smoking and it isn't even close a small barely noticeable nose stud...can't hurt anyone...

The answer to your question is 1) network 2) get involved 3) beef up your resume 4) repeat -happypantsmcgee WSO is not your personal search function.
 

I smoke like a train, so smoking is actually a good thing. For me, a woman in chucks, I fucking hate chucks.

Valor is of no service, chance rules all, and the bravest often fall by the hands of cowards. - Tacitus Dr. Nick Riviera: Hey, don't worry. You don't have to make up stories here. Save that for court!
 
FinancialNoviceII:
I've dumped girls on the basis of nose piercings. Horrendous.
Why did you start dating them in the first place if they had one?
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happypantsmcgee:
FinancialNoviceII:
I've dumped girls on the basis of nose piercings. Horrendous.
Why did you start dating them in the first place if they had one?

She didnt. She got one whilst we were dating. She was real cute and that thing killed her looks.

 

Not a huge fan of a nose stud, but I could get over it (in fact I'm seeing a girl right now with one - she's hot enough that she pulls it off though). Smoking though is an absolute deal killer. Non-starter. I don't care if you're fucking Kate Upton - if you've got a cigarette in your mouth, I'm not interested.

- Capt K - "Prestige is like a powerful magnet that warps even your beliefs about what you enjoy. If you want to make ambitious people waste their time on errands, bait the hook with prestige." - Paul Graham
 
CaptK:
Not a huge fan of a nose stud, but I could get over it (in fact I'm seeing a girl right now with one - she's hot enough that she pulls it off though). Smoking though is an absolute deal killer. Non-starter. I don't care if you're fucking Kate Upton - if you've got a cigarette in your mouth, I'm not interested.

this.

The answer to your question is 1) network 2) get involved 3) beef up your resume 4) repeat -happypantsmcgee WSO is not your personal search function.
 

I dont mind hanging out with chicks who smoke but there is no way I would date one. Why would anyone put shit in their nose either? Its just gawdy looking.

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Had a very similar discussion with some friends this weekend. We all agreed both can be dealbreakers for dating prospects. However, if you just have a one-night stand in mind, either can be interpretted as a signal that she puts out.

With that in mind, I would vote smoking as worse, as it's a little harder to ignore.

happypantsmcgee:
If she's a smoker you can probably poke her. All I'm saying.
Exactly. Same could be said for nose piercings.
 

What type of piercing? The small stud can look good in SOME girls (I know one girl that looked amazing with it, it just fit her very well; didn't look low class at all).

If it's just a small stud, then I'd say smoking is probably worse. If it's more than that, then the piercing is worse. Neither is a deal breaker per se and neither is permanent.

I think you need to man up. Bitches with a little bit of an "edge" can be fun as hell.

 
alexpasch:
What type of piercing? The small stud can look good in SOME girls (I know one girl that looked amazing with it, it just fit her very well; didn't look low class at all).

If it's just a small stud, then I'd say smoking is probably worse. If it's more than that, then the piercing is worse. Neither is a deal breaker per se and neither is permanent.

I think you need to man up. Bitches with a little bit of an "edge" can be fun as hell.

Agreed. All of you guys who say smoking is a deal breaker are pussies. I've met tons of hot women who enjoy a smoke when they've been drinking, especially in New York.

I'd much rather have a smoker than some chick with a pull up her ass who sits in the corner all night texting because she doesn't know how to socialize. THAT is a deal breaker.

 
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alexpasch:
What type of piercing? The small stud can look good in SOME girls (I know one girl that looked amazing with it, it just fit her very well; didn't look low class at all).

If it's just a small stud, then I'd say smoking is probably worse. If it's more than that, then the piercing is worse. Neither is a deal breaker per se and neither is permanent.

I think you need to man up. Bitches with a little bit of an "edge" can be fun as hell.

Agreed. All of you guys who say smoking is a deal breaker are pussies. I've met tons of hot women who enjoy a smoke when they've been drinking, especially in New York.

I'd much rather have a smoker than some chick with a pull up her ass who sits in the corner all night texting because she doesn't know how to socialize. THAT is a deal breaker.

To each their own, besides, I said I won't date them, not that I won't bone them.

 
txjustin:
I will not date any woman who smokes, period.

So you'll date a man that smokes?

The answer to your question is 1) network 2) get involved 3) beef up your resume 4) repeat -happypantsmcgee WSO is not your personal search function.
 

I don't have a problem with a small stud in the nose, a ring would just annoy the shit out of me. If I weren't a smoker I'd absolutely say I wouldn't date a girl who smokes, and I generally try not to date girls who smoke (I know, it's weird). So, for now, we'll go with nose ring (not stud)

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Smoking is a turn off for me. Dated a girl that smoked once and told her I wouldn't kiss her if she had been smoking. I can handle a nose piercing -- if she is hot and it's just one night, a nose ring doesn't matter.

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Smoking keeps 'em thin...Even so, I hate it and probably wouldn't date a girl who smokes.

I wouldn't mind a small stud for a nose piercing, but a ring is definitely a dealbreaker.

Of the two, I think nose piercings are definitely the lesser of the two evils.

Probably the biggest turnoff in a woman for me, though, is that scumbag sense of entitlement like they deserve all the money in the world just for standing next to you...

 

I have to go with smoking. As happy pointed out, AIDS is a deal breaker and research shows that smoking is a gateway drugs to AIDS, so it's no contest.

By far the lesser of two evils, as previously mentioned, is the nose piercing.

Regards

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lowalumad:
Comes from a non-target

THIS. cant stand it when everything is going great and things are getting hot and shes taking off my pants and then she says she's from a state school. like wtf? turn-off. girls need to learn this

I didn't say it was your fault, I said I was blaming you.
 
tlynch5:
lowalumad:
Comes from a non-target

THIS. cant stand it when everything is going great and things are getting hot and shes taking off my pants and then she says she's from a state school. like wtf? turn-off. girls need to learn this

You must be quite the charmer if she is talking about her state school whilst you're about to get laid.

 

Depends on the nose ring. A subtle stud isn't bad but I hate the big punk rocker ring (sorry just preference). Otherwise it is the smoker that I do not want.

"Ambition and education is first and talent is second"- T.I.
 

I'm not even sure it's the fact that smoking or nose-piercing makes a girl "less" attractive physically, it's just the fact that, nowadays, those "adornments/habits" are associated with trailer trash (and I say this as a Texan). If you have a nose piercing, I automatically judge you to be of a lower social class (i.e. someone that I wouldn't consider dating long-term). Maybe it's unfair or whatever, but if you don't have enough sense not to do those things, then you just don't have enough class/sense in general.

 

I find smoking OK. I used to date a smoker for 5 years. Whenever she had to smoke she went outside.

In the order of degree of annoyance:

1) bad breath 2) body odor 3) flat chest 4) gigantic nipples 5) disproportionately big ass

And you guys hate nose-piercing? What about tongue-piercing? You love it when they blow you right?

Invest first, investigate later.
 

Nose piercing is worse. Everyone drinks/smokes at some point or another. Not everyone gets a tramp stamp or piercing. Yes you can take a nose piercing out, but what kind of idiot thinks that it was a good idea in the first place to impale a part of their body...at least a smoke can get you a buzz.

And for the girl you are trying to pick up in a bar for a one night stand, smoking is definitely a plus. Refer to the old adage, "if she smokes, she pokes."

 

I dont know, I hate kissing a girl who smokes but equally as bad is the nose piercing. Living in London, you get a huge amount of girls around with noses pierced. Its crazy. If I was with a girl who had her nose pierced, I would just be caught up on that. Wholly unnecessary.

For the dude who said about tongue piercing, I dont know, never been with a girl who has had her tongue pierced but there's less emphasis on that, I think, not visible most of the time.

Equally as bad are the women who have their upper lip pierced. Dont know how common it is elsewhere but in London, its huge. Disgusting.

 
HeyFloydWhaddyaSay:
Tattoos.

Very seldom do you see one on a woman that is attractive and/or tasteful.

Although going back to someones earlier point, for one night, a tramp stamp is a good target.

Going to have to disagree with this.

The answer to your question is 1) network 2) get involved 3) beef up your resume 4) repeat -happypantsmcgee WSO is not your personal search function.
 
HeyFloydWhaddyaSay:
Tattoos.

Very seldom do you see one on a woman that is attractive and/or tasteful.

Although going back to someones earlier point, for one night, a tramp stamp is a good target.

Seen plenty of women with a tasteful tattoo. Subjective I guess. Some people like women with ink.

One night, a tramp stamp is gold but long term, dealbreaker.

 

Hate any form of nose piercing, whether small stud or not. Actually, small ones are probably worse because you can't spot them at first so you're going along, enjoying a women's company and then it sneaks up on you. That must suck.

 

Another thing I dislike about women is when they just straight jump into love talk. Not just in a relationship but in a general sense too. Example, I have this friend. Nice enough girl but she pisses me off when she, not knowing the person for more then 2 hours, goes straight into "Oh, I love this, that, etc about you". It's really kinda weird.

 

Biggest turn off in a woman for me is lots of attitude bundled up with lies and icing is useless chattering! Such women should be locked in a box and thrown in Bermuda Triangle!

 

I can't stand it if she takes bigger dumps than me. It's fucking emasculating. My last gf would ALWAYS make me look at her dumps, and if I wasn't in the same building she'd text me a pic of it. Sometimes she'd send videos of her dumping to me during meetings, and it would totally blow my confidence before I presented.

I finally realized how absurd, and how fucked up it was, to be putting a relationship ahead of my analyst stint, so I ended it.

 

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