I asked a guy on an app what he thought about the red flags I pointed out on my profile and he said he feels confident about them. I then asked him to tell me more because I’m interested, and then he unmatched me.

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Seems like he dodged bullet.

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Your questions are red flags in themselves.

Calling out details on your profile and asking a stranger to react indicates you lack confidence in yourself. The questions also suggest you are using matches as a kind of focus group rather than to connect to a potential romantic interest.

Some guys might decide you are not looking for the same thing and unmatch.

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I wouldn’t interpret questions in the way you have described as “rude”, rather more off-putting and probably don’t help either you or a match flirt and communicate to sustain interest and hopefully create a meetup for a 1st date. I don’t fully understand what you mean by “green flags”. I am a guy and am actively dating just to add context. You may want to consider being more subtle and/or patient to determine if a match is compatible. It is hard to do on an initial text exchange when the connection is tenuous at best.

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Sounds about right

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He did you a favor

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OMG y’all this has been such a crazy day I MEANT GREEN FLAGS 😂😂

Yeah I'm sensing why he unmatched. Just be easy. Keep it light on the apps and go deeper on the date. Can you do 30-45 minute coffee chat to discuss those topics?

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Tell us what are your green flags? Where are you located, and where does he live?

Anyway, without your picture we have no real advice.

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With the green flags as you described them, that kind of exchange is more of a phone / in person kind of thing to suss out. You need nonverbal or voice inflection cues to really pick up on what is being shared.

To be fair, when a guy has on his profile “we’ll get along if…” and it’s a whole ass list, I’m kinda turned off. I can’t explain it but I just get vibes the person is particular and just a lot… or if it’s a list of green or red flags, they’ve been burned in the past and I’m gonna hear all about it on our first date 🙈🫠

I just gravitate towards more light hearted and chill 🤷🏻‍♀️ I’d rather learn fun or interesting things about a person from their profile, not their list of requirements. I keep mine in the back of my head when evaluating dates, but realistically no one is gonna think or admit they don’t meet your green flags so what’s the point.

Hoorah and happy riddance I would say he saved me from wasting my precious time and energy

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