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What has a guy done that instantly made you lose interest?

507 replies

LusaBatoosa · 10/09/2023 17:14

The ones that spring to mind:

  • Thought Jordan Peterson 'had some interesting ideas.
  • Used 'female' as a noun.
  • Let me pay half. I always offered, but if you let me, there would be no second date.
  • Really poor spelling and grammar. Not the occasional mistake or lapse (we all make them), practicaly unintelligible messages.
  • Said he 'wasn't a reader'
  • Was a picky eater.
  • Was teetotal.
  • Was religious.
  • Wore a chain.
  • Didn't drink water.

The dating pool has pee in it and, on top of that, I'm fairly unreasonable. I'm very happy I met my husband. 🤣

OP posts:
MrsTarentino · 13/09/2023 09:34

Farting on my or close to me and not caring🤢

Wearing white jeans 😬

Saying 'lets have a potter around' 🙄

Not brushing teeth 😐

Being disrespectful to people 😞

Sponging off people 😑

Saying things like 'this is a great value for money '! 🥱

Skids 💩

Uneducated comments 🥱

Racist 😬

Thank god I met my husband, he's swell 🥰

GoryBory · 13/09/2023 09:37

LusaBatoosa · 13/09/2023 09:32

I listed things that turned me off dates (and provided clarification when it was requested). That’s what the thread is about. I’m not sure what part of that is unclear. 😊

Nobody is asking for your opinion on other people’s turn offs - reading, paying on dates, whatever. You’re certainly ‘allowed’ to write whatever you want, I’m not the boss of MN. However, people tutting about other women dating differently to to them just isn’t very interesting to read, so it would be nice if you engaged with the topic of the thread instead.

But surely you must understand that if you give your view on something then people are going to discuss it.

If I said I don’t date anyone who’s left handed, I’m sure I’d get a lot of responses.

That’s what a forum is, even if I found their responses boring.

Perhaps just ignore the ones you find boring.

FirstYouGetTheMoney · 13/09/2023 09:40

LusaBatoosa · 11/09/2023 14:00

@AlexaCanYouHearMe I think we’re on exactly the same page. I find it very surprising that more women don’t get all this, but people can get quite cross when you point it out.

I have resolved to tend to my own business and let them tend to theirs. 🤷🏽‍♀️

But why would I base my decisions on what other women earn, not on what I do?

That makes no sense at all.

GoryBory · 13/09/2023 09:40

Wearing white jeans 😬

@MrsTarentino

What is it with white jeans??

I love white jeans and they look amazing on me and so they are my go to relaxed date wear and some guy said the same thing!

I personally think I dodged a bullet but I don’t understand what the problem was still.

Sushi4Dins · 13/09/2023 09:40

GoryBory · 13/09/2023 09:25

That’s fine, I was just genuinely curious.

I do find it ironic that you think someone who chooses not to read has ‘nothing going on up top’ when I would think the same about someone who thinks intelligence is based on how many books you read.

My love of thrillers e.g. The Bone Collector, definitely does not make me any more or less intelligent than someone who chooses to spend their time doing something other than reading.

So I was just curious why this would put people off an otherwise decent person.

So I was just curious why this would put people off an otherwise decent person.

Then you could have just asked that. You wrote several paragraphs on why you disagreed with someone else’s dealbreaker, instead. You’ve done it twice now.

FirstYouGetTheMoney · 13/09/2023 09:42

Itsthesamehere · 11/09/2023 22:21

But that's irrelevant on your individual date with an individual man. You might earn more than him, so what on earth has the sex pay gap got to do with whether you should go halves or not?

I wonder if of one of the OP’s many criteria was that any potential DH earned a lot more than her.

Given subsequent posts it does seem that way.

If I’d restricted myself to men earning more than me that’d have been a very small pool.

LusaBatoosa · 13/09/2023 09:43

FirstYouGetTheMoney · 13/09/2023 09:40

But why would I base my decisions on what other women earn, not on what I do?

That makes no sense at all.

I repeat: I have resolved to tend to my own business and let them tend to theirs.

OP posts:
LusaBatoosa · 13/09/2023 09:45

YupIKnow · 13/09/2023 09:33

A widower who turned up wearing a wedding ring. He certainly wasn't ready for dating.

That’s so sad. ☹️

OP posts:
LusaBatoosa · 13/09/2023 09:46

GoryBory · 13/09/2023 09:37

But surely you must understand that if you give your view on something then people are going to discuss it.

If I said I don’t date anyone who’s left handed, I’m sure I’d get a lot of responses.

That’s what a forum is, even if I found their responses boring.

Perhaps just ignore the ones you find boring.

Will do. 👍🏽

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C1N1C · 13/09/2023 09:48

This happened to me as a guy.

I met a girl from OLD and upon seeing her, I said she looked beautiful.

She said at the end of the date that she wasn't interested in seeing me again because clearly I was just interested in appearance. (From that one comment... I didn't endlessly conpliment her throughout)

GoryBory · 13/09/2023 09:55

Sushi4Dins · 13/09/2023 09:40

So I was just curious why this would put people off an otherwise decent person.

Then you could have just asked that. You wrote several paragraphs on why you disagreed with someone else’s dealbreaker, instead. You’ve done it twice now.

I did ask.

I asked why it was a deal breaker and how it affects someone’s relationship.

I explained that for me it wouldn’t be a deal breaker as it has no effect on me at all, which some turn offs have a direct or indirect effect, so I understand them but I didn’t understand this one which is why I asked.

I also asked what it is about white jeans which some people seem to hate.

I’m allowed to ask questions.

AlexaCanYouHearMe · 13/09/2023 10:10

GilbertMarkham · 12/09/2023 22:13

I feel horrible writing this but .... He shaved off his beard.

He'd had a sizeable goatee since I'd known him, had never seen him without out. Had never, in my naivety, suspected that he wore a goatee because of the shape of his chin/jaw.

He turned out to have a weird, chinless thing going on. Looked like a different person. I couldn't really fancy him or feel the same.

Have been suspicious of bearded men since.

Edited

My mother always said 'never marry a man with a beard, and DEFINITELY don't have children with him, unless you've seen him without his beard first.'

Wise words. Some men look soooooo much better with a beard, and there's a reason for that! 😬(As your post illustrates!)

honeylulu · 13/09/2023 10:11

GoryBory · 13/09/2023 09:40

Wearing white jeans 😬

@MrsTarentino

What is it with white jeans??

I love white jeans and they look amazing on me and so they are my go to relaxed date wear and some guy said the same thing!

I personally think I dodged a bullet but I don’t understand what the problem was still.

Relaxed? I don't think I could relax wearing white jeans! One splash of red wine or splat of spaghetti bolognaise and outfit ruined! You're obviously much less clumsy than me.

I don't think white jeans look bad per se but I think if my date was wearing them I'd be in a state of anxiety by proxy that they'd spill something or sit in something mucky by accident! Have you seen that tik tok video where the woman gets peanut butter on the back of her (very nice) tight white shorts and goes all the way around the supermarket? Not a good look lol 😅

AlexaCanYouHearMe · 13/09/2023 10:11

RantyAnty · 12/09/2023 02:54

Breathing

Grin
AlexaCanYouHearMe · 13/09/2023 10:11

WHITE JEANS?! 😬 Just no!

AlexaCanYouHearMe · 13/09/2023 10:13

C1N1C · 13/09/2023 09:48

This happened to me as a guy.

I met a girl from OLD and upon seeing her, I said she looked beautiful.

She said at the end of the date that she wasn't interested in seeing me again because clearly I was just interested in appearance. (From that one comment... I didn't endlessly conpliment her throughout)

That's a bit daft! I would have been annoyed with constant compliments all night, but after the 5th one, I would have said 'it's OK, you don't need to keep complimenting me!' Smile

Sounds like you dodged a bullet with this one lass.

AllTheChaos · 13/09/2023 10:19

I dated a non-reader once, and it was awful as he found it annoying / rude when I wanted to read - and I'm a total bookworm. That one was doomed from the start…

GoryBory · 13/09/2023 10:27

AlexaCanYouHearMe · 13/09/2023 10:10

My mother always said 'never marry a man with a beard, and DEFINITELY don't have children with him, unless you've seen him without his beard first.'

Wise words. Some men look soooooo much better with a beard, and there's a reason for that! 😬(As your post illustrates!)

A beard is like make up for men.

I too am always suspicious of men with beards and want to see what they’re like without them!

I think on dating profiles women should have a make up free picture and men should have a beard free picture 😁

LusaBatoosa · 13/09/2023 10:27

AllTheChaos · 13/09/2023 10:19

I dated a non-reader once, and it was awful as he found it annoying / rude when I wanted to read - and I'm a total bookworm. That one was doomed from the start…

I hadn’t even thought about that aspect!

OP posts:
MrsTarentino · 13/09/2023 10:30

@GoryBory it's white jeans on a man I don't like, I'm sure you look smashing in yours ☺️

GoryBory · 13/09/2023 10:31

honeylulu · 13/09/2023 10:11

Relaxed? I don't think I could relax wearing white jeans! One splash of red wine or splat of spaghetti bolognaise and outfit ruined! You're obviously much less clumsy than me.

I don't think white jeans look bad per se but I think if my date was wearing them I'd be in a state of anxiety by proxy that they'd spill something or sit in something mucky by accident! Have you seen that tik tok video where the woman gets peanut butter on the back of her (very nice) tight white shorts and goes all the way around the supermarket? Not a good look lol 😅

Ahh maybe that was it, maybe he was just worried I was going to spill a drink of them lol.

It’s funny because I’ve heard it so many times from discussions like this and it actually put me off wearing them but no one could say why they didn’t like white jeans.

Although a saw a women in Asda the other day and she was wearing a pink t-shirt, white jeans and white canvas shoes.
She was 50+ and it was such a simple outfit but it just looked amazing on her and so I might try and see if that suits me too.

porridgeisbae · 13/09/2023 10:34

One insisted on paying the whole bill (while moaning about the cost of the food, which was a fairly normal restaurant price.) I prefer to go dutch and will not let anyone pay it all in future until we get onto a you pay one date, I pay another type basis.

Same guy- shagging and he said 'this is one for the wank bank.' 'How do you keep the figure of a 15 year old girl?' (said very appreciatively) was also kind of unnerving.

Mainly impotence has been my strongest dislike in recent years.

But now I think excessive talk of sex would be my complete turn off.

GoryBory · 13/09/2023 10:34

AllTheChaos · 13/09/2023 10:19

I dated a non-reader once, and it was awful as he found it annoying / rude when I wanted to read - and I'm a total bookworm. That one was doomed from the start…

That makes sense to me.

And yes that would really annoy me too.

It wouldn’t be that he didn’t read, it would be that he doesn’t like me doing it and that’s a big red flag.

I did meet a man who thought he was too good for gaming and didn’t like people who game, which I do as he thought it made them seem stupid and so I guess it’s a similar thing.

GoryBory · 13/09/2023 10:35

Same guy- shagging and he said 'this is one for the wank bank.' 'How do you keep the figure of a 15 year old girl?' (said very appreciatively) was also kind of unnerving.

🤢🤢🤢

AlexaCanYouHearMe · 13/09/2023 10:38

GoryBory · 13/09/2023 10:27

A beard is like make up for men.

I too am always suspicious of men with beards and want to see what they’re like without them!

I think on dating profiles women should have a make up free picture and men should have a beard free picture 😁

A beard free picture! Grin