1. Not a red flag: He lives at home.
We may officially be out of the recession now, but it’s completely understandable to want to accumulate some savings by living with your parents for a while rather than spending hella bones on an apartment in a big, expensive city. You probably have some vaguely annoying thing your dates have to put up with, too. Like a recently paroled ex. Or a goiter.
Red flag: He lives at home, mooches off his parents, and acts like an ungrateful brat.
2. Not a red flag: He doesn’t always pick up the check.
Look, if you wind up dating for five years, getting married, and spending 70 happy years together until you die together while sleeping in one another’s arms, that’s a LOT of dinners he’s expected to pay for. He may be The Guy, but you’re … a human? You should be rational enough to understand that it’s important for you to pay sometimes.
Red flag: He never pays for anything or nitpicks the bill apart rather than splitting evenly.
Have you ever heard a wolf cry to the blue corn moon? That is actually the sound my vagina makes when my date tells me that I owe $3.87 more than him because I got shrimp in my salad.
