My ex-girlfriend was great. Girl-next-door type, similar interests, could totally see a relationship lasting. Couple months into us dating, I drop her off at home where she lives with mom and dad. We think everyone is in bed, and we are making out in her hallway like we did at the end of every night when we notice her mom in the living room next to us watching us in the dark. Turns out she had done this before, and my girlfriend knew she would watch us. Dealbreaker.

I am in my early 40s. I dated a guy for a few weeks and the second time we had sex he had on a pair of Joe Boxer shorts that said “The Big Banana” on them. He told me his mother had gotten them for him! Total dealbreaker.

I had been dating a guy several weeks, and at one point we were making out pretty heavily. His phone rings mid-way through and he first) checked to see who it was, in the MIDDLE of a make-out session, and second) picked it up because it was his mom and he wanted to let her know that he’d be home around 11. Unless you’re specifically waiting for an important phone call or have an emergency-call job like a doctor or something, don’t EVER check your phone when you’re on the way to getting some nookie. And if it’s your mom, do NOT pick up. He cock blocked himself big time. Both are BIG dealbreakers.

This cute guy just picked me up for our first date .  He said “I need to swing by home and get some money”. When we get there he says “I want you to meet my mom”… I thought it was early for that but I really had no choice. Then he says “Yeah, I live with my mom, go ahead and laugh”. Lame at 29, but I let it slide. We get in and he tells his mom (in front of me) that he wants to impress me and that he needs a lot of “comps”. In Vegas (where I lived) that means free dinner tickets. She gave him $30 worth but he said that wasn’t enough and he needed $30 more. They fought for a few minutes and she finally relented. THEN he told her he wanted to take me bowling after and that he needed her comp tickets for the bowling alley in the casino too. So she throws them at him. As we are leaving she says “You better have my car back by 1am–you aren’t insured to drive it and you need to be home early to go look for a job in the morning”. All that together–Dealbreaker(s)!

A guy that I dated called his mother every night before he/we went to bed. Dealbreaker.