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13 Warning Signs You Might be Dating a Manipulative Person
The signs are very clear if you are paying attention.
It’s embarrassing, but I didn’t become aware of “red flags” until very late in life. So many try and point the warning signs out in others but won’t look at their own issues they bring to the relationship. Everyone has some problem or issue they are dealing with, but the problem is, are you aware of it?
Looking back on my three relationships, they resembled a horrible football game with a third-string quarterback being flagged every other play. There was a major issue, but the team must manage with what they have.
That reasoning is how I handled most of my relationships. I made do with the limited awareness of myself and the women I attracted while having no boundaries.
If you’d asked me what my issues were 10–15 years ago, I didn’t have any! It was the girl’s problems they never addressed, not mine! I mean, me running around trying to fix them was normal, right? I knew I could help them with the childhood abuse they didn’t believe was causing any problems.
The three girls I dated were fresh out of a toxic relationships and I was too!
See! We already had something in common!
