Here at Boux Avenue, Valentine’s is our favourite time of the year, and we love to help you in writing your own love story. So to help all the singletons out there secure a date this Valentine’s, we have looked into what are the biggest first impression ick’s to avoid.
- Women: 47% - Photos of them with their ex partner
- Women: 43% - Gym Selfies
- Women: 40% - Actively updating their Facebook status with check ins
- Men: 31% - Photos of them with their ex partner
- Men: 31% - Actively updating their Facebook status with check ins
- Men: 20% - Political Comments

- Women: 90% - Rude to staff
- Women: 84% - Weird or bad smell coming from them
- Women: 73% - Chew with their mouth open / slurp their drink
- Women: 63% - If they talk over you
- Women: 59% - If they were on their phone
- Men: 66% - Rude to staff
- Men: 64% - Weird or bad smell coming from them
- Men: 45% - Chew with their mouth open / slurp their drink
- Men: 45% - If they were on their phone
- Men: 42% - If they were smoking

*All figures, unless otherwise stated, are from YouGov Plc. Total sample size was 2,460 UK adults aged 18-45. The sample size for Single UK adults was 772 adults. Fieldwork was undertaken between 16th – 17th January 2023. The survey was carried out online. The figures have been weighted and are representative of all UK adults (aged 18+).
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