I've seen a lot of women on here concerned about missing red flags and potentially wasting a lot of time with LVM. Fear not! Red flags always come in groups. They're like cockroaches. For every one you see, there are many more. I'll use myself as an example. I've quit OLD now, (thanks FDS) but this was my last OLD date, circa May. The guy seemed fine online, great even. He asked me to dinner, we had a lovely conversation about literary theory, everything was going swimmingly. The restaurant we were in closed early, so we walked down the block for coffee and dessert, leaving our cars in the lot of the restaurant. I had been slightly late because my car stalled as I pulled in and I'd had trouble turning it off. I mentioned this during dinner and stopped to check the car before dessert. Anyhow, we go and come back, and the restaurant lot is completely dark and empty except for our cars. We say goodnight, he asks me out again, all is well, except he asked to kiss me good night . I wasn't vaccinated yet, plus it was the first date, so I said no. He looked the same, but I felt his energy *shift*. Then, before I can get in my car good, he's roaring out of the parking lot! Major red flag!

Even if my car was in perfect working order, common politeness says you don't leave a woman alone in a dark lot. I wouldn't do that to an acquaintance. But the fact he knew my car was acting up made it all the more offensive. I immediately ghosted him mentally. But I started to worry about vetting future guys. Up till the end this guy seemed like a gentlemen. Consulted my preferences for dinner, paid, made sure I was comfortable. What if circumstances had been different and I had kissed him good night? Would I have been cheated of a chance to see that red flag so early? Nope, because scrotes can't resist showing their LV colors.

Two days later, he sends me a long, florid message online. He misspelled my name (passive aggressive AF and huge red flag. My name was my OLD name, plus he asked about the spelling on our date.) Anyway he said, [misspelled name], I loved meeting you, but I'm still so upset about my recent breakup [red flag] with my girlfriend of five years [RED flag]. I'm not ready for anything serious right now, but I'd love to hang out as friends [reddest of all red flags]. Maybe we can go on a picnic next week? [CRIMSON]

I don't know if it's the pandemic or what, but scrotes can't seem to hold their masks on for any good length of time. Just wait a minute. They'll expose themselves. And if you see one red flag, run. Plenty more where that came from. Anyone have a story of one red flag that rapidly multiplied into many?