Everyone’s got their own personal deal-breakers when it comes to relationships, whether it be anger issues, being bad in bed or having too much/not enough hair down there.
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However, while everyone differs on what they don’t like in a partner, it turns out that there’s a very common deal breaker in the UK and that is bad body odour.
Yes, according to a survey by e-cigarette makers blu, 72% of people believe that BO is the biggest turn-off in a romantic partner and three quarters of those said it would be their main reason for ditching someone that otherwise seemed perfect. Who knew that a stick of deodorant could have such a significant impact on a couple’s relationship?
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The study, which questioned 2,000 daters, discovered that the second least popular trait was a bad temper. Other deal breakers included wearing bad shoes, having an annoying laugh and talking about themselves in the third person (I’m totally on board with that last one). Here are the top 50:
- Body odour
- Bad temper
- Lying
- Being selfish
- Bad breath (cigarettes)
- Bad breath (unidentified food)
- No sense of humour
- Yellow teeth
- Eats disgustingly
- Having dirty clothes
- Being rude to waiters
- Had nothing in common
- Dirty fingernails
- Smoking
- Smelly feet
- Talking about exes too much
- Being sexist
- Bad fake tan
- Being jealous
- Being obsessed with money
- Took too many selfies
- Being cheap
- Bad breath (coffee)
- Can’t handle alcohol
- Referring to themselves in the third person
- Someone who looks at themselves more than you
- Dandruff
- Talked about babies/marriage on the first date
- Someone who doesn’t make you a priority
- Horrible perfume/aftershave
- Had piercings
- Being late
- Annoying laugh
- Being insecure
- A nasal voice
- Tattoos
- Bad make-up
- Friends didn’t like them
- Bad haircut
- Bad fashion sense
- Obviously checking out your body
- No career ambition
- Too much perfume/aftershave
- Big nose
- Had rubbish taste in music
- Still living with parents
- Bad shoes
- Had rubbish taste in TV
- Living with parents
- Wore brace
So how many of those apply to you? I think it would be tricky to not carry any of those traits, but so long as you’re not honking of BO all day, every day then you should be cool. This poor woman doesn’t stand a chance.
