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30 People Share The Dating Red Flags They Wish They’d Seen Sooner
RelationshipsMAY 1, 2024

30 People Share The Dating Red Flags They Wish They’d Seen Sooner

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Maybe it's their tendency to abuse substances or rude behavior towards waiters, but red flags in a relationship are indicators that something needs to be questioned. However, our mind sometimes talks itself into disregarding what our intuition is picking up on.
So when Reddit user Loxomednurmusci asked everyone on the platform to share the biggest dating warning signs that many ignore way too often, people were quick to reply. Most adults are still skeptical of whether algorithms can predict love, so we can't neglect our social skills.

#1

30 People Share The Dating Red Flags They Wish They’d Seen Sooner
“My ex just left one day out of the blue. I came home and her stuff was gone”.
Ladies if you hear this, run.
Abusers know they can’t say my ex was crazy nowadays. This is the new version of it. The woman likely had to flee for safety. Her family members likely had to protect her after fleeing. There’s a reason he couldn’t find her after she left.
134points

#2

30 People Share The Dating Red Flags They Wish They’d Seen Sooner
Cruelty to animals.
132points

#3

30 People Share The Dating Red Flags They Wish They’d Seen Sooner
If his friends are racist, sexist, homophobic, etc, but he claims he's not like them.... He is exactly like them, he just learned to hide it better.
112points

#4

30 People Share The Dating Red Flags They Wish They’d Seen Sooner
Insults masked as joking
“Oh that’s just his sense of humor..” No. He’s just disguising his honesty with jokes.
92points

#5

30 People Share The Dating Red Flags They Wish They’d Seen Sooner
If the other person doesn’t exhibit some level of curiosity about you. When there’s chemistry, you want to know more about the other person because you find them interesting. If you find yourself carrying the conversation, trying to learn about the other person but they show no interest in learning about you, then it’s a sure sign that there’s no compatibility. Don’t take it personally—no one can be everyone’s cup of tea and it’s better to know that from the beginning.
91points

#6

30 People Share The Dating Red Flags They Wish They’d Seen Sooner
When they are rude to everyone but you, big red flag
89points

#7

30 People Share The Dating Red Flags They Wish They’d Seen Sooner
They unsettle you. There's a nagging instinct urging you to keep your distance, even though they appear fine on the surface. An internal conflict arises. Don't dismiss this feeling as a flaw in your character or a result of past traumas. If your intuition is screaming at you to flee, heed its warning no matter how 'alright' the other person may seem. Ignoring it will only amplify the persistent unease, making it increasingly challenging to leave the person.
80points

#8

30 People Share The Dating Red Flags They Wish They’d Seen Sooner
If it bothers you now, it will surely bother you later, only way worse. Lol.
80points

#9

30 People Share The Dating Red Flags They Wish They’d Seen Sooner
Love bombing! Learn to identify it and then DON’T ignore it. It’s not love - it’s a con.
79points

#10

30 People Share The Dating Red Flags They Wish They’d Seen Sooner
Not being polite to service workers.
78points

#11

30 People Share The Dating Red Flags They Wish They’d Seen Sooner
When they can't attribute their own fault or shortcoming to a single problem they face in life. Today, it's their parents or boss. Tomorrow it will be you.
69points

#12

30 People Share The Dating Red Flags They Wish They’d Seen Sooner
He hadn't actually told his ex they were broken up, just that they needed to "take a break." I should have taken a break too at that point.
68points

#13

30 People Share The Dating Red Flags They Wish They’d Seen Sooner
If you are not on the same page with money, this leads to a lot of problems should the relationship get serious
66points

#14

30 People Share The Dating Red Flags They Wish They’d Seen Sooner
When people ignore the fact the other person dont put in effort.
It always buffles me how many people jumping through hoops while getting nothing in return...
63points

#15

30 People Share The Dating Red Flags They Wish They’d Seen Sooner
Person already being in a relationship
Like, you think this person that’s cheating on their partner will suddenly turn into a person that you can trust is some funny s**t.
62points

#16

"All of my exes are b****** or aholes." What's the common denominator here? *you*.
59points

#17

30 People Share The Dating Red Flags They Wish They’d Seen Sooner
When they s**t talk every ex.
57points

#18

30 People Share The Dating Red Flags They Wish They’d Seen Sooner
Little care when in the wrong, never showing any accountability for basically anything.
56points

#19

30 People Share The Dating Red Flags They Wish They’d Seen Sooner
Being TOO close to their mom.
55points

#20

30 People Share The Dating Red Flags They Wish They’d Seen Sooner
Love is blind. So blind, that people are often willing to overlook small differences in values and/or needs because it might not matter much in the beginning of a relationship and see it as a "necessary compromise and love will conquer all", but oftentimes those little differences will become huge problems later in the relationship (most often when children becomes part of the equation).
55points
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