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Author and cartoonist Scott Adams once noted that “Nothing defines humans better than their willingness to do irrational things in the pursuit of phenomenally unlikely payoffs. This is the principle behind lotteries, dating, and religion.”

And while you can explain lotteries using numbers, and religion using philosophy, dating, relationships, and love in general are tough nuts to crack. But some still do try to explain themselves when it comes to dating, even if their reasoning is petty.

Not too long ago, folks on Reddit shared reasons—petty, yet more or less still rightful or fair enough ones, and sometimes just plain weird—to not date someone. And if you’ve been here long enough, you’ll know we covered a similar thread not too long ago, so you can check that out once you’re done with this one.

So, scroll down to enjoy some of the best and most entertaining responses to the now-viral thread, which garnered over 36,000 upvotes, and be sure to share your petty 'never dating this person' stories in the comment section below.

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#1

Here Are 30 Silly Yet Valid Reasons For Refusing To Date Someone As Shared In This Online Group Chews with their mouth open.

eyksm , Richard Report

#2

Here Are 30 Silly Yet Valid Reasons For Refusing To Date Someone As Shared In This Online Group “‘cUs sHe TeXteD LiKe dIs! :):):):) :p:p:p:p =))))))”

shrillysoupygusto , Tricia Report

#3

Here Are 30 Silly Yet Valid Reasons For Refusing To Date Someone As Shared In This Online Group I can't date anyone with lip injections. It felt super unnatural kissing her. Like kissing a baboon with rigor mortis.

RealGrendel , *highlimitzz Report

#4

Here Are 30 Silly Yet Valid Reasons For Refusing To Date Someone As Shared In This Online Group I instantly noped out of an otherwise fine blind date when she ordered apple juice - off menu - at a fancy restaurant. 19-year-old me only knew apple juice as a toddler's drink, and I just couldn't get past it.

I'm no longer that petty. But I did make the mistake of mentioning this to my wife once, many years ago. And she now makes a habit of ordering apple juice whenever we're at a fancy restaurant, just to see if I squirm.

pbspry , Glenn Robinson Report

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#5

Here Are 30 Silly Yet Valid Reasons For Refusing To Date Someone As Shared In This Online Group I almost broke up with a girl when she was trying to be seductive and yanked my book out of my hand and closed it losing my spot.

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#6

Here Are 30 Silly Yet Valid Reasons For Refusing To Date Someone As Shared In This Online Group My wife once told me she couldn't be with someone who wasn't around the same level of intelligence as she. I have no idea how I'm going to keep it a secret that I'm a f*****g idiot the rest of our lives.

seenthewolf , Andrea Parrish - Geyer Report

#7

Here Are 30 Silly Yet Valid Reasons For Refusing To Date Someone As Shared In This Online Group I had a guy break up with me in high school because God told him to… I was like uh okay guess I can’t argue with that one.

GreatPancakee , Micael Faccio Report

#8

Here Are 30 Silly Yet Valid Reasons For Refusing To Date Someone As Shared In This Online Group She said i drove slow on our date. She likes men that live "dangerously"


It snowed heavily while we were at a fancy dinner. I was in my father's car because I had just gotten back from Iraq.


She called me a week later, I said I need a woman that is more down to earth.

S*****nwithmykitten , Nicolas Vigier Report

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#9

Here Are 30 Silly Yet Valid Reasons For Refusing To Date Someone As Shared In This Online Group Live, laugh, love style home decor.

XenophonOnTheLawn , Amina Ebrahim Report

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Zoe's Mom
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I was in my late 20's when a guy told me that my living room looked like his grandma's. I had plaid sofas and collected figurines. In hindsight, I guess it did. LOL

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#10

Here Are 30 Silly Yet Valid Reasons For Refusing To Date Someone As Shared In This Online Group People that like to “debate” too much. I’m all for having your own opinion but when someone thinks they have to be the devil’s advocate constantly? No thanks.

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Nathaniel
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2 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Someone needs to be the Devil's advocate so you can have a well reasoned discussion and assess all the viewpoints and information. EDITED People missing the joke, I am playing devils advocate....

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#11

Here Are 30 Silly Yet Valid Reasons For Refusing To Date Someone As Shared In This Online Group She ate pizza with her hands.No, not like you think. She would scoop up the toppings in a messy pile and like a animal, claw them up and eat them then rip the bread and eat it.We were at a fancy italian place and I got horrified.

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PuggerWugger
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

On another note, does anyone happen to know which restaurant the picture was taken at? (asking for a friend...)

Robertas Lisickis
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Big Lou's Pizza, San Antonio, Texas. Have your friend treat you to one. ;)

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Aisling Raye
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

My friends pick on me for eating pizza with a fork and knife....I'm going to screen shot this so I have proof that my way is not the worst way someone can eat pizza lol.

Scotira
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Barbarians 🤣😉 anyway, you would NEVER see me eating pizza in a restaurant by hand! I too always use a fork and a knife. Come to think of it, I've never seen any adult eat pizza by hand in a restaurant in Europe (I know it's not unusual in the US, but here that's just bad manners and a bad habbit to have 🙈😅). At home - a different matter...

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Nemo
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I don't think she can be so oblivious to her surroundings. Especially at a fancy place. This reads more like a successful "how to get rid of a nice guy"

Id row
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

If there isn't some kind of law against this, there should be.

BetterBitterButter
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2 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I don't even need to use my imagination for this as I have seen it for real.For the first time I ate Pizza with someone I knew for quite some time (at least 8-9 years by then).And like OP says she would scratch the toppings with her nails and then keep them on a plate and then just eat the Pizza base .I looked at her using her nails to dig deeply and told myself this is the first and last time we ever ate Pizza together.

Nameless_User
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Almost as bad as my friend who eats pizza with a knife and fork.

Ricardo Ferreira
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Looks like someone that want to avoid the carbs but can't avoid the pizza. (But she should have used the cutlery though).

k sand
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There is nothing wrong with eating pizza like that. It's not like she was smearing the walls with it

JessG
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

There's a lot wrong with eating a pizza like that. Would you take your sandwich apart, and then eat each ingredient with your hands, hunched over it, then rip the bread in pieces and eat that? In a fancy restaurant?!?! Probably not. Same goes for pizza

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Angelica Victor
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That uncalled for! I also hate it when I make pancakes and my husband and stepdaughters cut them with a fork! To eat them in chunks! I just can't stand it.

Tamra Stiffler
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

How else does one eat pancakes?? I've only ever seen them being eaten with a fork.

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#12

Here Are 30 Silly Yet Valid Reasons For Refusing To Date Someone As Shared In This Online Group Into star signs and the like. To the point of being reminded what sign you are which somehow has an effect of who you and your personality traits lol

Slug212 , pxhere Report

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Nathaniel
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Do not worry, I am a Leo, and we Leo's do not believe in that astrology nonsense.

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#13

Here Are 30 Silly Yet Valid Reasons For Refusing To Date Someone As Shared In This Online Group If their Instagram is nothing but selfies, especially if they’re striking the same pose in every shot. I had a match like that and it honestly creeped me out.

Ellemeno , César Report

#14

Here Are 30 Silly Yet Valid Reasons For Refusing To Date Someone As Shared In This Online Group If they're super into Disney stuff, it creeps me out for some reason.

OkCoast9806 , DAVID BURILLO Report

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LH25
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I have a cousin who loves Disney. So does her hubby. For years, they would only go to different Disney Parks for vacation. I had to laugh one day when their oldest, about 10 at the time, asked if they could please go somewhere that wasn't Disney

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#15

Here Are 30 Silly Yet Valid Reasons For Refusing To Date Someone As Shared In This Online Group They pronounce the word "expresso" when they mean "espresso", or "expecially" instead of "especially."

Grimace_aintnoshake , Kanesue Report

#16

Here Are 30 Silly Yet Valid Reasons For Refusing To Date Someone As Shared In This Online Group She talks to people like they're a hundred meter away from her.

friededs3 , Conall Report

#17

Here Are 30 Silly Yet Valid Reasons For Refusing To Date Someone As Shared In This Online Group She did that thing with her voice where every sentence she said ended with a question mark.

Follow-up: Since so many people have asked, she was not Australian. She's American.

Pennaflumen , Ivan Radic Report

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#18

Here Are 30 Silly Yet Valid Reasons For Refusing To Date Someone As Shared In This Online Group Ended things with a guy over various other reasons, but the most annoying was how many times he told me that "He'd leave me for Miranda Lambert in a heart beat". Which okay, I get it some people have a 'list' of celebrities they'd leave their S/O over, mostly as a joke. But this was like everyday, just randomly said not related to the conversations we were having at the time, and he meant it. He made sure I understood that if for some god forsaken reason Miranda Lambert walked in through the front door, I was gone.

Kiasurp17 , mirandalambert Report

#19

Here Are 30 Silly Yet Valid Reasons For Refusing To Date Someone As Shared In This Online Group She insisted on hanging out at home. She lived with like 6 people, and they always had friends over. I felt like a bf extra on Friends or Seinfeld.

NewEnglandRoastBeef , Phil! Gold Report

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#21

Here Are 30 Silly Yet Valid Reasons For Refusing To Date Someone As Shared In This Online Group He ate with closed fists around his utensils like a toddler and his face right up to his food like someone was going to steal it.

Firejen , Donnie Ray Jones Report

#22

Here Are 30 Silly Yet Valid Reasons For Refusing To Date Someone As Shared In This Online Group My grandparents were very southern. When I was a kid, I spent the night at their house and heard them…wrestling. I heard my grandpa say my grandma’s name, Sarah, but with his accent he said “Ooh Say-ruh!”

I met a girl named Sarah who was also southern. When she introduced herself as “Say-ruh” I had to nope out. It just gave me the heebie jeebies.

Sp3nc3r420 , Vladimir Pustovit Report

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RJ
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I’m guessing this is a post from the US, but as a Brit I’m pissing myself imagining someone trying to talk seductively with a strong Somerset accent.

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#23

Here Are 30 Silly Yet Valid Reasons For Refusing To Date Someone As Shared In This Online Group He wore fake glasses and didn't like vegetables.

DHKillinger , Nate Steiner Report

#24

Here Are 30 Silly Yet Valid Reasons For Refusing To Date Someone As Shared In This Online Group White spittle gathering at the edge of the mouth. I can forgive or overlook a lot of things, but that’s an instant turnoff.

Edit: Every day is a school day! Apparently this can be a sign of dehydration or linked to another condition I’ve seen called Angular Cheilitis.

PlasticFannyTastic , Ralf Steinberger Report

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Kusotare
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I had a massive crush on a girl until I noticed this very thing. I could not bring myself to kiss her!

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#25

Here Are 30 Silly Yet Valid Reasons For Refusing To Date Someone As Shared In This Online Group Loud person. No. I hate it.

iamthecherryontop , istolethetv Report

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NicNor5560
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2 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Mute button is to kill off convos. Volume is because they are too loud. I would use both.

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#26

Here Are 30 Silly Yet Valid Reasons For Refusing To Date Someone As Shared In This Online Group She had the same name as my mom.

waqasnaseem07 , Dennis Yang Report

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Nathaniel
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Yeah, I agree with this one. Too weird getting hot and heavy and then saying your mum's name.

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#27

Here Are 30 Silly Yet Valid Reasons For Refusing To Date Someone As Shared In This Online Group They are deathly allergic to nuts.

The idea of never having Nutella or Snickers again- or risk killing my partner with a kiss- is too much.

Pithy- , Cowbell Solo Report

#28

Here Are 30 Silly Yet Valid Reasons For Refusing To Date Someone As Shared In This Online Group Only went on one date but he named his cat Creamy, and the way he said it grossed me out.

GoBanana42 , steve p2008 Report

#29

Here Are 30 Silly Yet Valid Reasons For Refusing To Date Someone As Shared In This Online Group She had the same first name and last name as my grandpa.

Fit_Sheepherder_3894 , Simon Kellogg Report

#30

Here Are 30 Silly Yet Valid Reasons For Refusing To Date Someone As Shared In This Online Group I broke up with a pretty hot girl when I was younger because she didn’t swing her arms when she walked. It just looked weird and reminded me of a gorilla. Really stupid reason I know, but it just looked so stupid and I couldn’t overcome it.

Macklemonster , Gareth Williams Report

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Scott Crowell
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Well that what you get for buying the cheaper version of the new life like dolls. Next time spring for the upgrades, like I did.

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#32

Here Are 30 Silly Yet Valid Reasons For Refusing To Date Someone As Shared In This Online Group If they have the same name as either of my brothers or my dad lol, no.

puppersrlyf , Andrew Hill Report

#33

Here Are 30 Silly Yet Valid Reasons For Refusing To Date Someone As Shared In This Online Group Inability to form a coherent sentence in text

leg00b , Donald West Report

#34

I was raised as a fairly sheltered white kid in a very white American suburb. When i was around 20 i went on an okcupid date with a guy named Manuel, and although i had several valid reasons for not pursuing a third date, im ashamed to say that i distinctly recall feeling weird about the prospect of getting into a relationship with a guy named Manuel because it felt weird for me to pronounce his name. Yes, I was THAT sheltered.

Akmost 15 years later, after having lived the past 8 years of my life in a South Asian country, and 5 years into a committed relationship with a man from this country whose name as as far from white/western culture as it gets, I cringe so hard at the thought process I had at that time

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Jerry Mathers
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

No cringe needed. You have grown as a person. Just the fact that you do cringe tells you just how far. Many folks never get anywhere close to that far. You pay yourself on the back for moving past the small minded, narrow view of the world and celebrate your appreciation of the differences of others.

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#35

Here Are 30 Silly Yet Valid Reasons For Refusing To Date Someone As Shared In This Online Group My boss's daughter's ex bf broke up with her because they had a Dyson and he said he wouldn't be able to keep up with her extravagant lifestyle.

dh4645 , Nick Richards Report

#36

Here Are 30 Silly Yet Valid Reasons For Refusing To Date Someone As Shared In This Online Group Wasn't my pettiness, but a girl I went on a few dates with wouldn't date me because she wanted to be the "artistic" one in the relationship and she was worried that me being a musician would spoil that for her.

Edit: wasn’t real deep into it, it was just a couple of dates. I don’t feel negatively toward her. She was a nice enough person lol. Also, music isn’t my career, more of a passionate hobby. I work in IT by day.

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Octavia Hansen
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I had to quit dating a songwriter (he called himself since no one else would) or I was going to have to listen to his terrible atonal C&W songs the rest of my life. No thanks!

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#37

Here Are 30 Silly Yet Valid Reasons For Refusing To Date Someone As Shared In This Online Group Minions. Really hit it off and couldn’t look past the love of minions. Can’t stand em.

P00p_Smoothie , Mike Mozart Report

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#38

Here Are 30 Silly Yet Valid Reasons For Refusing To Date Someone As Shared In This Online Group She had the feminine version of my name and that’s just too cutesy.

pierremanslappy , My United States of Whatever Report

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Kusotare
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

One of the sweetest couples I have ever known were Jack and Jacki. RIP, Jack.

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#39

Here Are 30 Silly Yet Valid Reasons For Refusing To Date Someone As Shared In This Online Group I dated a guy and he pulled out Sudafed nasal spray. Said he had bad sinuses. I too had Sudafed and bad sinuses. Decided to cut it short so as to not breed the chronic rhinitis.

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#40

Here Are 30 Silly Yet Valid Reasons For Refusing To Date Someone As Shared In This Online Group Her favourite song was "The Shape of You" by Ed Sheeran.

nexusofthoughts , Eva Rinaldi Report

#41

Years ago I stopped dating someone once I realised he had weird nails.

*edited to add - weird as in clubbed fingers - so it was a medical or genetic issues - which makes my 20 year old self a vain biatch a*****e!!

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#42

I didn't like the way she ate a grilled cheese sandwich.

There were more reasons, but this was the deal breaker.

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#43

She was too aggressively normal.

Edit: I meant she was too sane and well-adjusted. Anyone like that is clearly hiding /something/.

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Nathaniel
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2 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I am not hiding anything. My mum hides though, in the basement. For some reason people think she died years ago.

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#44

Taking a long time to reply message but having read the message, and replying with one word.

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#45

Having dated two, I now have a "no nurses" rule.

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