What’s a red flag you ignored because the person was attractive?

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What’s a red flag you ignored because the person was attractive?

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  1. YoungFair3079 Avatar

    The condition the inside of her car. (disgusting). Later found out her house matched.

  2. omarelnour Avatar

    Her inability to listen

  3. ahbari98 Avatar

    She had been engaged 3 times, and her mother was emotionally abusive

  4. YourWickedUncleErnie Avatar

    His aggressiveness towards anyone else but me but I ignored it because he was my type because he reminded me of Henry Hill played by Ray Liotta because he was Italian American from Queens.

  5. Any_Field_8184 Avatar

    Really attractive and charismatic. He was is fact a pathological liar but my friends and I never suspected a thing for months

  6. Silverblade_21 Avatar

    All of them. 🤷‍♂️

  7. Reia621 Avatar

    Sexual orientation

  8. AdorableProcedure268 Avatar

    She had cheated on all her exes, but she told me I was special lol.

  9. Juicy_Tangerine7 Avatar

    Possessiveness, jealousy and poor anger management. It’s amazing what a pair of chubby cheeks down there can do to a person’s reasoning.

    Edit: Since I’m being downvoted, I’ll explain better the things I said.

    I was best friends with a girl for about 2 years. She was nice, kind to me, the first girl who introduced me to the love language of physical contact (hugs, etc.) and it was a great time while it lasted. However, I fell in love. Not only because she was a unique person to me at the time, but because of the way she treated me in general. No, I’m not being dense and confusing kindness with love. It wasn’t just her average friend treatment. Many friends, acquaintances of hers and mine, assumed we were a couple because of things like that, but we never were. Because we held hands, because we flirted sometimes, because she would lay on my chest when we went to the square near school and sit on one of the benches to talk, etc. How can you not fall in love and assume it’s reciprocal? Eventually I confessed my feelings, but she rejected me. Multiple times, because I still tried to maintain the friendship and every time it was brought up suddenly she would reject me again. I tried to take it easy, but it was hard. It was hard because it was depressing. A love so close and so far at the same time, that I tried to distance myself so as not to be sad anymore. That was when the three traits mentioned: possessiveness, jealousy and poor anger management were finally seen by me and we fought. Today we don’t talk anymore.

  10. Personal-Area8955 Avatar

    Shit she was a bit dumb and had missing front teeth. But she used to wear this mini skirt that Id just want to always never want to take off while we did boom boom. She also had slight BO but whatever haha.

  11. Amazing_Nerve5075 Avatar

    I fell deeply in lust for this person. Now as I’m growing n still trying to move on I realized this man treated me a like a literal toy. I was 15 at the time btw. I have a list. When I took my meds for sleep he would go behind my back n kinda out loud n call me a psycho. Btw we were not dating at all barely knew him. He would ask for hugs just to grab my ass unexpectedly I was also deeply insecure at this time so even tho I was strongly uncomfortable n shocked WHA he did I took it as a good thing. He would text me to come over jus to later on ghost me did this multiple times. N he would BEG like BEG for nudes after I said no until I basically said yes. Also at tha time didn’t send nudes before

  12. Rough-History-707 Avatar

    They butthole smelled like cheesewiz

  13. karlmarkz321 Avatar

    Confrontational, gaslighting, mistreat family members, substance abuse, loser mentality, inability to socialize without being under the influence, list goes on…

  14. reillan Avatar

    Her boyfriend

  15. GrendelKhanmac Avatar

    Nothing in common.

  16. SubstantialAd1799 Avatar

    I hate to even say this now looking back, but he called me a “b.tch” within the first month of dating when he got mad at me once.

  17. _40oz_ Avatar

    Her reactive personality.

  18. PhreedomPhighter Avatar

    Cocaine addiction

  19. No_Nectarine6942 Avatar

    Stuck up selfish “I’m better than everyone. “

  20. LBH328 Avatar

    Spelling errors.

  21. AdditionalWalk6600 Avatar

    666 necklace and bat tattoos

  22. Resident_Entrance_57 Avatar

    I don’t even know where to begin

  23. EhhLeeBee Avatar

    Commitment issues, ended up heart broken 🙁

  24. Stardust_Skitty Avatar

    He is a psychopath 

    Legitimate, confirmed psychopath

    Lots to the story. But I’ll share it if people wanna hear about it lol

  25. SparrowCowboy_3920 Avatar

    Terrible odor down there. Like it was so bad. Couldn’t even go past her chest it was that bad

  26. phillygirllovesbagel Avatar

    His age. 14 years older than me.

  27. Ill-Comfortable-2044 Avatar

    “No one has ever broken up with me”, but she had like 4 or 5 ex-fiances already 

  28. on_nothing_we_trust Avatar

    I’m now the red flag.

  29. KPrime1292 Avatar

    Consistently talking bad about someone. At first it was an obligatory listen to their troubles, but when you start talking about people who have never interacted with you, that’s when it crosses the line of complaining to complain and that’s just ugly. So to no surprise, they talked bad about me to others as well. Some people just live a miserable existence and that has become a deal breaker for me now

  30. VerbJones Avatar

    He was so hot. And not that I want to put myself down, but he was way hotter than I was and I couldn’t believe that a girl like me, could catch a guy like that. I was blinded. And he was not a nice person.

  31. MultiMediaHyphenate Avatar

    The biggest early red flag I ignored was this sentence: “I’ve overcome several addictions to people.” I guess because I didn’t know what love addiction was it went over my head. That, along with a few subtle signs he was manipulative and dishonest. This guy took me on the craziest and most painful ‘roller coaster ride’ of my life … twice. Love bombed me, lied constantly, then ghosted me, and then 2 years later we did the whole thing again. Got back together, overlooked what a terrible person he was and how much he hurt me before all because he was the best sex I ever had. We lived together and he still ghosted me… never had a real breakup with this crazy man. Will never make the same mistakes again. I could not be less trusting of people now.

  32. Individual-Log-1138 Avatar

    40yo dad :))) he was the most narcissistic person ever known and extremely manipulative. i was 19 when we met. he’s now back with his ex, 10 years older than him, and she’s also kinda famous because of her work. she seems pretty serious im really curious to know what she’d think of him if she knew that

  33. TaterMcMann Avatar

    Being attracted to me

  34. anxiety_antelope Avatar

    The avoidant personality

  35. Laughing_Allegra Avatar

    The emotional abuse

  36. Ill-Musician-1998 Avatar

    Right now I am trying to leave my abusive husband and his family. I wouldn’t say it’s because he’s attractive. But I don’t feel great that I am supposed to leave and he can easily pick up someone else, while I struggle with my kid. It’s makes you feel really small

  37. Future_Usual_8698 Avatar

    Late without explaining for first date, slack about everything in his life but charming, my “type”

  38. koreamax Avatar

    She made me remove all my female friends on Facebook

  39. Seanpkd30 Avatar

    Every day she would call me after work complaining about how many assholes she had to deal with throughout the day. Everywhere she went there was always an asshole causing her problems, work, grocery store, coffee shops, her landlord, etc.

    And my dumbass always believed her, because she was as sweet as could be around me… then after she got pregnant, her mask dropped.

    She’s a grade-A fuckin’ cunt.

  40. veganstraycat Avatar

    Not just physically attractive but very smart and having common ideals. But the person didn’t put the same energy/effort I did. It was a parasocial relationship

  41. sidecarfalcon69 Avatar

    We hooked up the first night we met at a diver bar. 18 months later i walked in on her hooking up with a guy she met that night at a dive bar.

  42. BandiriaTraveler Avatar

    Him telling me that he was worried he was a bad person because he constantly manipulated and lied to everyone he dated.

  43. jull1o Avatar
  44. JasonDomber Avatar

    Manipulating me into buying things for him, and the way he generally used me for my kindness and generosity.

  45. Amonette2012 Avatar

    He was in the CIA. Amazing sex though.

  46. Marcysdad Avatar

    Unshaved legs.

    8 of them.

    Turned out they were a spider in disguise.

    Happened to me thrice. But never again

  47. maximum116837 Avatar

    Always looking at other men/ occasionally flirting with other men as a “joke”

  48. KJblover90 Avatar

    That he was a predator and groomer I was 17 and he was 22. However I found out after me that he was with 13 and 15 year old.🤢🤢🤢🤢

  49. Most_Pudding_1770 Avatar

    He didn’t have a job, he told me it was because he was “taking a break”….. from what?

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  51. MelancholyBean Avatar

    I’ve been meaning to post this question. A lot of people ignore red flags with attractive people even within family and platonic relationships.

  52. 5hole-tickler Avatar

    Stealing my Reese’s peanut butter cups

  53. jessek Avatar

    We’d only been dating for a few weeks and she started baselessly accusing me of cheating on her.

  54. Remote-Promotion6734 Avatar

    She cried and told me she thought I saw her as an ugly woman after I told her I wasn’t feeling in the mood for sex, which in turn made me think that if I didn’t have sex I was being mean to my partner. Only a bunch of therapy made me discover otherwise

  55. incomplete_ Avatar

    violence and temper (she was almost certainly bi-polar and borderline personality disorder).

    was with her for 4 years. first signs were early, but not directed at me so i ignored or chalked them up to trauma from her recent ex.

    about 1.5 years in, shit started getting real… at 2 years i needed to GTFO. took me another 2 years + HR complaint for stalking (we worked at the same company) before she finally left me alone.

    pro tip: if you see violent, unapologetic and carefully hidden unhinged behavior, get out as quick as you can.

  56. Pristine_Shoulder_21 Avatar

    How much time you got?

  57. jillxp76 Avatar

    Hatred for woman, anger issues, mommy issues
    Pretty much a full on dumbass

  58. Fabulous-Pin-8531 Avatar

    I said I’d never be with a smoker, but every other part of her is perfect so I’ve been able to easily forget that “dealbreaker”.

  59. Belle430 Avatar

    He told me all his ex girlfriends were crazy

  60. themonicastone Avatar

    I might win this one. He had just been released from prison for the attempted murder of his own mother. Yes, he was that cute

  61. drunky_crowette Avatar

    He literally said “fuck, I’m probably going to wind up seriously hurting you” first time we got drunk together

    Year and some change later he started an affair with his best friend’s fiancee! Called it, Graham!

  62. WhatsaGime Avatar

    Anger at not messaging back quick enough

  63. throwawayacc57219 Avatar

    Having a problem with everyone in her life, whether it was coaches, friends roommates parents. Everyone was out to get her, it drained me for years and eventually led to being a huge reason we broke up. Much happier now lol

  64. weary_bee479 Avatar

    Told me my friends didn’t care about me, and weren’t really my friends

  65. quxilu Avatar

    Don’t marry up if you’re male. I married into a millionaire family and although I make a lot of money for a middle class guy it’ll never be enough. I also have to spend obscene amounts of money on things like hotel rooms or she won’t even consider going on holidays etc. she doesn’t understand saving for a big purchase, like a car for example. She just thinks one day you decide you want a new car and the next day you buy one. That’s all there is to it.

    It is fucking tough…nothing I can provide for her is enough really…I knew about this theory before I got married but I did it anyway. If anyone is reading this please take my advice, do not marry up if you’re male. Stick with your own social class.

  66. Connie_Damico Avatar

    He was mean, always made the most obvious low handing fruit type mean “joke” but was really fragile and easily offended if anyone said anything about him. Also super quick to anger and would get super jealous about things so petty I couldn’t even formulate a response too. He would also have adult man temper tantrums to a theatrical level.

    Absurdly hot though, one of the best bodies I’ve ever seen. Like still to this day I’d want to wear his sweaty gym clothes like an oxygen mask. But eventually I realized he reminded me a lot of my abusive dad and that really took the shine off things.

  67. bmanzzs Avatar

    She went through all of her finances in detail with me (she was in massive debt), including all credit card balances, and admitted that she was completely broke. I thought it was weird. Turns out she was essentially grooming me to pay off her debts. On our last date I asked her if we could reduce the amount of money we (I) spent, like staying in more. She freaked out, then started yelling at the top of her lungs about how she “wasn’t a gold digger”. Keep in mind I never once called her that or anything close to it. I noped out quickly after that.

  68. GiveMeExtraPickles Avatar

    Twice divorced before 30….boy does it all make sense now.

  69. Imaginary-Cream-3477 Avatar

    When conversations and meet-ups are always initiated by you and never by them. One sided relationships suck.

  70. fugginglovecheese Avatar

    Emotionnaly unavailable but shit, the sex was mindblowing.

  71. Struzzo_impavido Avatar

    Unwilling to communicate and compromise

  72. Winter_Throat3109 Avatar

    Seven years living apart from his wife, with no plans to even make the separation official, never mind getting a divorce. 😑

  73. iodinestar Avatar

    They put salt on pizza. I should’ve ran then.

  74. Euphoric_Warning_69 Avatar

    He was and is always on his phone. I should have known he was living a different life.

  75. jondonbovi Avatar

    She would text me back once every 30 hours with a 2-5 word response. She was always busy whenever I asked her if we could meet up. Anytime she wanted to see me, it was always on the way to something she had to do. 

    I put up with it because she was very pretty and people always complimented me on her. She always insisted on paying for dinner and the sex was good. 

    My previous girlfriend had anger issues and wasn’t very attractive. People would see her yell at me and tell me it wasnt worth it. So this new relationship was something I really wanted to work out. 

    Only being able to see her once every 4-6 weeks was terrible. I noticed that I was the one who initiated all of our conversations, so I stopped. 

  76. Bearfoxman Avatar

    Habitual heroin use. We dated a couple months then she just straight up disappeared. Never saw or heard from her again nor did anyone else that knew her, including her family (this was back before social media or widespread internet availability and the very earliest days of cellphones). Left basically everything but her wallet and car keys in her apartment and walked away.

  77. asap_throwawayx Avatar

    A HEROIN addiction

  78. ChristSavesForever Avatar

    Her messy car… Now we have a messy house

  79. AlpsAdministrative Avatar

    His incredibly aggressive personality.
    I am too, but I’m not super reactive (anymore, I spent my 20s really learning to stfu) he… unfortunately did not

  80. rayzerdayzhan Avatar

    She was also attracted to me. Huge red flag.

  81. sertile Avatar

    She was a young earth creationist

  82. krombies Avatar

    My rose tinted glasses made all those red flags look like just flags.

  83. MissMidknight Avatar

    Overly complimenting me which is a love bombing tactic. An attractive person saying I’m the one that’s attractive, amazing, kind, sexy??? Yea that’s hot as hell. They try and make you think they’re so nice and lovely so you ignore their true colours later

  84. Ventaura Avatar

    The multiple mental illness diagnosis 👀

  85. jeff1074 Avatar

    She didn’t want to be seen in public with me

  86. mister_immortal Avatar

    My girlfriend’s apartment was filthy, but she was soooooo hot.

    Don’t worry she’s my ex girlfriend now

    Because I married her….and hired a house cleaner.

  87. OkAccess6128 Avatar

    They said they “don’t do emotions” and I thought I could be exception, turns out, that was the warning.