10 Signs your Budding Relationship...is a FAIL.

Sometimes we just fail to see the warning signs that our brand new R-bomb (relationship), is not going to get off the ground.

1. He's goes hot/ cold like a bad faucet. Any guy that yo'yo's you around so carelessly, isn't invested in you. So don't invest back.


2. You aren't too concerned if you don't see him. Further, if "Free drinks/ food/ AC" is your motivator to meet up with him then you really aren't excited and giddy to see him, and THATS a bad sign.


3. You're his rebound. You'll never know if you are actually the girl of his dreams, or the girl he settled for to keep his bed warm after the ACTUAL girl of his dreams crushed his heart.


4. He took you to Olive Garden. Enough said.


5. Its got a deadline. End of summer/ semester/ vacation. If you already got an end pending in your filo fax, this baby will never go anywhere.


6. You only met up when drunk/ tips/ under the influence. This isn't college. Meeting up when drunk is NOT a date.


7. You never actually go on real dates. Lack of QT is a flashing NO-GO sign.


8. Textual Harassment. Texts and emails shouldn't be the whole of your communication. Texts are an aide, not a means. PICK UP THE PHONE!


9. Lack of chemistry. Make-outs seem flat and awkward? Are you distracted sounds of traffic outside because you just aren't into it? Not a sign of long term love.


10. He calls you "Dude". No way around this, any guy who calls you "dude"/ "bud"/ College Nickname/ Last name will never thing of you as "Elle - Goddess of all things AWESOME".

Not every relationship is going to end in a walk down the aisle. Dating is learning, and with learning comes knowledge that sometimes you need to pull the plug on a relationship fast tracked to nowhere.


Editors Note: No matter how good he looks in nantucket red pants, this cannot be the sole reason to hope a fling materializes ito something substantial. What a shame.