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Niamh Shackleton
The early dating stages are never easy to navigate, so a relationship expert has broken down three red flags you should be wary of.
No one wants to waste anyone else's time (and ideally you don't want your time wasted either), so if a person isn't right for you or their intentions are off then you want to know when the right time is to exit.
There are so many different types of red flags to look out for and experts recently broke them down into a long list of 20 signs that they described as a being a 'sneak preview to the plot', i.e your future the other person.
Now dating coach, podcaster, and content creator Sabrina Zohar has revealed three red flags to consider when in the early dating stages specifically (because it really is a minefield out there).
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"Here are three red flags I want you to look out for in the early stages of dating," she told her 1.6 million TikTok followers. "Remember, a red flag is a pattern of behavior. It doesn't mean you have to run for the f**king hills, but it's something to look out for so you don't waste anymore of your goddamn time."
Sabrina's first warning is about if someone is inconsistent. By this, the expert doesn't mean that somebody texts you at different times of the day but if a person is hot and cold with you.
"This isn't just going to magically get better," she warned of this red flag. "This person was chasing a feeling to begin with, and now that they know they have you, they're starting to play the f**king games."
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A second red flag is deflection from them, for example they may say that you're being too sensitive.
Sabrina explained: "They do something to make it seem as if there's something wrong with you for wanting to have a conversation, instead of just saying 'hey, maybe it's too fast' or 'hey, I'm not feeling those feelings'."
Basically, if they refuse to have an open and honest conversation with you, then it's a big red flag.
Sabrina went on to say her last red flag 'is a biggie' – that being if they don't take any accountability as to why things didn't work out in their life.
"Conveniently it's always their ex was crazy or nobody was fair to them, but yet it's never about the way that they acted or the behavior they ensued," she explained.
Enough said.