ARA: Can what she/he wears be a dealbreaker?


A reader asks:

This morning I was listening to you on the radio, but I was also listening to another station.
They were discussing what would be a deal breaker for a woman (shallow things) if she saw a man wearing it.

Some of the items on the list – digital watch, pleeted {sic} pants, tube socks, flip phone, etc.

As I was laughing my way to work I thought what do guys think?

What would be a shallow deal breaker for a guy if I was wearing it?

(Goose in 5, 4, 3, 2 …).

Categories: Dating, Fashion
Kristi Gustafson Barlette

69 Responses

  1. JJ says:

    Socks and sandles worn together. My ultimate fashion pet peeve!

  2. THE UKMA! says:

    I cant speak for 50 somethings(not my age group) but for me snarky attitudes on girls is allways a dealbreaker!

  3. One ‘L’ – thanks.

    Kristi, 49 technically isn’t 50-something, get your facts straight before you try to diss that young man!! You snarky snarkerton.

  4. Leigh says:

    MARLON. LISTEN UP. YOU ARE NOT FOOLING ANYONE. You graduated from high school in, like, ’77, which makes you AT LEAST FIFTY YEARS OLD. You were dumb enough to just throw that up on your Facebook page. Plus, lots of us have met you, and, guess what, you look fifty. No joke. When you lie about your age it makes you sound like Joan Collins or one of the Housewives or something. Only insecure, delusional women have a lifetime of 29th birthdays.

    Sheesh, can we please drop the fronting for ten seconds? Please. It’s so tiresome.

    Was that snarky enough?

  5. Sysonby says:

    I used to love really nice (thick, silky, not hippie stringy) long hair on men but at my age most of the men have alot less hair and what they have is grey, so the ponytail tends to look “hippy dippy, 60′s holdover, wannabe radical professor” and THAT is a dealbreaker.

  6. ds says:

    leigh, the funniest part of you “rant” was saying “at least 50″……so we assume he made it through K-12 unscathed….HA

  7. Leigh says:

    Oh, Marlon’s 49? Well then I retract my statement. *rolls eyes.*

    We should have a surprise birthday party for him!

  8. THE UKMA! says:

    oh leigh, its hilarious when you get like this1 1: I am not fifty, that is a fact! 2: I dont look fifty(what ever that looks like) I get carded regularly so I know how young i look! as for “fronting” as you hilariously put it coming from the”lark street”hood and all goes, the UKMA NEVER fronts, I dont have to!what gets tired is the continually efforts from mortals like yourself to diminish me!but when you look for less in me, the only thing you see lacking is in you! “fronting”FTFO!!! its frontin lil girl!!

  9. Cate says:

    haha….this is soooo funny. I can’t stand men who wear socks and sandals, sweatpants or men in tapered jeans…gross.

  10. Leigh says:

    Marlon, when the nice lady asks for your library card, it isn’t technically, “getting carded.” As for actually getting carded, you’re asked for ID at the liquor store because they think that Hello Kitty credit card couldn’t possibly be yours.

  11. Sysonby says:

    Men in Mom jeans. They make the best butt ever look like a cream doughnut.