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Light-hearted - What's the most trivial reason you've broken up with someone/declined a date?

415 replies

WokeOnTheWater · 21/03/2020 12:44

Inspired by a different, more serious, thread but thought there must be some great, light-hearted stories about ridiculous, trivial or unreasonable things that have given you the 'ick'.

Gotta pass the time while we're all stuck inside.

OP posts:
Dadq · 23/03/2020 20:24

Toothy BJ. I tried to sound appreciative, but it was pretty anxiety-inducing.

Notfarfromcrazy · 23/03/2020 20:27

Omg, bahahaha!!!

Fivefourthree · 23/03/2020 20:31

He looked like Patrick Star from Spongebob Squarepants

DixieGrey · 23/03/2020 21:12

Asked me if calpol was so great, why didn't they make it for adults, thought deodorant and tooth brushing was optional, could not take any advice or guidance on any subject without taking it as a personal attack and was so tight he squeaked

Pianoandpoems · 23/03/2020 21:30

Met in hospital whilst both of us were having our noses done (35 years ago now). He looked so cute with the bandages and cast on, and the nurses loved helping along our romance (God bless them ..especially now) ... but when we met up for 1st proper date after our casts came off he looked awful and his nose was still huge. Immediately thought that with his genetics and mine, heaven help what our children might have looked like ...so no second date. Thank God I didn't have the same cosmetic surgeon.

Dozer · 23/03/2020 21:50

Was lovely but an aspiring DJ. I didn’t feel cool enough to date a DJ, and disliked clubbing and late nights!

Fifthtimelucky · 23/03/2020 21:57

Whenever we ate rice, he left a few grains dotted around on this plate, rather than eating them all. Used to drive me mad!

Aerial2020 · 23/03/2020 22:13

Some of these must have been made up! Smile

Inappropriatefemale · 23/03/2020 22:21

@Aerial for the sheer laughs then very possibly!Grin

Burlea · 23/03/2020 22:22

I was 15 the night before I met a very very cool lad at the youthie. He called at my house the next day (no phones then) to ask me to go for a walk.
He turned up in crimpiline trousers. No No No.

Dzundza · 23/03/2020 22:36

He refused to call his mum "mum" because it was stupid. He always described her in some weird way "the woman that knows me nine months longer than anyone else" or "the woman whose womb brought forth my brother an me". She was a perfectly fine mum, no history of abuse, no neglect, no divorce, nothing. She was just lovely and he agreed about that.

I concluded that he was a twat.

Mamma2017 · 23/03/2020 22:38

He thought it was called pink wine and when I asked if he meant rosè he went “ooooh get you!”

Dzundza · 23/03/2020 22:38

I also once rejected a guy because he spent ages on our first (and last) date telling me what he didn't like to eat. The list was longer than one of a fussy toddler.

Inappropriatefemale · 23/03/2020 22:39

Oh @Mamma2017 you pretentious madam you...Wink jokes!!

DimplesToadfoot · 23/03/2020 23:11

He ejaculated up my nose

Alarae · 23/03/2020 23:20

Nice person however he said some things that made me die a bit on the inside. I am by no means a Mensa candidate, but I did find the lack of knowledge worrying.

  1. Didn't know what the word 'exaggerate' meant.

  2. Asked why you can't just put diesel in a petrol car (this is slightly more forgivable, but he meant it more as a suggestion at the time as opposed to genuine curiosity)

Ended up taking him to a concert where we watched his favourite band. Broke up with him a week later, which was two weeks before Christmas.

He left the present he had bought me on the bar at the front of the restaurant where we both worked.

Felt so guilty, it was like kicking a puppy. We just weren't compatible though and truthfully I only went out with him as he asked me out at work in front of all his friends and they were all saying I shouldn't (as a joke). Pity relationships are the worst.

Sazerac · 23/03/2020 23:37

Teenager: friend pointed out his breath smelled like sour milk. I realised it kinda did.

Student: he was pretty short (about 5' 4") and I am extremely short. I tend to go for very tall men but he was cute, until he started banging on about how he was tall compared to me (almost like I couldn't say 'yeah, too short' because I was uh, too short). Yeah, no.

GrannySlippersAreAStepTooFar · 24/03/2020 01:18

I was 15, he was 21. He'd been our babysitter since I was 13. My mum and his dad were great friends. One day mum said he liked me and wanted to take me out. I was like no way. I'd never been on a date before. Anyway I was made to. I was 5' 4" and he was 5' 5", my orders from mum were not to wear heels.
I definitely did not fancy him but liked him enormously, but more like brother and sister. I thought well it's one date, I'll do it and that'll be that.
He picks me up and we have to go on the bus. He pays a child fare for me. I was not impressed. We get to the cinema, again a childs ticket. Even less impressed. Anyway we get home and it was dark and we are at my front door and he leans in and ambushes me for a kiss. WTAF it was like being hoovered by a giant sucky thing. I could not escape quick enough.
I told my mum no way was that ever happening again ever. Every time after he came around to our house he would try to sit next to me and put his arm around me and have a cuddle. I ended up always making sure my brother sat very close to me, and I paid him to always intercept any possible moves in my direction.

Also did I mention that on their stair wall were hung Bowie knives and furry animal tails. And no, that did not seem weird to me at the time. But now looking back I'm a bit Shock

Gamboge · 24/03/2020 02:10

Long term relationship, keen walkers, he went out and bought the exact same walking jacket I had bought the day before. It was purple.

Small penis.

Not giving me a valentines card.

Wereallsquare · 24/03/2020 06:08

Grey chest hairs peaking out of his shirt. Made me want to vomit. (I was young and it cured me of an 'older man' fantasies.)

Icantbelieveitsnotnutter · 24/03/2020 10:23

One lad texted me how hot all the Welsh girls were at a gig he was at (we're English, not far from Wales.) We'd dated a few times and he would mention wanting to use "thumb cuffs" in future in texts. I really wasn't that bothered about him so I used the 'lusting after other women at a gig' a good get-out clause. He was quite quiet and inoffensive in person, ordinarily, just odd.

Icantbelieveitsnotnutter · 24/03/2020 10:27

Another used to shout out "mummy" in his sleep.

The best was a lad who would perfectly fine on dates until he'd had a few beers. Then he tell me I was lucky that he was interested in me as I was fat and blonde as his usual type was gorgeous slim brunettes. He reminded me if the character in Goodness Gracious me who would insult ladies on dates GrinHmm

Icantbelieveitsnotnutter · 24/03/2020 10:28

Excuse the bloody typos!

willowpatterns · 24/03/2020 10:40

I once knew a bloke who kept asking me out and I kept declining. Several friends said ok, he's a really nice bloke, yes he is older than you, but hey ho, go on a date and see what happens. Then I found out that not only did he have a daughter with the same name as me, she was also older than I was!

Icantbelieveitsnotnutter · 24/03/2020 11:19

Dzundza He refused to call his mum "mum" because it was stupid. He always described her in some weird way "the woman that knows me nine months longer than anyone else" or "the woman whose womb brought forth my brother an me".
Maybe he was trapped in his own Just a Minute game? No repetition etc....