One of the fastest and most efficient ways to grow resentful of your partner is to keep score in your relationship. Sure your partner might be a little bit slow to warm up, but if it feels like they’re a little ashamed of you then that might be a red flag. They were the greatest thing to happen to me in recent memory and I wanted to show them off to everyone. Whether they hesitate to introduce you to their friends, they hide you from their family, or they are reluctant to have any proof of you on their social media feed, these types of behaviours all speak to a lack of pride in being with you. Or maybe they are ashamed of their friends or family, another possible red flag.Įvery relationship that I’ve ever been in where I was head over heels over my partner I couldn’t stop talking about my partner. If the only thing they have to say about their exes is negative, then they either aren’t finished emotionally processing their baggage, or they are a resentful and bitter person who engages in trash talking former flames.

Here are twenty red flags to watch out for in your intimate relationships. Who knows? You might even see some of your own behaviours in this list. So if you want to save yourself time, heartbreak, and energy, and have a helpful checklist to refer to that will help you find your significant other that much faster, read on. Having gone through many lacklustre relationships and knowingly spent years of my life in ill-fitting pairings, this is a list that I wish I had been able to read when I was a teenager. Without knowing what to look for, you could be wasting months (or years) of your dating life with the wrong partner.

There are certain red flags that can show up early on in a relationship that, when ignored, end up being a relationship’s downfall.įor people who are prone to falling in love hard and fast, it’s good to be aware of what these red flags are so that you don’t waste time with people that aren’t meant for you.

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