Which typically male interests/activities give you the ick?

[GoldfinchFeather]

Meant as a lighthearted thread, so hope nobody gets bent out of shape over this - also, I've added the disclaimer of 'typically' male to close off anyone taking umbrage with that... 😅

Dipped a toe back into OLD recently, and already feeling pretty exasperated with just how flipping dull a lot of men are. A lot of them that I've come across only seem to be interested in two things, football and going to the gym.

Maybe that's okay for some people, but these two things alone are enough to put me off. I hate football for a lot of reasons, namely the idiotic behaviour that a lot of football fans display, plus the fact that it's just so painfully boring to watch. I couldn't date a football fan, because being subjected to daily conversation about who was best at kicking a ball around would slowly drive me mad. Don't even get me started on fantasy football or 'accas'...

As for men who spend most their lives in the gym? Yawn. Nobody cares how many 'reps' you've done, or how tough 'leg day' was, Steve. Give me some proper intellectual stimulation, ffs!

Where are all the men who are interested in the arts, nature, books, photography, politics etc? Or even just sports that aren't as unbelievably boring as football? Or do they no longer exist?

So, tell me ladies. Am I alone here, or are there typical male interests that would really put you off a guy, no matter how attractive they might otherwise be?

Would I want to attend a football match at some dismal football ground at a place like Slough, in the freezing cold and rain, while sat next to a drunken lout with a bald head and beer belly who is turning the air blue with his foul language? Absolutely not.
Is that what you think all football fans are like? You sound like a snob.
My DH’s love of football has meant numerous trips to European cities and weekends in London 🤷🏼‍♀️

Lightweights. Should’ve learnt French, bet they’d have impressed you then!

Now, seriously, I’m a guy but the same gave me the ick with the lasses. I love foreign cinema, I have zero qualms with subtitles, I’m varied in my enjoyment of foreign cinema as it isn’t all arty, fancy, some particular message etc. but I’ll never forget when I mentioned one Til Schweiger film, and how I was looked down upon for enjoying it. His films are basic, feel good films for Germans. I love them. But I was made to feel such a fool for enjoying them. Gatekeepers are losers, no matter the hobby.

I'm sure it's lovely. It's just the first place that came to mind when thinking of something that contrasted with Monaco. 😅

Spare me the lecture. I know full well what most football fans are like - you never hear of racist gestures at tennis or cricket, do you? Or them smashing up a town when they're all pissed up and high on drugs. Or sending vile messages on social media to players.

It's not all football fans, but it's the sport that consistently causes the most trouble far more than any other, both in this country and abroad. So yes, if it makes me a snob avoiding football fans, I'll happily accept that title!

Gaming or rugby

Agree with this! Plus cruel sports.

overall I like people with hobbies/interests. I’m quite sporty and have a son and go to the gym so most ‘male hobbies’ I’d be fine with.

Absolutely football.

I would say that description is exactly my personal experience at Premiership football matches.

It was absolutely disgusting and sealed the deal for me that football is not for me.

There's always one. 🙄

Hence why I prefaced this with 'typical' - as in, they're typically enjoyed by males, but can also be enjoyed by women too.

Interesting. Just had a similar convo with my brother tonight. He’s trying online dating but is put off by what he called ‘typically female’ interests of yoga, Pilates, meditation etc.

100% this!

Golf.

Regular pub goers, drunks, vapers/smokers, any sport hobby that takes up most of the weekend, hikers, the traveler that’s always going abroad for months at a time, gaming, lives his life on social media show off, golfers, swingers, Star Wars obsessed, cycling, si fi. Live band enthusiasts, I can’t think of anything worse than a noisy shit band and having to spend the evening listening to it. Football not a total deal breaker but I won’t listen about it or watch it, don’t mind gym goers, so that’s make dating difficult

Yep, cycling kills it for me. When they e spent lots of money on all the gear and become a cycling bore. Ditto to the men who do these endurance challenges like Rat HQ (I think that’s what they call it?) and make no effort to look after themselves or train properly, then end up with black and purple feet.

If it’s for charity then I’m all behind it though - but the blokes I know that do these kind of things seem to just do it as a “look at me I’m amazing” exercise which is really vomit inducing.

My son is a lovely kind sensible sociable confident lad... he's also passionate about footie.

I find it easier to list all the "typical female activities" that bore the crap out of me & I can't fathom why.... just why... I don't really get 'ick' reactions to anything .. maybe to illegal drug use & petty theft & shouting nasty things at one's children? It's usually women berating their kids in a nasty way.

Cycling
Football
Golf
Gaming
Drinking/Drugs
Rugby
Cricket
Snooker
Dogging

I'm the female equivalent...love my bike almost more than my family 😀

😂

Interesting. I get that he might find those things boring but I can't imagine them taking over a woman's life like football sometimes does for men, but perhaps that's just my experience as a very casual basic yoga-enjoyer.

Anime, body building, coffee.

Nah I think she's got you there.

Football is "typically" male and the fans you're talking about are male in the majority.

However there is the term "gym bunny" for a reason. And people don't generally refer to men as "bunnies".

Do you mean the men who go to build muscle and then pose with their shirts off all flexed? Cos that's a "typically" male gym thing I think.

Lots who don't seem to have any interests at all, or want to "cook for their princess", or seem to think that going out for dinner classes as a hobby.

Ones who ride motorbike are a big plus for me as I ride and I don't want a partner who doesn't understand it.

I also have a very niche hobby which blokes seem to use photos of to show how "interesting" they are, but when asked about it's something they did once or twice and have no particular interest in doing on a regular basis.

Ones who complain that I'm too busy to be dateable, meaning usually that they want me to alter my arrangements to fit in with them, but not the other way around. I'm busy. I like life that way. I'm not sat around just waiting for a man to rescue me and I won't just be at your beck and call when you're free.

Men in their 50s with dependent aged children. Nope, been there, done that and I don't want to be a surrogate mother to someone else's young children.

I know women who go on yoga retreats, can't start their day without yoga and a green smoothie.

I find yoga helpful if I'm stressed or achy. But some women do make it a lifestyle.

Men in their 40s that describe themselves as self proclaimed "gamers" 🤮
There is nothing more off putting to me than a man that spends 90% of their time gaming and have a dedicated "man cave" (🤮) with 10 billion PC screens.
Luckily my husband isn't a gamer 😅

Hunting, fishing, boxing (any sort of fighting sport).

Oh, and computer games.