Saying theyll do something, then forgetting about it.
Cheap words that get your hopes high with nothing to show at the end of it.
Not just a few times but again and again until you realize it is who they are."
You don’t have to stay with someone who doesn’t lift you up."
u/It420lt
3.
I was in that relationship for eight years…"
u/E2thajay
5.
“The golden rule: If they’ll cheat with you, they’ll cheat on you.”
u/Stranded_In_A_Desert
6.
“Rage was a red flag I ignored, too.
Nope, he was just an abusive narcissist.”
“She didn’t get along with anybody.
She was an argumentative and controlling person in all of her personal relationships.
u/Willing-Hour3643
8.
“Dismissed their constant need to control everything as just ‘being protective.’
“When I met his friends, they all told me I could do so much better.
If he were genuinely a good guy, his buddies wouldn’t be trying to give me a heads-up.
He turned into a serial cheater and gaslighter.
u/WavyTexan
10.
“Dismissive behavior when I expressed my feelings.
I thought it was just a rough patch, but it turned out to be a recurring pattern.”
u/qbetty602
11.
“Mine happened on the very first date.
He said he was late because he was having trouble finding parking.
He later told me he actually walked to the place from his nearby apartment.
Sure, we all make innocuous white lies, but all he did was lie the entire relationship.”
u/HappyHappyJoyJoy44
12. u/No-Cartoonist8495
13.
My first thought at the time was ‘bell-end.’
Definitely should’ve trusted those instincts…”
14.
“He constantly talked down about other women.
I learned a difficult and forever life-altering lesson with him.”
u/ZealousidealToe9439
15.
“He was an only child, and his mother babied him.
Needless to say, I replaced that mothering role for him pretty quickly.
I was so naive.”
u/ilithscoffee
16.
Turns out she was right.
I was in that relationship for six years and married her.
People will tell you who they are in many ways, and it’s crucial that you listen.”
u/Kaystew666
17.
“He was rude (verbally abusive) toward his mum over something minor.
Didnt take him long to treat me the same over minor things, only even worse.”
u/XLittleMagpieX
18.
“Relentless pursuit after I rejected him.
But really, its a red flag that highlights their inability to respect the word ‘no.’
After five years of an emotionally abusive relationship, I always pay attention to that.”
u/lydviciousss
19.
“The fact that he only seemed to show love or affection through gifts/financial things.
It turns out the entire relationship was based on manipulation, financial abuse, and control.
Took a lot of work to unfuck that situation.”
u/Clean-Engine2657
21.
He only likes how I am with him.
u/GuavaEnough9697
22.
“Hitting me with the silent treatment if he disapproved of me or what I was doing.”
u/babyfresno77
23.“Jealousy.
Both are valid reasons to end the relationship.”
u/Rural_Banana
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