2 posts tagged “dislikes”

http://www.dooce.com/ - "Having Dated Walking Red Flags"

My sister sent me this link (it's the September 15th entry I'm referring to btw) and it mentioned how a blog about relationship dealbreakers is a great way to spice up your material. Now, I won't go into detail about what mine are but this tip is absolutely dead-on (just look at the comments for evidence)

As I wrote before, knowing someone's dislikes are definitely a great way to get to know more about a person. What would be funny and interesting to see is a social networking sites that comes up with more creative categories in the 'about me' section outside of the typical 'interests'. I know I freeze when people just ask me what my 'hobbies' are but if they're like "What's your favorite reality show?" I can pop out my completely embarassing response, "Top Model" just like that.  

Personally, I'd rather see "favorite meal of the day", "relationship dealbreakers", "favorite childhood tv show", etc. Those are really what make a person unique and lets face it, I'm so tired of people putting in their interests that the like 'having fun'. ("OMG. look! ___ is interested in having fun too?! God, finally someone who isn't interested 'having an absolutely miserable time'!")

And it'd be cool to meet another girl who also can't date a guy who wears gold chains.

My sister and I had a really funny conversation over dinner last night about how what you dislike really says more about you than what you supposedly 'like'. I mean, almost everyone likes choclate but I'd rather hear about the person that doesn't like it and why.

I googled 'i don't like' and I think it's one of my favorite search results ever.

• http://webfoot.com/advice/ECards.html - "Why I don't like Electronic Greeting Cards"- I have to agree with this one
• http://www.physorg.com/news76749905.html - Mice don't like cheese?! -  WHOA.
• http://www.kidshealth.org/kid/stay_healthy/fit/no_sports.html - What if I Don't Like Sports? (For Kids) - This article is worth reading solely for the bulleted list of alternatives kids can do and they suggest "Making a snowperson" - It was so PC that I was dying laughing.
  

So, here goes this is what I irrationally dislike:

• french pedicures - they look like little hands...gross.

• "The Notebook" - I've seen way too many away messages quoting this movie in pink swirly letters. And no, I still haven't seen it.

• How Toiletries for Men always have grips on them - I'm sure it comes in handy like "Thank GOD I have these grips on here so I can put on my deodorant while I'm XTREME skiing with my boys!!"

• Horse People - Sorry if you love horses but I don't...which leads to a big question: Why do people who ride horses have reallllyyyy long hair? It's just a little bit weird.

• Any sport that requires glitter hairspray - I say sport in a general sense because I really don't think that any sport should require tons of makeup which is later sweated off during physical activity. It's just impractical.

• Curly Hair With Straightened Bangs - popularized in the 80's. It was a bad idea then and now. Seriously, it just goes against nature and common sense.

There's always distinct reasons for disliking something whereas when you like something (i.e. - how i like Starbucks and polka dots) the best you can say really is, "I dunno, I just like it".