Dating Advice and Relationship Red Flags

Dating "Red Flags" That Signal a
Bad Relationship Problem May Be Ahead

Every relationship is a leap of faith. Blind faith, at that. You never know what metamorphosis your partner will undergo in the next twenty years…or the next twenty minutes for that matter.

How often have you heard a friend say, "He (she) is just not the man (woman) I thought he (she) was..."

After suffering through another realtionship break up, how often have you said it yourself? How often have you invested time, energy, love, affection and maybe even money in someone you thought was THE ONE, only to find out weeks, months, or years later that your judgment was clouded by hope but detached from reality?

When one of your relationships has ended in a break up, heartache, and hurt feelings, how often have you looked back and said to yourself, "I should have seen this coming. I should have seen the signs."

"I should have known better..."

What are dating “red flags” So how do you know if you and your dream date are about to set sail for a lifetime on the Love Boat, or a trip on the "Romantic Titanic?"

By looking for "red flags."

"Red flags" are traditional warning signs for mariners that there could be trouble ahead. A storm or even a hurricane.

How does that relate to relationship advice?

Watch for red flags that signal you may about to get sunk in a storm while sailing the sea of love. When you see these signals, ask yourself honestly if you are in a bad relationship, and if it may be in your best interest to break up before you become more deeply involved--physically, emotionally, and maybe even financially--with someone who's just going to hurt you someday. 

Are we telling you to break up? Everyone has eccentricities, quirks, idiosyncrasies and so on. And we all have some bad habits. After all, no one is perfect, and no one has a right to expect a prospective partner to be more perfect than we are ourselves.

So as you surf this website, don't get the impression we're telling you a relationship break up is in order when you see one or more of these "dating red flags." Red flags are simply signals that tell you you need to learn more about this person, and what kind of person they may become in the future.

You'll have to make value judgments about the importance of the signals you see. Are they minor? Or are they major? Only you can decide. And only you can decide if you're in a bad relationship, and whether to break up or not.

Our goal is to give you information you need to make an intelligent decision.