Pay Attention to Relationship Red Flags — and Save Yourself Both Headaches and Heartaches
It’s not a game of cat and mouse. Red flags are real.
When I was active in the dating game, I considered two things to be red flags: smoking cigarettes and living at home.
In hindsight, my list should have been twice as long and substantially less surface-based. I could have saved myself countless week-long dating sprees with people who were walking red flags from date one.
Luckily, this does not have to be your experience. You can save yourself the time and headache by paying attention to these glaring red flags early on in any new relationship:
Disinterest (or complete apathy) about the relationship —
So many of us ignore this thinking it is all a fun game of cat and mouse.
But if someone tells you they are looking for something casual or do not know what they want, believe them.
If they don’t text you back or make spending time with you a priority, you are probably not one.
Stop hoping you will change their mind — that you will catch the mouse. It is most likely you won’t.
