I need to gauge my shallowness, folks. How many of you out there have encountered someone who is not unattractive, yet for some mysterious reason they do absolutely nothing for you? To use retail clothing terms, the merchandise is not quite defective, but it’s a little bit off and slightly irregular.
I thought about this today when I saw an article talking about singer/rapper M.I.A. being pregnant. To me, she personifies one of my gray areas of unattractiveness. She’s not an ugly woman by anyone’s standards, but I can’t stand looking at her due to her fashion sense. This woman usually wears combinations of patterns and colors that make it look like 1987 and 1991 are waging a full-scale battle to the death, right there on her attire. Like Cross Colours, Rainbow and a strobelight had some kind of three-way sexual encounter, and her style was the bastard child that resulted from this unholy tryst. I can’t stand it when people go overboard with trends, and whenever I think of folks trying too hard to bring the 80s back, images of M.I.A. in some kaleidescope getup go running through my head.
As you can see, this is just my particular pet peeve, because someone else had no problem whatsoever with removing M.I.A.’s Technicolor Dreamcoat-looking attire and blowing her back out.
What are your pet peeves as far as attraction? I want to hear some of your stories about little factors that influenced your decision to downgrade someone from a “Maybe” to a “Hell no.”
Attraction is just a strange Animal young..its all chemical. Some folk are attractive but lack any sex appeal what-so-ever, then some folk are not so attractive and have sex appeal for days…. then the lucky few have both with an incredible magnetism and Je ne sais quoi that cannot be denied….stange animal like I said.
I can’t stand them 5 inch wide belts women wear for no apparent reason. I like belts that are functional. That and all the skulls/rock star shyt women rock.
For me it’s the “I’m God’s gift to women.” I mean it’s okay if you’re joking about it, but some people really think like that.
I don’t care how fine you are, your gift has probably been given to far too many women and probably ones that aren’t the bightest crayon in the box if they put up with your attitude. I don’t want that anywhere near my privates.
You are not that cute.
@ Super Dave. Those belts are optical illusions…females wear them to give the appperance of a slim waistline. They also supposedly make your legs look longer.
As for me and my house though…
*as she looks down at her 2 inch wide belt (LOL)
I already have both of those, even for a short person. I just wear them to break up my outfit…and also to hold up pants and skirts as they don’t make clothes for pint sized people.
Pretty girls should not smoke or cuss. The smoking part is pretty obvious: it’s just a stank habit. But extra-so if you’re a hot-ish chica. And besides my personal moral proclivities, vile language spewing from an otherwise transfixing mouth just says “gutter” to me (except in the throes, if you know what I mean).
My other huge turn-off? Real high heels. Can’t help it. Women look like new-born gazelles trying to navigate the mean streets of D.C. in them hooker heels, and I can never stop asking myself, “What if she has to run suddenly?!” (But that’s the same question I axe myself when I see the young knuckleheads with their pants hanging down below their cheeks.) I’m into moderate-to-no heels; a gal who could execute a flying arm bar with her shoes on, should the occasion arise.
That’s just me.
LOL@anonymousnupe “newborn gazelles” That was a good one!
My turn off with guys are the ridiculously sagging pants. A little sag ain’t that bad although I prefer no sagging. But the ones who wear their pants around their knees?!?! WTF is the point if your a$$ is gonna hang out? I don’t wanna see yo drawls.
The next one is more of a pet peeve. I do not like seeing men wear suits with sneakers! UGH!!! Put on some dress shoes dammit!
My Pet peeves: Ghetto Women, too much make up, colored contacts, uncertain with their future
Cheap shoes are a majoj turn-off for me and something I can’t look past.
Miss Jay my pet peeve is similar… a man with a suit who carries a back pack, what is that about?
Sorry about the typo should be a major turn off.
I have found a guy to be unattractive that everyone else thought was the holy shit..but to me he was just aiight or he was ok looking but not someone I would be interested in.
For me if a guy has any weird style to his hair I can’t deal with it. You either gonna have a cut, a nice,small tamed fro or something normal, because any lopsidedness, colors or any of that mess won’t get you even near the door with me. He can be handsome as all get out, but if he has weird hair we can’t rap.
Breath, teeth and crazy-eye (also known as cock-eye)!! I just can’t do it.
More specific: foul/stagnant breath, mossy, chipped, non-aligned teeth (especially that little dogtooth that sits on the gum), and any eyeball that is not where the good Lord meant for it to be. Who you looking at fool!! Again, I just can’t do it.
Nubby fingers (from nail-biting), bad breath/teeth, bad skin and an inability to pull together a decent looking outfit are my pet peeves. Oh, and if I have to question your sexual orientation, that’s not good either.
yo! lol this was too intense. i just wrote a post about attraction and why dudes don’t holler at girls that aren’t sexy out in public. the answer is pretty obvious, but you gotta read it to understand why it was a good post.
pet peeves though? a wack laugh. poor sense of humor. like for instance, if she doesn’t die laughing at your “listen to leon” banner, she’s kicked to the curb. at least a smile, you know?! hmm…bad breath? yikes. brush your teeth, and if it’s beyond that, keep mints in the purse. toothpaste, even. matter fact, nevermind. if your breath is that crazy, we can’t be together. and hit the gym. i need a girl that’s not a hazard to herself cuz she’s not in shape. i don’t mean a super toned body, but be in shape. simple. dress appropriately, too. i can’t take you home to mom if you rock outfits like buffy the body. or like pinky. or cherokee. on set.
a few people got those last names.
oh yea and cigarettes i can’t really do. weed, meh. i don’t really fuck with it, but if you need to escape your every day life cuz it’s that hectic, go ahead.
I am new here, but I hate cornrows, hairy men and men with big heads and asses. That is so not hot!
Hilarious. I can understand how you feel about M.I.A. I don’t understand it either.
Let’s see. Cornrows. I used to like them on dudes when they were really neat and well taken care of. But a dude my age (early 30′s)? Rockin’ cornrows? Blech. At some point the damn seasons have to change. Other turnoffs for me are dudes that just aren’t groomed. And at some point, dudes need to grow up and diversify the wardrobe. White tees, timbs, and jeans just won’t cut it anymore. Grow up and buy a sports jacket and a pair of slacks. Ugh.
Men with small feet.
Just.. no
Bony hands
Men in shorts
Anyone who STILL has a Caesar cut, ugh
The guy was o.k looking until he smiled and had a really small tooth on the side. Every time he smiled he turned his head to the left and showed me that little ass tooth like that was his good side.