Is This A Dating Dealbreaker?

Is This A Dating Dealbreaker?

By Rachel Korowitz

Sometimes, you can show up 45 minutes late with garlic breath, make 'em pay for the movie tickets, and then point at your mouth and say, "Hello? The good-night kiss goes here NOW," and your date'll still be like, "Rock ON. Smooch city!" Other times, if you so much as talk about that one time your history teacher said "Diet of Worms," your date'll be all "EW EW EW SO GROSS I hate bugs TAKE ME HOME NOW!"

The point is, one person's epic dating fail is another's epic win, so tell us: which of these (if any) are dating deal-breakers for you?

  1. He talks about his mom/dad/cousin/parrot incessantly.
  2. She refuses to talk about her mom/dad/cousin/parrot at all.
  3. He shows you his Speech and Debate trophies. All one of them.
  4. She "doesn't believe in dental floss. It's a central part of the corporate conspiracy."
  5. He bakes you meticulously-decorated cupcakes, and gets upset when you don't take pictures of them before you eat them.
  6. She stress-snarts.
  7. He won't eat escargot—not because they're an acquired taste, but because, "France is, like, the lamest continent. They don't even got NASCAR there."
  8. She expects a thoroughly detailed, blow-by-blow of every conversation you've ever had with every girl/woman/female entity in your life. Ever.
  9. He's obsessed with reflective objects—and specifically, looking at himself in them.
  10. She's a budding taxidermist.
  11. He bites his toenails.
  12. She has a bump on her back that's actually the remains of an in-utero twin.
  13. He sends you a hand-drawn, 38-page comic all about your budding relationship.
  14. She's a Braves fan.
  15. He named his Xbox "Chew-Box-a, the only woman I will ever need."
  16. She repeatedly brags about the time she made eye-contact with Blake Lively in an airport and B-Liv totally gave her "the jealous once-over."
  17. He rags on your friends with actual rags.
  18. She uses so much makeup that you can see fault lines in her foundation.
  19. He applies so much body spray that if you get too close, it's like you stepped into an Abercrombie on "new fragrance" day.
  20. She was kind of mean to your sister until she knew she was your sister.
  21. He talks about his past girlfriends, and how they're awesomer than you.
  22. She kisses her dog on the mouth.
  23. He forgot it was your birthday, and made it up to you by giving you the rest of his half-eaten burger.
  24. She forgot your name.
  25. He's super affectionate when you're one-on-one, but when his friends are around, you get a punch in the shoulder.
  26. She can't hold hands until the blessed leader says it's okay.

What do you consider a dealbreaker?

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