Watch Out for these Red Flags in Your Relationships 🚩

Today Jackie Angel shares a series of questions for evaluating all of our relationships and how to discern if there are any red flags that should caution us to move on or create proper boundaries to protect ourselves.

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[flowbynature]

1. Does this person abuse you physically, verbally, or emotionally?
2. Do you feel like you are being used as an object of their pleasure?
3. Are you afraid of bringing up tough issues?
4. Do you feel like you are walking in egg shells?
5. Are you afraid to show your weaknesses?
6. Do you feel anxiety when you think of marrying them?
7. Are you confused about the relationship?
8. Are you free to be your true self?
9. Is your relationship healing?

Some of the questions I caught

[angelacastellarin]

I wish I would have seen some of these videos before I ended up in an awful, toxic marriage. Now I am divorced, have gone through an annulment and am still healing. All the red flags Mrs Angel spoke about were in my relationship and I can see how scared I was to get out and settled. I cannot go backwards, and moving forward slowly is what I need to do now in order to heal. I have found this beneficial with friendships too. Some just have to end.

[christinebutler]

For those in a dating relationship, I'm going to add a few: if your child turned out just like this person, would you be proud and happy? If your kid, or your younger siblings, was dating someone just like this person, would you be worried or concerned ?
Is this person irresponsible or impulsive or selfish where money is concerned?
How's the relationship with their family? Remember you are marrying into this family. These would be your kids grandparents.
Do they quit jobs impulsively, or just because they don't like rules, standards or expectations ?
Does the person have a mean temper? Can they not have a good time unless they're drinking, or staying buzzed?
Do they need you to be joined at the hip at all times? Do they deliberately try to mess up your friendships, your work, or your family relationships, to get you all to themselves?
Are they mean, or just irresponsible, with pets? I broke up with someone for hitting a 5 week old puppy because it cried for its mom and littermates. If he'd do it to a puppy he'd do it to a crying baby, too. I took the puppy and ran.

[DF-fobh]

Nobody ever thinks they’re the toxic one. You have to grow together by Gods principles.

[lauriceday]

Jackie, pls do this as a mini series. One episode per red flag, with examples, perspectives and solutions/ options framed in the Catholic context. Thnx

[limepiper]

How he or she TREATS OTHER people is a very important and telling. How they treat people is the way they are going to treat you, pay attention.

[seans.]

“He came that we might have life and life in abundance...they point you to the Savior.”

God bless, Jackie! ✝😄

[nilshubinette]

Always with Fr. Mike are present tears - tears of joy and tears of sadness, albeit not always visible. Am amazing man! God bless!

[Alexislim]

My husband is a red flag. But now I just think I am sharing in the suffering of Christ and always praying to God for him. So, for all singles out there... only marry when you Love God above all first and that he or she loves God above all first as well. The one with a strong Christian faith. Pray for it. God knows everything.

[strawberrysmile]

This is a sign by God ❤️ I read the article "the devil wants you to settle" in November 2021. One year went by and there was no day I wasn't thinking if or better how and when I should broke up with my boyfriend of nearly 4 years (!!!) I feel soo so terrible. Once I already collected all my strength and said to him that I think we don't fit well together-actually I wanted to break up, but he was so said, told me he will change etc. He did. He is a good Guy. Sometimes I think I am not dateable. I feel so miserable by waisting soo much time - not only mine but also his, but it just feels impossible to me to tell him: I am ending our relationship. Please pray for me ❤️🙏 Thank you for all the support Jackie!

[thatcatholiclawyer]

I know God put this video for me, I think I put myself in a lot of spots that I should’ve avoid in the past and currently I wanna change it. I feel I’ll make the same mistakes again tho. All in all is in God’s hands

[enriqueklein]

Please do a follow up for what to do if these flags are present in marriage

[giarose]

I’ve been married 21 years God is good 👍

[sandralucia]

The focus has always been on singles and that's beautiful but why the silence on those who are married and confused, not knowing how to deal with emotional abuse, neglect and always told "Accept your partner/spouse and surrender all to God"....children grow within this framework....I would want Ascension present priests/ speakers to address these not just the commentators...

[davidcole]

#1 I have experienced. Unfortunately it took 5 years of my youth to figure it out.

[mistyviolet]

This is much needed information for our youth…… I am sending. This to my 24 year old daughter 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🕊️

[churro_gonzalez]

I was in a toxic relationship. It took me awhile to realize that I was in it because I was in denial and “in love” with my ex.

Your relationship shouldn’t not be one way or the highway nor should a person depend on your for their happiness. It is just not fair for both parties.

I wish this video was upload 5 years ago but hey! You live and you learn.

[azucena.valentine]

Wow I love this lady! She's so classy and blessed with wit and charm. I love her advice. You are awesome girl! I also can't believe I needed to hear this and it was posted just 8 hours ago. Wow. Thank you so much! Love and Peace, Azucena

[Nehara_Seraphine]

Thank you. I needed this reminder. My ex is a walking red flag! Now that we're currently 2, 000 miles apart, he says all the right things (when he's most likely drunk). Unfortunately, I've grown apart from most of my friends now that I'm 39 and he is one of the only people I talk to regularly, especially about spiritual things. Most other people I know don't have the depth of knowledge and understanding like he does. He was a former ordained minister and still studies relentlessly. Other friends I talk to usually don't really understand what I'm talking about. I'm a caregiver for my mother and a caregiver for my job, so I don't have much time for meeting new people (plus, people in general kind of terrify me these days lol) ... I feel like I missed the boat on spousal/family life, if I ever was supposed to have that. I just have to trust God's plan for me.

[traumahappiness]

I saw it as a red flag for my friend when she told me the guy she was dating called her "Miss Conservative" when she wouldn't sleep with him.