!

I was 19 and completely horrified. To this day, I have a faint horror of pickled goods.

MadeMan · 14/03/2015 00:31

"Cowboy boots. He was not a cowboy."

Great way to start a story; I want to know more. Smile

AradiaQueenWitch · 14/03/2015 00:39

Aged 19 and met an American guy through work who I really fancied and went for. All went well till we were in the middle of mediocre shagging and he whispered... "Go on, cum for me baby". Repeatedly. As you can imagine I immediately had multiple orgasms ran a fucking mile

GuiltyAsAGirlCanBe · 14/03/2015 00:44

I went on a first date, and he ate all my chips. He didn't get a second.

MadeMan · 14/03/2015 00:46

"and he whispered... "Go on, cum for me baby". Repeatedly."

That sounds really creepy. Maybe if he'd have sang it out loud in a naturally operatic tenor timbre style or something, then it may have worked.

adarkwhisperinthewoodwasheard · 14/03/2015 00:56

The 'do you like that' porn addict who kept slapping my arse during sex.

No. No I don't

britneyspearscatsuit · 14/03/2015 00:58

Jewellery of any kind
A crappy name
white trainers on a date

tinymeteor · 14/03/2015 01:01

Blow dried his hair

Trills · 14/03/2015 01:11

If I were being a total dick:

Chopsticks

If you are the sort of person that I want to date, you will have been in chopstick situations for at least 10 years.

If you are the sort of person that I want to dtae, you will have decided that being not-shit with chopsticks is something worth learning.

Do you think I'm a dick yet?

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