10/15/2026
Here's what happened: he put her off for a week, told her to reach out after, took days to reply, said "work late" when he had a date, and offered exactly one evening, take it or leave it. And she asked me if she should call him, because she "really liked this one."
She barely knew him. She had fallen in love with the story she built from his dating profile.
Red flags are easy to spot in someone else's story. In your own, they feel like love.
Which red flag did you explain away this year? Tell me honestly in the comments. No judgment. We've all done it.