A guy who is serious about you advances the relationship through consistent action.

Whereas a guy who is wasting your time makes empty promises he doesn’t keep.

He tricks you into thinking he wants to make things happen with you, and yet he doesn’t back up his empty promises with action.

He shows you photos of a home in a beautiful suburban area that he tells you he wants to buy one day for the future family he wants to have with you.

Yet, he doesn’t do all that much to get you both on that path.

If anything, he is more concerned about why his rent just went up than ultimately moving into a beautiful home with you in a picturesque suburban area.

He continues to waste your time when he pretends he wants to introduce you to his family by constantly showing you photos of said loved ones and telling you personal anecdotes about each of them.

As he tells you these personal anecdotes about them, he makes it seem as though there is so much you have in common with them and that you would really get along with them.

In these moments, he seems so intent on not only introducing you to his family but also having you be a constant fixture in their lives as someone special in his life that he frequently brings to family functions.

To date, the closest you have gotten to an introduction to his family is the occasional meeting with some of his friends he deems are as close to him as family.

Furthermore, he has an inclination to talk about going on fun and exciting trips with you to places that you have already told him that you would love to visit, going as far as showing you brochures of these travel destinations.

Yet, he never follows through on it.

Whenever you talk about a vacation that is coming up and hint at wanting to go on a trip with him to one of these desired locations, he tries to evade the topic.

He tells you that the vacation time isn’t assured and that he is working on making more money so that he can make the trip happen.

To make matters worse, whenever you talk about how a friend of yours has gotten engaged and the wedding that is upcoming, he talks about rings and how amazing his wedding with you would be in the future.

He goes as far as showing you photos of wedding rings online through a jewelry store or even stopping by ring shops when he is out and about with you.

Nevertheless, that wedding ring never materializes.

There have already been a few anniversaries that have gone by or occasions where presenting a ring to you would have been appropriate, and yet, nothing.

No ring.

You see your friends continue to get proposed to, and you go to their weddings with him, which are all constant reminders that he should do the same to you, and yet nothing happens.

This is a guy who is wasting your time.

He is taking advantage of all the attention and time you give him, as well as the physical privileges that come with being your boyfriend through physical intimacy.

A guy who keeps making promises he never keeps isn’t serious about you.

He is keeping you around for as long as he can to keep reaping the benefits of being a boyfriend, but he has no true intention to get serious with you through taking serious action that advances the relationship.