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12 Relationship Red Flags
Is he the one? Dating dealbreakers you shouldn't ignore.
by Michael Shnayerson
Will this end up as another object lesson in my own theory? Or does love mean never having to pay attention to a red flag? I’ll have to get back to you on that one.
The Dirty Dozen
Watch out for the Fling-o-matic, the Parent Trap, the Anger Hum, and these other stop signs.
Chronic lateness.
For clarity, “chronic” here means “three dates in a row.” If your date arrives more than ten minutes late each time, don’t wait for his (or her) fourth arrival. Be gone. No doubt your date will have wonderful excuses, and one or two may even be sound. But three in a row is a pattern, and what the pattern says is: I don’t want to get into this. So neither do you.
Ketchup on eggs.
If one of those first dates is brunch, and your new friend reaches for the ketchup to put on her eggs, RED FLAG! I realize this may seem arbitrary or fussy. Or perhaps you think I’m making a class judgment here. Well, maybe I am! What’s wrong with that? All I know is: Nothing good ever comes of ketchup on eggs. And it’s really gross.
Rudeness to waiters.
And taxi drivers, and any-one else in a service job. I shouldn’t even have to explain why this is a dealbreaker. Just remember that it is.
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1 carley // Aug 11, 2008 at 3:55 am
What’s wrong with ketchup & eggs?
2 Cain // Aug 8, 2008 at 2:30 am
Ketchup on eggs??? Get the f*ck outta here!
Man either you just couldn’t come up with anything worth talking about or you have a total stick up your butt…
3 Wow // Aug 1, 2008 at 12:58 am
You (both) included the kids on your 2nd and 3rd dates? This kind of behaviour not only upsets kids it can damage them. Can’t bode well for the rest of your advice…
4 Gwen // Jul 15, 2008 at 8:56 pm
You do realize that the kids were probably acting up because they didn’t like you, right?
5 Mana // Jul 15, 2008 at 8:54 pm
Pretty good! Call me judgemental, but then again, I’m in a pretty damn happy relationship. My guy doesn’t put ketchup on eggs, but he does on everything else, and his lack of food sophistication is a flaw I can live with. The rest - rotten kids, lousy with money, cheap - good avice.
Personally, my rules of engagement:
First date:
Girls should sincerely OFFER to pay half - if she doesn’t guy should drop her.
THEN guy should INSIST on paying and do so - if he doesn’t, girls, drop him.
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