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Neil Shaw & Mark O'Brien

The top 40 strangest reasons your partner may break up with you - from clapping on planes to dirty fingernails

Clapping when an airplane lands and having dirty fingernails are among the top things that could lead to a relationship ending, according to a new poll.

Being too clingy, being rude to waiters and having ugly tattoos are also among the top reasons people have ended things with a partner. The poll of 2,000 adults found over half (65%) have ended a relationship because of an ‘ick’ - a trait that turns them off - while 88% of them have ghosted someone completely.

Nearly a sixth (15%) have called it quits with a potential partner because they were obsessed with star signs, while 14% have ended things because their partner clapped when a plane landed. And in echoes of Joey from Friends, 14% of men would happily break it off with someone who wanted to share food on a first date.

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