What gives YOU the ick? Women share the dating turn-offs that instantly make them lose interest in a man

British single women share the things men do and say on dates that they instantly hate.

From complaining about exes to making a mess, bragging, and even bringing up sex early on in the conversation, the list of blunders that prevent them from getting a second date is endless.

Women reported being instantly “dirty” by men with dirty nails, who chew with their mouths open, or who openly support controversial figures like Andrew Tate and Joe Rogan.

“British women, what makes you instantly lose interest in a man?” someone asked on Reddit after.

“So, you’ve started a conversation with a guy, he’s attractive and you like his body, but he reveals something that makes you recoil in disgust, feel uncomfortable, or lose interest. What was it?”

The question generated hundreds of responses from single women looking for love, with one admitting she has no patience for bad drivers.

“Especially when they think they’re fantastically skilled when they take the corners wide, grind the gears, cut people up, refuse to give way and constantly slam on the brakes for no reason on a straight road going 60 when they’re only going 45. That’s a real no-go for me. A huge annoyance,” she said.

Many women say they hate men who try to impress them with superficial things.

“He brags about how smart or rich or attractive he is,” one woman responded, while another added, “(My date) brought up his father’s incredibly successful real estate business.”

“I hate show-offs, braggarts and men who think they are important or impressive if they have money. In terms of work, if they have worked in finance or something like that or if they are a chef, then that is a big no for me,” said a third.

Single women didn’t want to hear about Andrew Tate, Joe Rogan, Jordan Petersen and Elon Musk because of their divisive views on women and women’s issues.

“I literally stopped meeting a guy because of this… I now use Andrew Tate as a barometer to determine whether or not the conversation will continue,” one person responded.

“I was on a date… The first thing he did was make fun of my religion and then he unironically said that women belong in the kitchen and that’s what God wants. Yeah, I left as soon as I could,” another woman recalled.

Smoking, being rude to wait staff, littering, spitting, having a short fuse and even wearing tracksuits were reason enough for some women to go on a date and run away.

“Big muscles. I just don’t find them attractive, so I’ll leave it to a woman who does, because plenty of women do,” one user replied.

A second responded: ‘They asked me if I knew who the band on my shirt was.’

‘Litter. If he’s okay with littering, then I’ll happily drop him off right away,’ added a third.

“Poor hygiene, such as bad breath or dirty nails,” one woman responded.

Some women said they found it annoying when men brought up the topic of sex too quickly during a dating app chat or during a meet-up.

“Trying to be sexual almost immediately – I met you an hour ago, stop,” someone said.

“Even worse if you try to deflect the conversation from there and even outright say you’re uncomfortable talking about sex in the beginning and they still somehow don’t get the message. That kills the conversation,” a second explained.

For many women, it is taboo to talk about their ex-girlfriend, especially if a man talks negatively about his ex-partner.

A man who is judgmental towards strangers in his environment was also on the ‘red flag list’.

“Dirty comments about appearance, from myself or anyone else around me. Usually indicates a mean personality,” one user explained.

“When you compare me to other women… Things like ‘I like how you don’t wear as much makeup unlike other women’ or basically any compliment that puts others down,” wrote another.

“If they can’t compliment me without belittling other women, then I feel really bad and start to think that the man has some weird issues with women in general.”

Women also gave a big minus to men who were immature, needy, or didn’t like animals.

Ignoring was another common dating habit that men sometimes displayed on dates that women hated.

The custom involves giving someone an indirect compliment, and was popularized by YouTube seduction artists.

Other responses included stating on their dating profiles that they were “not political,” constantly interrupting someone who was talking, wearing too much perfume, talking too much about their work, and calling women “feminine.”