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'Shallow' dealbreakers in a relationship?

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  • #632
    SarahMollie
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,841 ✭✭✭SarahMollie


    Gravelly wrote: »
    He's obviously a raving psychopath. I'd confidently predict he's going to murder you all in your sleep any day now. Probably with an axe. Or possibly a hammer.

    I am clearly living on the edge :P


  • #633
    freeze4real
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,540 ✭✭✭freeze4real


    What's the deal with white socks ?

    I only have white socks & never wear any colour other than white. How is this a major deal breaker ??


  • #634
    Gravelly
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,092 ✭✭✭Gravelly


    freeze4real wrote: »
    What's the deal with white socks ?

    I only have white socks & never wear any colour other than white. How is this a major deal breaker ??

    What tension do you like to put in your shoelaces (this is important).


  • #635
    SarahMollie
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,841 ✭✭✭SarahMollie


    freeze4real wrote: »
    What's the deal with white socks ?

    I only have white socks & never wear any colour other than white. How is this a major deal breaker ??

    Because dressing like Michael Jackson in the 80's isnt a good look?

    You need dark socks for wear with most things, white is really only acceptable in a sporty context.

    Or persist with the white socks and take the judgement :)


  • #636
    Gravelly
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,092 ✭✭✭Gravelly


    Bambi985 wrote: »
    Sounds like something you'll read in any standard PUA handbook. "Women love bad boys. Neg the shizzle out of that biatch and be the most alpha man in the room and she'll be yours on a plate".

    Meanwhile in the real world being a decent person who considers others and isn't afraid to express who he is will attract fellow decent people who consider others, many of whom will be beautiful.

    As long as your laces aren't too tight.


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  • #637
    pq0n1ct4ve8zf5
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10,070 ✭✭✭✭pq0n1ct4ve8zf5


    On that note, blue suit and brown shoes. Copying Conor McGregor's outfits exactly isn't the same thing as having a sense of style. Every ****ing graduation, wedding, work party I've been to in the past year there's a sea of them, it's the new check shirt and boot cut jeans at this point


  • #638
    SarahMollie
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,841 ✭✭✭SarahMollie


    Ada Deep Tapir wrote: »
    On that note, blue suit and brown shoes. Copying Conor McGregor's outfits exactly isn't the same thing as having a sense of style. Every ****ing graduation, wedding, work party I've been to in the past year there's a sea of them, it's the new check shirt and boot cut jeans at this point

    Ha, this is very true. Himself bought a nice blue suit a few years ago, just before they really took hold. He won't wear it now because he doesn't want to be (as he puts it) a "blue suit flute" like everyone else.


  • #639
    One eyed Jack
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 25,439 ✭✭✭✭One eyed Jack


    I never got the blue suit/brown shoes fascination at all, or the slim fitting suits, they just never looked good on a man IMO.


  • #640
    Boom_Bap
    Moderators, Music Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 25,740 Mod ✭✭✭✭Boom_Bap


    The blue suit brown shoes look is a great look.

    It's just over saturated at the moment.


  • #641
    Widdershins
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,633 ✭✭✭✭Widdershins


    I wonder if people would buy them if there was no such thing as '''in fashion''.


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  • #642
    Gravelly
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,092 ✭✭✭Gravelly


    The blue suit brown shoes slicked back hair and beard is like a uniform at some events.


  • #643
    Malari
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,150 ✭✭✭✭Malari


    SarahMollie wrote: »
    Ha, this is very true. Himself bought a nice blue suit a few years ago, just before they really took hold. He won't wear it now because he doesn't want to be (as he puts it) a "blue suit flute" like everyone else.

    Ha, my husband too :D He bought it years ago for a wedding and the only other guy (at a wedding of 250 guests) wearing the same was the groom! We joked he looked like the stunt double.


  • #644
    osarusan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,059 ✭✭✭✭osarusan


    I have a brown suit with blue shoes.


  • #645
    Gravelly
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,092 ✭✭✭Gravelly


    I hope your influence over the ladies works better in real life than it appears to be working here!


  • #646
    Electric Sheep
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,114 ✭✭✭Electric Sheep


    Ada Deep Tapir wrote: »
    On that note, blue suit and brown shoes. Copying Conor McGregor's outfits exactly isn't the same thing as having a sense of style. Every ****ing graduation, wedding, work party I've been to in the past year there's a sea of them, it's the new check shirt and boot cut jeans at this point

    The 80's equivalent was slip on shoes with white socks...


  • #647
    Gravelly
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,092 ✭✭✭Gravelly


    Electric Sheep wrote: »
    The 80's equivalent was slip on shoes with white socks...

    Remember 'em well. Miami Vice had a lot to answer for.


  • #648
    storker
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,779 ✭✭✭storker


    Electric Sheep wrote: »
    The 80's equivalent was grey slip on shoes with white socks...

    FYP for added historical accuracy. :)


  • #649
    infogiver
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 2,505 ✭✭✭infogiver


    One eyed Jack wrote: »
    I never got the blue suit/brown shoes fascination at all, or the slim fitting suits, they just never looked good on a man IMO.

    Slim fitting suit must be on a very slim 5'9"+ under 40.


  • #650
    Gravelly
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,092 ✭✭✭Gravelly


    storker wrote: »
    FYP for added historical accuracy. :)

    With extremely narrow grey tie and pink or baby blue jacket. And, it goes without saying, a mullet.


  • #651
    Gravelly
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,092 ✭✭✭Gravelly


    infogiver wrote: »
    Slim fitting suit must be on a very slim 5'9"+ under 40.

    As if I needed an excuse not to wear one, there I have it.


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  • #652
    infogiver
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 2,505 ✭✭✭infogiver


    Gravelly wrote: »
    As if I needed an excuse not to wear one, there I have it.

    Your welcome.
    Sitting in my car in a busy town centre on a hot afternoon waiting for my mother to do her business and noticing lots of both sexes who could benefit from a kind person telling them that short shorts and a wife beater/spaghetti strap t shirt is only fetching when your 50+ if you've REALLY REALLY taken good care of yourself.


  • #653
    Widdershins
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,633 ✭✭✭✭Widdershins


    What about a donkey jacket? Were they popular? I found one that had been left behind by the previous owners, in the attic of my house.


  • #654
    Gravelly
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,092 ✭✭✭Gravelly


    Widdershins wrote: »
    What about a donkey jacket? Were they popular? I found one that had been left behind by the previous owners, in the attic of my house.

    The only people I ever saw wearing donkey jackets were council workers and whatever it was we called goths back in the 80's.


  • #655
    storker
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,779 ✭✭✭storker


    Gravelly wrote: »
    With extremely narrow grey tie and pink or baby blue jacket. And, it goes without saying, a mullet.

    ...and rolled up jacket sleeves.


  • #656
    Widdershins
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,633 ✭✭✭✭Widdershins


    Gravelly wrote: »
    The only people I ever saw wearing donkey jackets were council workers and whatever it was we called goths back in the 80's.

    I've seen them on ''Only fools and horses''. I googled and was surprised to see they're made by Doctor Martens. In the '80s surely they were punks?

    I wonder why they have the shiny sections on the shoulders. Maybe the shoulders get dirtier or would have got dirtier back when workers probably lifted things instead of using ramps like they do now. I'm thinking of things like bin lorries.


  • #657
    Gravelly
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,092 ✭✭✭Gravelly


    Widdershins wrote: »
    I've seen them on ''Only fools and horses''. I googled and was surprised to see they're made by Doctor Martens. In the '80s surely they were punks?

    I wonder why they have the shiny sections on the shoulders. Maybe the shoulders get dirtier or would have got dirtier back when workers probably lifted things instead of using ramps like they do now. I'm thinking of things like bin lorries.

    No punks were a different breed altogether. Cureheads and the like wore them iirc. The shiny section on the shoulder was for resting your shovel on when you were walking with it ;)


  • #658
    Dr Crayfish
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 2,960 ✭✭✭Dr Crayfish


    I haven't heard the term "Donkey jacket" in years, lol. My mate used to get them for free from Dublin Bus! I immediately think of Auf Wiedersehen Pet for some reason.

    Someone mentioned it above, but the brown shoes with suits has been annoying me lately, go back to black lads.


  • #659
    _Kaiser_
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 29,967 ✭✭✭✭_Kaiser_


    Tattoos, piercings (exception being earrings), crazy hair colours... not for me thanks.

    More significant issues would be constant drama, vacuous, unable to express themselves, or any drug use. No deal.


  • #660
    Gravelly
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,092 ✭✭✭Gravelly


    storker wrote: »
    ...and rolled up jacket sleeves.

    I'd forgotten that!


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  • #661
    Widdershins
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,633 ✭✭✭✭Widdershins


    Dr Crayfish wrote: »
    I haven't heard the term "Donkey jacket" in years, lol. My mate used to get them for free from Dublin Bus! I immediately think of Auf Wiedersehen Pet for some reason.

    Someone mentioned it above, but the brown shoes with suits has been annoying me lately, go back to black lads.

    Oh, Oz had one. I watched the entire series on Youtube before they took all of the series down. It never seemed to be a shallow dealbreaker for women in his case.


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