Dating Red Flags
And How to Recognize Them
We all remember falling in love that first time, the moment that the world stops turning, logic gets turned upside down, and your hormones go absolutely crazy for that one special someone. It is a magical experience, filled with the innocence of youth, and the sheer bliss of having absolutely nothing negative to compare it to. You are on an emotional adventure, convinced that no one before or after will ever feel the same way that you do in this perfect moment. And maybe, just maybe you are part of the 1% of the population (a stat I literally pulled out of my ass for dramatic effect) who fell in love for that first time and that was it. You found your forever person on your first foray into love, and never looked back. Congrats, you can stop reading now. You did it, and I am envious.
Now for the rest of us 99%, after that first love came our first heartbreak. And with that, enter in the groundwork for those pesky little things called the relationship red flags. Those things that imprint in our beings in order to prevent us from making the same relationship mistakes that caused us all that unnatural pain and heartache from the ending of our first love. Red flags exist for our protection, and our sanity. And with each new relationship experience these little warnings grow, and multiply. Sometimes without warning, and sometimes out of many late…
