Biggest dating app ‘icks’ for singles – from gym selfies to pics with exes
Online dating can be tricky business, but many people turn to apps these days to try and look for love.
It’s quick, easy and a popular way to meet new people, but it’s not always easy to find a match.
In fact – many things about your profile could actually be putting people off.
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With Valentine’s Day around the corner Boux Avenue, the UK’s leading lingerie brand, revealed first impressions really count when it comes to dating.
In an exclusive online YouGov poll carried out by 2,000 UK adults, icks are on everyone’s lips as the nation shares the biggest dating don’ts to keep singletons on track for a second date.
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According to the online survey, a staggering 75% of women and 68% of men who have met up with someone they’ve spoken to online, confess to having used a social media platform to “vet” a potential date.
Respondents who are single listed their top three icks from social media, and a few things really turn people off.
Women
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Photos of them with their ex-partner- 47%
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Gym selfies – 43%
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Actively updating their Facebook status with check ins – 40%
Men
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Photos of them with their ex-partner – 31%
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Actively updating their Facebook status with check ins – 31%
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Political comments – 20%
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Over half (56%) of single millennial women aged between 25 and 34 see gym selfies as their biggest ick, yet pictures with animals only made 4% of single women cringe.
Once through the “first round” and fully vetted, it comes to that all important in-person meet up.
There were also a number of things people considered “icks” on first dates, and people said potential lovers need to avoid certain behaviour if they want to impress.
The biggest turn-offs included being rude to staff, a weird or bad smell coming from them, chewing with their mouth open, talking over people and being on their phone instead of conversing.
Quiet men also don’t need to panic as only 16.4% of women consider someone being “too shy” as an ick, compared to just under half considering someone being “over-confident” as an ick.
Meanwhile, only 17.5% of men think “poor dress code” is an ick, as personality reigns most important.
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