# The lamest reason you had for breaking up with or not dating someone? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 23, 2005, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-lamest-reason-you-had-for-breaking-up-with-or-not-dating-someone/305032 "2005-05-23T02:21:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![Misnomer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misnomer/32/14897_2.png) [@Misnomer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Misnomer)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2005, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-lamest-reason-you-had-for-breaking-up-with-or-not-dating-someone/305032/81 "2005-06-05T17:15:36Z")
I met a guy for coffee three nights ago; one of those online dating things where we exchanged a few e-mails and set up a meeting. He was smart, had a decent personality, looked like his photo, and seemed like a nice enough guy. But his eye contact was erratic, so I did not suggest that we set up a date. Is that lame enough? 😃 > [@QuickSilver](#): > > 1. Women who say “yes” on the first date. > > 2. Women who say “no” on the 6th date. > > 3. Women who don’t know when to stop drinking. > > 4. Women who don’t drink at all. Change the first word in each sentence to “men,” and I agree. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![partlycloudy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/partlycloudy/32/3114_2.png) [@partlycloudy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/partlycloudy)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2005, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-lamest-reason-you-had-for-breaking-up-with-or-not-dating-someone/305032/82 "2005-06-05T18:15:02Z")
He was a bad kisser. Hm… that might not be a lame enough reason though. ---
**Author:** ![Q.N.Jones](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/3da27b/32.png) [@Q.N.Jones](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.N.Jones)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2005, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-lamest-reason-you-had-for-breaking-up-with-or-not-dating-someone/305032/83 "2005-06-05T18:20:46Z")
He wore a necklace. I hate how that looks on a man. ---
**Author:** ![Tripler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripler/32/21807_2.png) [@Tripler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tripler)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2005, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-lamest-reason-you-had-for-breaking-up-with-or-not-dating-someone/305032/84 "2005-06-05T18:21:20Z")
I’m not at _all_ a perfectionist. But there are three things that kinda irk me, and they all still haunt me: 1. Too much damned makeup, or not wearing it ‘correctly’. If I wanted plaster, I’d go to Home Depot. If I wanted coats of paint, I’d go to Sherwin Williams. Please, for the love of God, wash your face and take off last week’s foundation before I kiss you goodnight again. 2. Your teeth. I understand you may not have had braces as a kid, but when your front teeth have a deeper tan than my skin, I’ve got issues. Have you never heard of the Cavity Creeps in Toothopolis? If you’re not going to brush, I’m not going to make you laugh anymore–when you smile, cars fuckin’ slow down. 3. I met you a few years back. I spring for a ticket to bring you up to see me. Then, you go catatonic on me, blow me off and don’t even _speak to me_, and start dancing with _other guys_ on my dime. I should have kicked you out of the place, but I was too gentlemanly. At the least, I should have taken my blankets off my own bed whilst I slept on my couch. Bitch. I’m sorry. I just didn’t answer the phone anymore from those three. Tripler Okay, #3 wasn’t so lame. ---
**Author:** ![Misnomer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misnomer/32/14897_2.png) [@Misnomer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Misnomer)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2005, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-lamest-reason-you-had-for-breaking-up-with-or-not-dating-someone/305032/85 "2005-06-05T19:31:05Z")
> [@Tripler](#): > > wash your face and take off last week’s foundation before I kiss you goodnight again _Again_? Why’d ya kiss her goodnight the _first_ time? 😉 > [@](#): > > Okay, #3 wasn’t so lame. Agreed … holy shit! ---
**Author:** ![MagicEyes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5daacb/32.png) [@MagicEyes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MagicEyes)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2005, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-lamest-reason-you-had-for-breaking-up-with-or-not-dating-someone/305032/86 "2005-06-05T20:53:22Z")
> [@LoganDear](#): > > He was a bad kisser. Hm… that might not be a lame enough reason though. That’s not a lame reason at all. I married someone who was a bad kisser–it’s one of the stupidest things I’ve ever done, and I’ll never do it again. Life is too short for bad kissing! ---
**Author:** ![Nawth\_Chucka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/c57346/32.png) [@Nawth\_Chucka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nawth_Chucka)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2005, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-lamest-reason-you-had-for-breaking-up-with-or-not-dating-someone/305032/87 "2005-06-05T21:20:11Z")
> [@MagicEyes](#): > > Life is too short for bad kissing! AMEN! You’re preaching to the choir here, I’d rather make out w/ a good kissin’ man than do most anything else, 'cept maybe reading. And even then, if he’s a good enough kisser, the book can wait. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![NoPretentiousCodename](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/82dd89/32.png) [@NoPretentiousCodename](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NoPretentiousCodename)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2005, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-lamest-reason-you-had-for-breaking-up-with-or-not-dating-someone/305032/88 "2005-06-05T23:39:59Z")
I dumped her cause she said I kissed like a tree. She was trying to be poetic or something, but I guess I was insulted. (I got really good at kissing because of the insecurity I felt from her statement) ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2005, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-lamest-reason-you-had-for-breaking-up-with-or-not-dating-someone/305032/89 "2005-06-06T01:22:52Z")
I find all my dates online via online personals. When we first chat, or on subsequent chats, if he uses “u” or “ur” alot or just can’t spell, it’s a no-go for me. Guys who IM me with “ur hot, i liked ur pic. wanna chat?” get blocked right off the bat. Sadly, that’s like 75% of the dudes who IM me. Anyone else, well they are free to have me. woohoo!! 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Nawth\_Chucka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/c57346/32.png) [@Nawth\_Chucka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nawth_Chucka)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2005, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-lamest-reason-you-had-for-breaking-up-with-or-not-dating-someone/305032/90 "2005-06-06T01:29:01Z")
> [@ZipperJJ](#): > > Guys who IM me with “ur hot, i liked ur pic. wanna chat?” get blocked right off the bat. Sadly, that’s like 75% of the dudes who IM me. In a similar vein, I’m unlikely to date anyone who calls me sexy, or ‘Sexy’ in a first conversation. I know where your brain’s at already and I can’t trust your motives. Sure, I knew you were hoping to get laid at some point, but don’t be so blatant. ---
**Author:** ![Misnomer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misnomer/32/14897_2.png) [@Misnomer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Misnomer)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2005, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-lamest-reason-you-had-for-breaking-up-with-or-not-dating-someone/305032/91 "2005-06-06T02:03:38Z")
> [@ZipperJJ](#): > > When we first chat, or on subsequent chats, if he uses “u” or “ur” alot or just can’t spell, it’s a no-go for me. I don’t use the chat features on dating sites, but I mention that very thing in my profile: when I describe the kind of guy I’m looking for I have a short list of “with luck, you…” statements, and one of them is “you don’t ever type ‘2’ instead of ‘to’.” 🙂 IRL I know some great guys who can’t write for shit, but when it comes to online dating I definitely use a guy’s writing ability as a criterion. > [@Portia](#): > > In a similar vein, I’m unlikely to date anyone who calls me sexy, or ‘Sexy’ in a first conversation. Yep. For me it’s not so much about knowing where his brain is, it’s more that I don’t respond well to insincerity – especially compliments that seem insincere, or like lines. Now, before the self-esteem police come to take me away, I’m not saying that I’m _not_ sexy, or that I can’t believe any guy would think that I am … it’s just that I think my sexiness is something that mostly comes across in person, and I don’t think there’s any way that a guy can tell whether I’m sexy or not just from a couple of pictures on my profile. At least, not the pictures that I post! 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Telperien](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/65b543/32.png) [@Telperien](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telperien)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2005, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-lamest-reason-you-had-for-breaking-up-with-or-not-dating-someone/305032/92 "2005-06-06T02:16:02Z")
> [@Misnomer](#): > > Now, before the self-esteem police come to take me away, I’m not saying that I’m _not_ sexy, or that I can’t believe any guy would think that I am … it’s just that I think my sexiness is something that mostly comes across in person, and I don’t think there’s any way that a guy can tell whether I’m sexy or not just from a couple of pictures on my profile. At least, not the pictures that I post! 😉 That’s pretty much my take on it too. ---
**Author:** ![Tinkertoy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f19dbf/32.png) [@Tinkertoy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tinkertoy)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2005, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-lamest-reason-you-had-for-breaking-up-with-or-not-dating-someone/305032/93 "2005-06-06T02:52:39Z")
He was tall, handsome, well built, and had a sexy voice. Unfortunately he was also dumber than dirt. I don’t require a genius but being able to tie your own shoelaces without written instruction would be nice. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-lamest-reason-you-had-for-breaking-up-with-or-not-dating-someone/305032.md?page=4)