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18 Red Flags of Jealousy and Insecurity That Can Sabotage Your Relationship

When getting to know a potential love interest, we wanted to know what traits come across as codependent.

“If they text/call and you miss it for a legit reason, but they’re still upset with you… that’s a bad sign. A very bad one. A partner needs to be okay with you not being available 24/7.”

01

THEY EXPECT YOU TO BE AVAILABLE 24/7

On a similar note, my ex-boyfriend pulled a similar thing. We had been dating for a while, and one day, he got upset because I didn’t change my profile picture to one of us on New Year’s Eve.”.

02

SOCIAL MEDIA EXPECTATIONS

“Making a big deal if you need to postpone a date. Life happens outside of just you, and if s/he can’t accept that, then it’s a dead giveaway.

03

MAKING A BIG DEAL OUT OF CANCELED DATES

“If they passive-aggressively post memes or statuses about something that you did without directly mentioning you, probably in the hopes that you will see it and message them about it.

04

PASSIVE-AGGRESSIVE MEMES/QUOTES

“When they act like a strict parent and forbid you from doing things (jealousy is something you can allow to pass, but a control freak? bye).”

05

CONTROL FREAK

If you mention a guy/girlfriend’s name and your SO gets jealous, run. My ex was the extremely jealous type. Once, he got mad at me because he imagined other guys talking to me.

06

EXTREME JEALOUSY

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