Protecting your best friend is part of your job as a friend.
Although it isn’t your place to interfere in the intricacies of a person’s relationship as far as what rules they have set for each other as two adults, it doesn’t mean you should apply this courtesy in every aspect.
Seeing your best friend’s partner with an active account on a dating site is one of those exceptions.
You can’t stay quiet about this.
A guy who isn’t rushing the talking and dating stage just to get to a point where he sleeps with you is a green flag.
There is a genuine desire within him to get to know you better as a person, not your body.
The conversations you have with him on dates and in between dates are filled with well-thought-out questions about you.
The answers you give him don’t fall on deaf ears either.
There is a reason why your instincts are on red alert.
A feeling within you persists, compelling you to believe that you are a side piece.
He declared you his girlfriend a while ago, and you believed him.
After all, he courted you properly, as he paid for dates and ensured you always got home safe by either texting and asking whether you got home okay or driving you back home himself.
Loads of people quickly jump into dating and consequently a new relationship soon after the last one ends.
Oftentimes, these are people who don’t want to process the relationship and what led to the end of it.
It is much easier to find a new replacement than it is to process what just led to the last one ending.
When you fall into this trap, you are making yourself susceptible to making the same mistakes over again.
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Every time you think you have found the right person for you, it doesn’t work out.
Everything seemed to be promising at first.
He matched with you on a dating app, approached you at the gym, bumped into you at a deli, or bought you a drink at a bar.
One thing led to another, and you were talking over the phone soon after.