Maybe You Should Make Sure Your Partner Wants to Actually Date You?
The internet is a fascinating place where you can get a lot of answers to pressing questions. Like if your partner not “defining” your relationship is an issue. Or more specifically a “red flag.”
Many take to TikTok or social media for answers. Or, if you’re really fancy, they’ll ask an Etsy witch for answers. But the reality is that some questions have an easy answer. Most every relationship varies because we can’t get into the minds of those involved. If a man is acting distantly towards someone he’s supposedly dating, it isn’t always the same reason.
But there are signs that you can look for in your relationship. So to answer the question of whether or not it is a “Red Flag” if your partner won’t define your relationship, that’s kind of an obvious one. If you are just starting to date and the person you are dating won’t say what you guys “are,” that is normal. But if months have gone by and your partner of choice hasn’t felt comfortable giving you guys a label? That’s maybe a cause for concern.
Before we really get into this though, it is important to remember that red flags can manifest in different ways. Your boyfriend not saying he is your boyfriend to his friends? Not as shocking as if he’s doing that to people out at the bar. Do you see the difference?
Red Flags can be universal but they’re also situational
The idea that any one thing is a red flag really does depend on the situation that it is coming up in. Some “red flags” are a little more obvious but the defining the relationship one all depends on the facts of your relationship. Have you been open and honest about what you want? Are they dismissing it? Well then yes, that’s a red flag.
But there are so many rom-coms out there that explore this idea of someone who isn’t ready to commit. The issue with them though is that they tend to have a “happy” outcome. The partner in question realizes they don’t want to live their life without the other and we all celebrate at the end. That might not be your outcome and that’s okay!
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