Don’t waste your time if the man you’re dating is doing these things.
- Insists on having sex immediately while showing no sincere interest in you.
- Asks you to go out for dates at the last minute.
- Asks you to go out on dates without any specific plans.
- Doesn’t call you within a week or so after dates 1-3.
- Doesn’t return your calls, texts, emails, or other communications.
- Makes excuses for not seeing you.
- Cancels your dates at the last minute.
- Puts you on hold (maybe status) until the last minute about going out on a date.
- Is poorly groomed and poorly dressed when he picks you up for dates.
- Is only interested in talking about himself during your dates.
- Shows little interest in what you talk about during your dates.
- Doesn’t keep his attention on you during your dates.
- Checks out other women during your dates.
- Spends more time talking with other women during your dates than you.
- Asks you to help him make another woman jealous.
- Constantly tries to get you to change aspects of your appearance or personality.
- Demonstrates a pessimistic attitude.
- Demonstrates a dishonest and secretive aptitude.
- Constantly talks negatively about his friends and other people.
- Constantly criticizes you.
- Constantly complains about your relationship.
- Refuses to have mature and constructive conversations about your relationship.
- Cannot have a mature and constructive conversation about any topic without getting confrontational and yelling.
- Confronts you about sensitive issues with another person present, especially a (male or female) friend or a family member.
- Shows a propensity for poor judgment.
- Shows a propensity for reckless spending and money management.
- Shows no interest in fitness, exercise, or healthy eating.
- Doesn’t invite you to events with his friends and family when it would be appropriate.
- Refuses to discuss sexually transmitted disease history and testing.
- Refuses to talk about measures to prevent pregnancy.
- Constantly demands to know where you’ve been and what you did.
- Calls, texts, or emails you a ridiculous number of times daily.
- Abuses you emotionally by saying incredibly hurtful things to you.
- Abuses you physically by slapping or hitting you when he gets angry.
Don’t waste your time if a man treats you like this at any point in your relationship. There are billions of people in the world. At least a thousand must be a perfect match for you. So why waste another second of your life in a bad relationship? Invest your time instead in finding a man who’s right for you.