Life Ask Reddit bad vibes red flags
People have been sharing the ‘strangely specific things’ that immediately give off bad vibes – 21 red flags
12.
‘There is a kind of high energy person who I can never trust; the kinda youth-pastor energy that feels like a performance. Always excited, always positive, always ready to go. I love positive people, but this type of person I’ve found tends to be masking a lot of dark shit under that performance.’
Breadonshelf
13.
‘Intentionally using inside jokes or references with their friends around others who clearly won’t understand them. Then saying shit like, “if you know, you know,” or not giving any context/explanation. Like, why would you purposely make someone feel excluded and awkward?’
mardy_go
14.
‘I can’t exactly word it but people who don’t have a conversation with you, but instead use you as a tool to reflect back their own ego image.’
intention_clar
15.
‘When they constantly talk over you.’
marebear13
16.
‘When they use your name too often in conversations. I don’t know why, but something about it feels inauthentic.’
Pinktullip
17.
‘Buying high end items and bragging about them. Especially when everyone knows you can’t afford them because you owe money to several people in the friendship group…’
magicmom17
18.
‘People who are overly familiar too soon. Dirty joke, touchy, getting in your personal space.’
writing_mm_romance
19.
‘A condescending “oh honey” or “oh sweetie, you have no idea” from someone my own age. It feels obviously rude to me but a lot of people do this as banter and it’s weird.’
Ok-Echo-
20.
‘Telling exaggerated, outlandish, extraordinary, or otherwise almost fantastical stories off the bat to make themselves look cool. Compulsive lying has been something that’s bugged me since a kid.’
averagecanine69
21.
‘People who deflect questions too much and make me feel like I’m the one being interviewed.’
Coldricepudding
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