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OLD and your personal no nos

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PrizeyPrize · 24/12/2015 18:50

What makes you delete, block, ignore, swipe left:

Mine are (I appreciate that these are quite harsh and there are quite a few, but its my system at the moment)
Height - preferably taller than me in heels, I'm not heightist its just that last 2 relationships (amounting to 16 years) were shorter men and quite frankly I'd like a change
'hi', 'hello' etc as their opening line or
those who answer your questions but don't ask any questions
age - boys 20 years younger or men 20 years older
blurry photos
only have photos that are too far away to see their face
awkward bathroom mirror selfies
sunglasses on every photo
weird dress sense
bare chest selfies
drugged tiger photos
profiles with only 1 photo
no written profile
photos of them with girlfriends (so many of these!!)
or photos where the girlfriend has so obviously been cropped off and you can see their head resting on their shoulder
photos of them with their wife, on their wedding day (yes, really)
only photos of them in a crowd
every photo is with their DC's
too many photos of them partaking in extreme sports
saying negative stuff about OLD process and the women who use OLD
men who say I'm not on here for a pen pal, I like to meet straight away
men who ask for phone number in first few messages
men who talk sexually before you've even met them
men who text you too often and with sickly sweet messages, before they've even met you.

I don't even no my reasoning behind this lot, but over time I've developed this kind of instant dislike to the above. I'm interested to hear other peoples no-nos.

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PrizeyPrize · 24/12/2015 21:31

abbis what dating site are you on?? Just out of curiosity Wink. In all seriousness Penis shots are vile, really really vile.
oyster very good point

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abbsismyhero · 24/12/2015 21:35

quickflirt its free mostly i wanted to look at online dating but not actually pay for it

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PrizeyPrize · 24/12/2015 21:38

Must say Tinder is doing well for me right now, chatting with 7 guys who have passed my filters, dates in new year discussed but to be arranged. All Tinder bar one from Bagel meets Coffee, all free sites and no cock shots in sight.

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ThreeFrazzledFandangos · 24/12/2015 21:47

Ones who are too soppy. One bloke told me he was having a quiet Sunday in but could do with a cuddle. He didn't mean it in s Netflix and chill way. That would have been preferable frankly.

ThreeFrazzledFandangos · 24/12/2015 21:50

I also had someone say "Hi, how's it going". "Not bad" says I. "Send me your number" says he. Not. A. Fucking. Chance. Mate.

akaWisey · 24/12/2015 21:51

The ones who end their messages with a x when you've barely exchanged anything other than a couple of sentences. Its put me off even the ones who I would otherwise have gone on chatting to.

Cabrinha · 24/12/2015 22:21

Oh god yes akaWisey!!
When did it become a thing for men to put fucking 'x' at the end of everything?
For me, 'x' means a kiss. I would not give a kiss to someone I hadn't met.

Pretty much agree with all of the above.

Anyone who doesn't reference my profile in any way when messaging.

I also have the grammar one. I let a guy through the filter though, and he's my boyfriend now and I'm glad I did. Still want to correct every flipping text from him though Grin

Cabrinha · 24/12/2015 22:22

Oh and ones who once you start chatting, talk far too much about their kids. Not so soon, baboon.

And even if first message was promising and profile OK, the ones who chase you for a reply within the bloody hour Hmm

citybumpkin · 24/12/2015 22:25

Oh and the ones who want to be my slave... Hmm

Cabrinha · 24/12/2015 22:28

I never got any of those!! Almost jealous.

More314 · 24/12/2015 22:30

oh i'd a man like that..... he decided early on that i was right for him i think, and the messages were coming fast and furious. he was trying to download my brain, and then he started asking me those questions designed to make somebody fall in love with you. so formulaic. when I backed off he accused me of only going for the best looking men (he knew I had another date). That was ridiculous as he had no idea what the other date looked like. then later when i was still on the site he wrote to say 'well you're still on here so obviously your date went wrong or he didn't pass your tests".

Shock Confused

such a weirdo.

citybumpkin · 24/12/2015 22:40

I got several of them. One in his 20s wanted to do my ironing naked. Another in his 60s...well it was very kinky. Oh and the one who dressed as a woman but just for fun... "Honest", then sent me his website and asked me what I thought was his best feature HmmHmm

Cabrinha · 24/12/2015 22:56

Still only almost jealous!
I'm one of the few women on MN who doesn't mind the idea of a cockshot, in the context, but never got one. What am I doing wrong?! 😂

citybumpkin · 24/12/2015 22:59

Seriously Cabrinha you really wouldn't want such images. As you eat your turkey tomorrow think cock shots...

HandyWiseWoman · 24/12/2015 23:36

I also just cannot be doing with pics of men in woolly hats. i think of them as sad old ravers with no job.

Is that bad?

Never had a cock shot either.

Paddington72 · 24/12/2015 23:37

The ones who when you ask them to post a pic say they're having problems doing this but have no problem in sending you their email address.
The ones who have a rant about women in general in their profile ( although it does make for entertaining reading)
not forgetting the ones who take a selfie while draped seductively on their bed and pulling a duck face ..yuk

theredlion · 24/12/2015 23:41

I'd like one to offer to be my slave, I could do with someone to whip the hoover round and put some stuff in the loft.

Genuinely, there is a man on an OLD site who is local to me who is offering the full yoni massage experience, I keep going back to look at it and snigger.

More314 · 24/12/2015 23:42

Yes, saw one guy whose tag line comment is "still optimistic despite all the evidence"...... before he put that comment in id actually messaged him and he'd replied quite rudely.

Hissy · 24/12/2015 23:43

"My kids are my life"

.... Every other weekend

then they moan about how exhausted they are... Really? Only about 48 hours twice a month... Try 24/7....

Or the one that had a day a week and every other weekend and wanted to cut back to address the lack of time for themselves...

Baconyum · 24/12/2015 23:53

Amazed the one BIG thing that puts me off - slagging the ex-wife!

Agree with most of these and the very few I wouldn't have on my list I'm sure have a very good reason eg the policewoman not wishing to date other coppers, I get that. I'd find it odd to date anyone with same name as ex. Certain jobs are out due to ocd (and of course I get the backtracking 'kidding I'm actually a...')

Huge yes to those only wishing to date younger, childless women of the same age (43) or older than me! Seriously? How unrealistic?

Yes to going on and on about kids BUT equally the ones who seem ashamed of the fact they have kids wtf is that about? Again at my age and looking for someone roughly the same age I am totally expecting you to have been in a ltr/marriage and have kids! Frankly if you've never been in a ltr/marriage I'm wondering why!

Destinysdaughter · 24/12/2015 23:53

Yes to so many of these!

For me it's men in another country ( just why?) so many of these on OKCupid

Men a lot younger then me
Men who comment on my figure ( I'm quite busty)

Also the men who you have a good conversation with and then just disappear!

Baconyum · 24/12/2015 23:54

Meant to write amazed slagging the ex wife on nobody's list.

lighteningirl · 25/12/2015 06:51

One of my best friends briefly tried old was rejected quite pointedly on one occasion on his spelling mistakes which are due to severe dyslexia. He's happily settled now with someone who knew him at uni. He is tall, fit,, runs his own very successful business looks like an Australian surf god highly educated just can't spell or use a spellchecker.

Elendon · 25/12/2015 07:25

I'm with Baconyum, slagging the ex is a huge no no for me. The nicest bloke I met online (we are Facebook friends and he's since married), had a very painful breakup but he said in the end she is the mother of his children.

I just hate the conversations that you have to drag out. However, one guy who was a great conversationalist was not as I expected when we met up.

I've decided to give it a break for a while, but I may go back next Spring.

Happy Christmas to all of us and may we find the right person for us all soon. x

More314 · 25/12/2015 08:51

Yeh i think about how their words would sound in spoken conversation.

Eg one man told me he wanted to have a good "rappore" with a woman. Briefly winced but realised that if you were listening to him not Editing Him , you wouldnt be bothered. I go more by conversation skills, sentence construction. I like the bold use of a long word if it is in the right context. Better to use it in the right context and spell it wrong than the other way round.