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I loled at this.! My ultimate date ick is when a man wore flip flops on a date. Not even leather ones either, which perhaps I could get past. Plastic, shower-stye flip flops. To a nice restaurant. I spent the entire meal thinking about how everyone could see his toenails. I've been married for three years and I still think about this with a look of disgust passing across my face.

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you made me LOL at this too! I have gone out with so many losers in my past that I think I also dated the toenail guy!

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I LOL'd through this because this was me before I met my husband, who was my knight in shining armor. That said, his clothing choices needed a little tweaking, which he happily let me do in increments, because he hated shopping. And he does like getting complimented on his style, which is mine. So having been married to a hot (he's older now), dynamic, super funny, cool in his interests, and incredibly successful guy for several decades, I can tell you that you have to analyze what you are saying is a deal breaker because some of those things can be easily remedied. One thing that was a deal breaker was when I went out with a guy who sneezed into his hand. A WET sneeze. That was the ultimate ICK.

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I went out with so many people who had dealbreakers that I couldn't handle enough to have a second date. Parked illegally and his car got towed. White sock and moccasin. Smelled too soapy. And when I met my now hub all I could remember was a weird hair part. Also: I'd written fiction and nonfiction about my love of Manny Ramirez and he suggested Manny was lazy and I fought with him over it. Also also: He contacted me at 8 AM the day after (10000% deal breaker). I think if you were into him or the time were right it wouldn't have been a dealbreaker. I'm so into this guy still it's like do whatever wacky sh*t you want. I could care less. Although the "f" word is the worst word in the English language and I will never see anyone's partially-filled tote the same way again.

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