I hear people say sometimes, “My picker is broken.”

[raccoon]

What they mean is, they tend to pick boyfriends/girlfriends who (euphemism)aren’t good for them (/euphemism).

I know what they mean, but I don’t think that’s an accurate way of describing what’s going on. Somebody told me once, and I think this should be carved on a monument somewhere, “We are comfortable with the familiar, even if it is painful.”

I think that’s why some people (myself included) tend to pick boyfriends/girlfriends who aren’t good for them.

[Demoiselle]

1. Sounds more like an Australian complaining of an er-um-intimate disability.

[TrogL]

2. It's a problem we have at work

The robot arm on the backup tape carousel is called the "picker", which jams occasionally.

[femmocrat]

3. Better than their.....