Red Flags
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If all your ex wives and ex common laws were heiresses and corporate executives with MBAs
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all your former consorts on the down low were waitresses, hat check girls and casino employees - that's a red flag flyin' high on the pole.
I have missed you on these boards ... Welcome back!3 -
Red flag: when the stories they tell seem over the top.1
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Red Flags
— treat servers bad
— clingy
— every conversation ends up about them
— lies
— heavy drinker
I can be...
- quiet
- Depressed
- Unfocused
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CoffeeAndContour wrote: »Introducing you to family too soon. I once had a boyfriend, we started dating on Monday and he invited me to his Easter dinner Friday to meet his family. Silly me went. We broke up a month later after he gave me a promise ring because I felt he was moving too fast.
Apparently him inviting me to dinner wasn’t enough of a dead giveaway.
I went out with a guy a total of 3 times and we texted casually here and there over the course of about 2 months. He started talking about selling his place and moving in with me to start a new life with my son and I. I wanted nothing to do with this so I flat out told him I did not care to see him again. His texts became insistent and pathetic. He terrified me to the point that I changed my number. This goes back to my red flag of, too much too soon. Nope.3 -
george5911 wrote: »Red flags you should catch about me
-I've been told I like to brood a lot and that I always seem down based on my (lack of) expression. Really I'm just the stoic type and I promise a nothing face is a happy face.
-I have a tendency to follow through with bad choices and decisions to the end, just to learn what not to do again.
-I like dogs more than people. A lot of people say this, but if a person and a dog were drowning in a river, I'd probably save the dog. You shoulda learned to swim.
-I have no control when M&M's are in the equation. Game over.
-I have control issues. Not so much as in what you do, but as in I'm driving, I'm pushing the cart, I'm doing the heavy lifting etc...
-I love babies. I had 4. I still have them, and they are full blown children now. I still love them, but I miss babies. (not going to make anymore though, I promise)
-I don't let things go because of the way you were raised. You should be at least 30 to talk to me, by now you've had plenty of time to figure the world out.
Red Flags I'll catch about you
-You want to date me seriously even though I live on my sisters sofa. I need to be held accountable too, and you have no standards.
-You use astrology as your faith. What is the point if the story has already been written?
-You have children from a previous relationship, but are not involved.
-You can not turn your phone off and put it away for the weekend every once in a while. All those status updates and emails will still be there on Monday.
-You're so independent that you won't allow me to open a door or pull up a chair for you. It isn't degrading to your abilities, it's just a nice thing to do and I do it for my guy pals too.
So, are you single or nah?4 -
A big red flag to me is seeing people have the same traits as which they claim to hate.....10
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I don't always follow directions well.3
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One of the red flags I watch out for are people that focus mostly on physical attributes. Besides the fact that that will not work out for them, it usually means that person is very shallow and pedantic.
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Red flags I see in others:
lying, narcisssistic tendancies like being more concerned about what is good for you, than good for us, lack of manners, no compassion or empathy, not liking animals.
Red Flags about me:
I tend to get hurt rather than angry
When I care for someone, I can be overly generous
I am very, very independent and one of my phrases is "I am the only person who has to live with me forever"
I hate a liar, and will call you on your lies
I tend to be very direct and don't always sugar coat what I am thinking.
I love animals and perfer their company to people (I'm the one that the party talking to the cat or dog) I have absolutely no tolerance for cruelty.
I seem extroverted, but I am truly an introvert and I need time to recharge after being with people.
I really don't love children, have never wanted any of my own and expect other people to have control of theirs. No, I don't think Junior is adorable when he runs around the tables in the restaurant or starts to shriek.
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Red Flags to me:
Impatient
Ignores me
Inconsiderate
Treats his family poorly
Has a bunch of kids with different women
Smokes, drinks excessively or enjoys partaking in illegal (or legal in certain cases) substances
Red Flags about me:
I REFUSE to argue. So i'll just leave instead
I become quiet when I’m hurt instead of voicing the hurt. You’ll feel the chill in the way I’ll treat you tho
I’ve become obsessed with health and fitness. If you don’t support that, I will distance myself from you
I’m no longer someone who wants to go out to eat all the time. The health thing plus watching episodes of Kitchen Nightmares YUCK!
I’m an introvert that doesn’t like to let people into my world. Good luck trying to get to know me.
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Wait I'm confused about the red flags... Are these supposed to be... Run if you see these traits in me... Or traits that would cause me to run when I see them in others?
If the later, well then this is just like every other... What do you hate about people thread...
If they are my own faults then, we'll that's rather interesting.
I've thought about doing a thread before regarding our own faults... But it seems so many people here suffer from some type of depression or anxiety, so I felt it unwise to create something where people would just use it to bludgeon themselves...
- I way, and I mean way over think and analyze everything... Everything. To the point of paralysis.
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All my away from work time, I want to spend alone. At this point in my life, I guess I am a grouchy old man :-). I can not wait till retirement so I can get up at 0600AM and make other people late for work ;-P6
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Is this a swipe at me personally? Sorry if it's not but these Chit Chat waters get sharky sometimes and I assume the worst. Anyhow, I started a thread with this theme, that's all I meant about the "font of inspiration " thing. It was legit.2 -
Everyone has their quirks and idiosyncrasies. What you might see as a red flag in one person, you are willing to work through with another. I think it depends on what you know and how long you have known the person and what type of relationship has been established. If I've chatted with you a handful of times and a flag goes up, I'm out. If some sort of relationship has been established and I see a I'm more willing to work through it, depending of course on what the red flag is. Some red flags are a simple misunderstandings, Some are because the person in question is in fact unstable.11
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Mean_Spice wrote: »All my away from work time, I want to spend alone. At this point in my life, I guess I am a grouchy old man :-). I can not wait till retirement so I can get up at 0600AM and make other people late for work ;-P
Lol...
I once saw a bumper sticker that said...
Go around me, I'm retired7
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