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Whether you're out on the prowl, looking for the 'one', or just dating a few people, there are a few innate rules inside you that say: 'If they do this, then it's off.'

It could be a simple as the fact that they just don't wash enough, or refuse to pick you up from the airport because they're playing World Of Warcraft, or because they're secretly spies (we're looking at you, Anna Chapman).

There's a blog dedicated to the rules we all have, and it's called 'Dealbreaker' and we love this blog so much we've gathered up our favourite five, which you can see below, and written five of our own.

The question is, what are your dealbreakers? Let us know in the comment box below, why not? Go on. Do it. Do it now.


Dealbreaker: You have sexual tension with my dog
Choice quote: "Yes, he is adorable, but I'm pretty sure he isn't 'da kwootest liddwe puppy in da whole wide world.' He's not even a puppy. He's ten."
Why we love it: Because we personally remember the 'this isn't going to work' out moment as the girl of your dreams starts to spend most of the night spooning your ladrador.


Dealbreaker: I've never seen you without a hat
Choice quote: "...you're bald arent you?"
Why we love it: We've all got that mate, male or female, that has formed that unhealthy bond with a cap that they really, genuinely feel makes them cool. Or human. Or alive. They won't let it go and it sure as hell would creep us out to date someone... and their hat.


Dealbreaker: Your misuse of quotations marks
Choice quote: "Are you quoting someone? You're 'stupid'."
Why we love it: Because we feel the misuse of 'bunny fingers', or gesticulated quotation marks, also falls into this category. That and we're minor Grammar Nazis that find any typo or text speak in anything from a partner horrifically horrific.


Dealbreaker: Your constant 'check-ins'
Choice quote: "Please txt me back....PLZ PLZ PLZ baby I miss you!!!"
Why we love it: Because no-one hasn't been to subjected to the barrage of angry / loving texts that you'll get after turning your phone on after it was off for, say, a trip to the cinema. "TXT BACK!" turning into "I HATE U!!!" within minutes, all after asking "How're you babes?!?" and not getting a reply. Instantly.


Dealbreaker: You say (Blank)y Mc(Blank)erson
Choice quote: "CUTEY MCCUTERSON? This is what flirting has come to?"
Why we love it: That's an instant break-up. Instant. A Breaky McBreak-up, in fact.


Our Dealbreaker: You've shown me your minor physical deformity way too soon. Like, first date soon.
What's the problem: So, one thumb's bigger than the other. Or... your little toe on the right foot looks a little weird. Or there's a birth mark behind your neck. That's fine. Cool. Quirky. Totally not a problem. Please don't show it to me as soon as the first awkward pause rears its ugly head in the first date conversation. It's like you're trying to let me know all the things you're not happy with about yourself, and I'd much rather know all that stuff later, if that's cool? Please say that's cool.

Our Dealbreaker: Touchscreens scare you.
What's the problem: Okay, they don't scare you – but they do send you into a monumental tizzie where you get confused and angry with them. Sure, they're not perfect, and yeah, we get annoyed with tech too, but we don't throw our hands into the air about it. Well, not every time.

Our Dealbreaker: You won't stop humming.
What's the problem: No, no, no, no, no, no! Please, no! Just because there's a tiny little pause in conversation doesn't we need another rendition of 'Chattanooga choo choo' under your breath, but just within my earshot. You're lovely but you need to stop the tunefulness. Silence is good! Sometimes, anyway.

Our Dealbreaker: You don't have internet access in your house. Or a TV.
What's the problem: Sure, we're meant to spend our free time cycling and jogging and learning bellydancing, and generally improving ourselves, but sometimes it's cold, and we're tired and we want to watch West Wing DVDs. That's what the telly is for. Mainly, it's what life is for, most days. And you don't have one. Okay, iPlayer then... you don't have a computer? Shut the hell up. How did I even meet you?

Our Dealbreaker: You've never seen, let alone eaten, a kiwi fruit
What's the problem: How can you not know what a kiwi fruit is? How can you not have seen one? Sure, it's not the world's most regular sweet fruity treat, but it's not, like, an ugly fruit or anything. You know what fruit is right? No, ready meals normally don't include fruit. And don't even get us started on the tomato thing.