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Tell me your ‘unreasonable’ relationship dealbreakers

266 replies

Ehhtfc · 02/08/2024 19:30

So I’ve said ‘unreasonable’ not because it’s unreasonable to you but may be to someone else. Maybe others think your dealbreaker is diva-ish but you don’t? 😂

So this excludes any unanimous relationship dealbreakers such as cheating, nasty behaviour etc.

I will also welcome posts around ending it for a reason that seems trivial to others but not for you!

I will start, I just could not be married to someone who worked away, for instance in the forces.

OP posts:
Bridgertontoofar · 03/08/2024 15:51

Thin lips or a weak chin

Jittery or always moving/fidgeting

Long dark eyelashes

Has ever used a tanning bed/fake tan/tanning injections/or cared about tan lines

Doesn't use big words or only uses big words

Snobs

Berlinlover · 03/08/2024 17:12

Riverswims · 03/08/2024 10:09

so you're actually calling the Hiberno Dialect lazy are you? priceless
you want people in many areas to go against their own comfortable accents to pronounce th for you or you won't give them the ride?
I bet you're very popular 🤦🏽‍♀️

I’m Irish and can manage to pronounce the TH sound, no reason apart from laziness when other people don’t.

Cherrysoup · 03/08/2024 17:45

Smoking, especially weed.
Grey trackies, any trackies, really. Prison wear.
Gamer.
Gambler.

johnson39 · 03/08/2024 18:49

westernlights · 03/08/2024 13:27

Id love to read the male equivalent of this thread.
Thinking of my red flags...

Ah me too, I'll ask my man later 😂 should be fun !

EarthSight · 03/08/2024 22:38

Natty13 · 03/08/2024 12:27

What about those is unreasonable?🙄

Many people utterly miss the point of these kinds of threads and just start listing things like 'married' 'abuser' or 'alcoholic'.

WhycantIkeepthisbloodyplantalive · 04/08/2024 00:38

TheCadoganArms · 03/08/2024 07:00

-Is not tolerant of others

Erm........

Tolerent-showing willingness to allow the existence of opinions or behaviour that one does not necessarily agree with.
"we must be tolerant of others

...Being tolerant of others does not prevent an individual from having their own opinions or preferences?!

willingness meaning - Google Search

https://www.google.com/search?client=safari&sca_esv=02c56cf33b0d1a6e&hl=en-gb&sxsrf=ADLYWIIsJVGBjwJbiObMMZsKhBbv61OdRQ:1722727911139&q=willingness&si=ACC90nwKPQWKXvO0LWGU61hOTgoDG2fsX9e7hiTW8sluc-4cDOjYJ-iscQ0Ky6OBFXumxLVVa_quPdr7h9th_w_jzeW4JMvC6DZYxDVxAGWwCwGTte0Q9VM%3D&expnd=1&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwikosDJ_dmHAxWv9rsIHexhFtEQyecJegQIHRAM

Spamham · 04/08/2024 01:42

Small dick,
cruel,
puts other people down to make themselves feel better (talking character assassination here),
rude to waiters / waitresses,
tight with money,
smoker,
big drug or gambling habit,
doesn’t listen,
smacks their chops when eating,
bad B.O.
votes Tory.

twentysevendresses · 04/08/2024 18:45

‘Wet’ kissers
Small hands
Limp handshake
Puffy lips (or really big lips) - this stems from dating a man with really big/puffy lips and I felt like I was being hoovered up when we kissed 😵‍💫)
Reptile keeper 😨
’Bantz’ (can’t bear it when they use
’it’s just banter… chill out’ as an excuse for their poor behaviour!)
Skinny legs and arms (knots in cotton, my dad used to say 😄)
Men who pout in selfies!

wtfissummer · 04/08/2024 23:41

Spamham · 04/08/2024 01:42

Small dick,
cruel,
puts other people down to make themselves feel better (talking character assassination here),
rude to waiters / waitresses,
tight with money,
smoker,
big drug or gambling habit,
doesn’t listen,
smacks their chops when eating,
bad B.O.
votes Tory.

Most of these are pretty mainstream and reasonable though

bonzaitree · 05/08/2024 01:43

I couldn’t stand someone who played music all the time. ESP if he likes really shite music (rap, folk, trap drill 🤮)

This is why god, in his infinite wisdom, created headphones.

Codlingmoths · 05/08/2024 02:39

Sidebeforeself · 02/08/2024 21:10

These are my silly ones…my true list is much longer!

Gamer.
Religious.
Wears pyjamas
Doesnt read
Doesn’t like animals
Wears slippers
Jangles change in their pockets
Salad dodger
Wears a jumper over shoulders and ties it in a knot
Says pacific instead of specific
Doesnt understand the genius of Victoria Wood

Is a salad dodger just someone who doesn’t like salad, or does it mean something completely different?

I cannot even cope with the idea that there are people out there who don’t brush their teeth. Neglected children I get absolutely but as adults don’t you try it once, feel clean and think how could I have not been doing this twice a day for my whole life??
also smokers.

MferMonsterSearchingForRedemption · 05/08/2024 15:13

Porn watcher
Gamer/ sports lover
Wears trainers or tracksuit bottoms when not at the gym
Bad taste in shoes
Ankle sock wearers - plain black socks only, please
Doesn't enjoy reading
Small nose/ round face/ bald/ shaved head
Shaves body hair
No facial hair
Weak chin
Small hands and feet

Planesmistakenforstars · 05/08/2024 15:55

Really tall
Overweight
Wears red trousers
Vegan
Cyclist/triathlete/iron man/golfer
Gamer
Doesn't drink
Anime fan
Beard
Blonde or red hair
Manly man/macho type
Claps when a flight lands
Doesn't like going halves on dates/insists on paying
Likes jazz
Dislikes horror films
Doesn't read
Uses text language
Supports Mercedes
Ties shoe laces really tight
Has children
Wears football shirts
Into crypto
Watches videos on his phone with volume on/without headphones
Doesn't take shoes off at the door
Whitened teeth
Has a dog/wants a dog
Fussy eater
Smokes weed
Religious
Foot fetish
Wacthes porn
Hairy back

I think that covers most of it.

Isanyonereallyanonymous · 05/08/2024 16:04

Planesmistakenforstars · 05/08/2024 15:55

Really tall
Overweight
Wears red trousers
Vegan
Cyclist/triathlete/iron man/golfer
Gamer
Doesn't drink
Anime fan
Beard
Blonde or red hair
Manly man/macho type
Claps when a flight lands
Doesn't like going halves on dates/insists on paying
Likes jazz
Dislikes horror films
Doesn't read
Uses text language
Supports Mercedes
Ties shoe laces really tight
Has children
Wears football shirts
Into crypto
Watches videos on his phone with volume on/without headphones
Doesn't take shoes off at the door
Whitened teeth
Has a dog/wants a dog
Fussy eater
Smokes weed
Religious
Foot fetish
Wacthes porn
Hairy back

I think that covers most of it.

Omg yes the clapping when a flight lands!

My ‘irrational’ turn off - a man in a cardigan. They could be the hottest guy in the world but that just made my legs clamp shut 🫣😂

Horrified14 · 05/08/2024 16:24

Teacher. I'd never be in a relationship with a teacher

PeatrixBotter · 06/08/2024 08:56

I got very put off once by someone who regularly closed kitchen drawers with their hip.

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