r/AskReddit • u/Logical-Barnacle9638 • 13h ago

What's an incredibly petty reason you would refuse to date someone, even if everything else about them was perfect?

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u/kehfydue 12h ago

She's got the same name as my mom/sister

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u/Sad-Squirrel 12h ago edited 12h ago

This, anybody with a name matching my immediate family is immediately no longer a potential interest

Edit: spelling

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u/queerfromthemadhouse 10h ago

Tbh I would have no problem dating someone with the same name as my dad because in my mind my dad's name is "dad". I don't really associate him with his legal name.

Definitely would be a problem if they had the same name as my brother, though. I guess I'm lucky my brother has an incredibly rare name.

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u/Jurippe 11h ago

My wife has my mom's name, and I don't like my mom very much. But I do like my wife!

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u/TechnicalJicama7782 11h ago

I've wondered how often this scenario comes up. It seems so awkward to me.

Thank God both my mom and sister have incredibly rare names lol.

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u/Antifederalist97 2h ago

Me too. Made sex so weird when I kept thinking of my girlfriend the whole time.