Everyone has their own personal dating deal breakers.
For you, it might be smoking. Or rudeness. Or a penchant for Justin Bieber.
It’s different for everyone, but when we encounter one, the reaction is always the same: Horror, revulsion, and a desire to get away, immediately.
Because these are not minor annoyances or idiosyncrasies that could become cute later on.
They are not little adorable quirks, like how he makes little squeaking noises when he eats or how he nods in agreement with himself as he speaks.
Oh no. These are warning signs that cannot be ignored.
Just as an FYI, you should know that this post is sponsored by eHarmony. But all opinions expressed by the author are 100% authentic and written in their own words.
I know, as you read this, that memories will be popping into your head and you will experience a feeling of sheer relief that you got the hell out of there, and that you got away. Because…shudder…
Here is a collection of the top dating deal breakers from the Mamamia Women’s Network. You may need a glass of wine for this…
Related: The worst date you ever had. Worse than this one?
Deal Breaker #1: The man-child.
• “In the first five minutes he showed me an app on his phone that was 101 fart noises.” – Monique
• “I had a guy say he had no idea who John Lennon was but that he loved Lady Gaga. Other basic deal breakers: No job, no prospects and haven’t ever travelled or has no interest in travelling.” – Lauren
Deal Breaker #2: The crashing bore
• “I went on a date with a guy who just talked AT me about physics the whole time. I don’t mind people sharing their interests, but it wasn’t a two-way conversation by any means. At one point he joked about my eyes glazing over. Then he continued his lecture.” – Kahla
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Not a first date but the first time I had sex with my (now) husband was on his birthday. We got to his house after a fancy dinner and started having sex in the dark on the dining table when the lights came on and we realised his entire family including his grandparents had snuck into his house to throw him a surprise party. It was most definitely a surprise for everyone involved, and having never met his family before I struggled with the idea that they had seen my "lady parts" before they had clearly seen my face. Because I am a coward I bolted and left him there with his pants down to face his family alone. For about 3 months I was unable to have sex without first doing a perimeter check of the room to make sure I wasn't inadvertently performing for a crowd.
Wow Guest that is sooo embarrassing....!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
My husband asked me a few days about my worst date.
I told him about a first date I went on where the dude was half an hour late and didn't answer his phone when I called. It turned out he'd lost his phone on the bus home from Canberra the day before on the way home from a week-long hook up with some chick he met online. He forgot to tell me he'd lost his phone while we were chatting on MSN the night before (that tells you how long ago this date was).
Let's just say he was lucky he was really cute and I was super into him, because otherwise I wouldn't have married him. Yeah, my husband doesn't do dates very well.