Speaking of dating, do you guys have any dating deal breakers? :) My friend recently went out with a guy who wouldn't stop biting her while they kissed, and she woke up with bruises the next day! Isn't that straight out of Sex & the City?Back in my mid twenties, when I was single and searching in Manhattan, I was riding the subway with a guy I was dating, and we were having a nice night, and all of a sudden he said, "You have the cutest little moustache." What?!?!? I tried to play it cool, but I was mortified. I laughed and asked him if he was serious, and he said, "Yeah, you have blonde hairs so it's hard to see, but you have a little moustache." I was so traumatized that I went home that night and shaved. Like a dude.
What are your dating deal breakers?
P.S. On a happier note, my first date with Alex.
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I went out with a guy who on the first date asked, "Have you ever read the book 'Finding the Love of Your Life'?"
ReplyDeleteNo. I have not. Talk about coming on a little strong for a first date.
you shaved?! oh no joanna!
ReplyDeletenow do you have to shave it all the time to keep from having darker hairs?? or do you wax?
One guy said he wanted to go to the drugstore (while on a date) and get some hair dye so we could color my hair that night (???) I was blond and he wanted it to be brunette (???) Same guy said he wanted me to take improv lessons cause I wasn't funny enough. Explains why the man is now 40 and has never married.
ReplyDeleteYou are so funny! I love that you're not ashamed to share your embarrassing moments with us. I love swapping mortifying stories with my friends. I think that there is a certain amount of strength that comes from it.
ReplyDeletedeal breaker - smoking!!!!
ReplyDeleteOh how I have enjoyed reading these great comments! What is WRONG with people?! Yes, I have quite a few dealbreakers: smoking, bad grammar, CHEAPNESS, critical and condescending, negative, doesn't like animals, arrogant, BAD BREATH, long fingernails. Really, is it too much just to ask for a nice, clean, intelligent, well-raised guy?
ReplyDeletei went on a date with a guy who once told me it was my turn to buy drinks because he likes a modern woman. i bought the next round and then went home soon after that.
ReplyDeleteI dated a guy who told me he had a foot fetish and wanted to touch my very dirty flip-flopped feet. And he really killed it for me because he was cheap. While out with a friend of mine, he bought our beers but not hers.
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ReplyDeletethe only dealbreaker for me is lack of attraction. Otherwise I feel like people are pretty fascinating with all their crazy quirks. I can't imagine how many incredibly dopey things I've done on dates over the years. Though I suppose awful human things take a person straight off the table (racist, misogynist, war criminal etc).
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ReplyDeleteI think reading all these comments is just as entertaining, if not better than the original post, haha.
ReplyDeleteAs for my turn offs/dealbreakers, I probably have a lot of them. I'm pretty pick but I genuinely wish I was more open minded about certain things... it would make dating a whole lot easier.
The big ones for me -- inconsiderate behavior (ESPECIALLY to service people of any kind), addictive behavior to any substance (drugs, alcohol, food, etc.), messy appearance (if women take so much time out of their lives to look beautiful, men should take time to groom themselves at a very basic level), being boring/uninteresting/not creative, not being a gentleman/chivalrous, and finally, not being curious enough. So many men are too self-involved or narcissistic to be curious about someone else and therefore, are much less engaging to converse with.
Before I married my husband I decided to try Match.com. I went on a HORRIBLE date with a guy who asked to move tables twice after we were seated! The first time, the neon from some sign outside the window "bothered his eyes" and the second time he wanted to sit closer to the front of the restaurant. We ended up at some horrible table and he sat on the same side of it as I did. Ugh. After we ordered, he decided that they were taking too long to deliver our food, so he left the table and walked over to the kitchen area to complain about it. I was absolutely mortified. I started dating my husband a few weeks later. :)
ReplyDeleteWhat an awful thing to say! Glad he was a no go in the end! Dear me..
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That was great! Ha. I'm at work and nearly spit out my water all over my keyboard. The final "like a dude" comment had me in stitches. =D
ReplyDeleteI think my biggest turn off on a date is negativity. I have been on so many terrible dates lately with guys who spend the whole time talking about things they don't like or things they don't do. Life is too short for that!
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ReplyDeleteI could never date a guy with a high pitched speaking voice. Thankfully I'm married now and the dating days are behind me. Yay!
ReplyDeleteExcellent post! I loved all the posts. My deal breakers would be: into falconry, (what year are we in ! :P) no sense of humor and of course smoking. My current bf was worth the wait! :)
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If you think you want children later on, try to establish his fertility before things get too serious. How to approach that subject?!
ReplyDeleteThis leads me to a funny experience. A guy I had been dating told me that he had been in an accident and had had to have his testicles removed. I hadn't realized this because he had prosthetic ones. I am grateful that he had the "balls" to tell me early on! ;)
Up until that, I didn't even know that guys whose balls have been cut off could even have sex!
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ReplyDeleteDating deal breaks >"<
ReplyDeleteExpects me to instinctively understand non-verbal cues without her having to explain them.
A boy once told me it was weird kissing me because of my mustache. Needless to say, we are not together. I have a theory that I love that my husband has facial hair so he can't feel my "mustache" when we kiss.
ReplyDeleteAlso, I wax now.
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