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When on a first date, or even in the early stages of a relationship, we are often on the lookout for "red flags" that might suggest there is no future with this prospective partner.
More often than not, major red flags, such as a lack of chemistry or a personality difference, are usually evident on the first date.
Other red flags, however, may not emerge until much later, sometimes even after marriage and the birth of children.
Red flags that we either missed entirely or chose to ignore.
Redditor bunny_irina was curious to hear about the most commonly ignored red flags when it comes to dating, leading them to ask:
"What is a ‘red flag’ people almost always ignore in dating until it’s too late?"
"If you can't figure out how they were managing in life without you, it's because they've stopped doing the things they needed to do now that they have you."- brokenmessiah
"When their words don't match up with their actions."- RabbitCharacter5686
"Being too clingy and wanting you to ditch your family and friends."- Appearance_Cold
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"Minor selfishness."
"Taking the biggest piece of desert, talking over you, unwilling to inconvenience themselves for you."
"I had an epiphany while dating that I was expecting men who were selfish in all the little things, to suddenly be unselfish about big things."
"It doesn't work that way."- Sweaty_Knee_7425
"Taking everything as joke and somehow everything is funny, even your damn life."- god_complex_irl
"Not actually liking the person."
"Sometimes we convince ourselves otherwise for various reasons, but it will always become untenable."- Aggravating-One2200
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"Newly divorced or just separated or something like that."
"They are almost never, ever, ready to date seriously, though they think they are."
"They certainly haven't given themselves the time to unpack what happened to them and heal."
"You're gonna get love bombed, then see how noncommittal they are."
"Speaking of noncommittal, if they keep moving the timeline because they're 'not fully ready', TRUST THEM."- pay_the_cheese_tax
"A Dude told me early on in the conversation that he can be a jerk."
"And me being polite said, we can all be jerks sometimes."
"Well, little did I know that he would really turn out to be a big jacka**!"
"LOL!"- Opposite_Pea_6243
"People mention how they treat waitstaff, but plenty of people know how to be decent to strangers or acquaintances for an evening."
"What I should have paid closer attention to is how my now-husband treated his sister when they lived together."
"I saw how much contempt he had for her and how illogical he became in a seriously small dispute, and I even thought, 'Wow. He might talk to me like one day...'"
"It was a neon friggin sign."
"He talks so much worse to me now and the severe lack of logic is breathtaking."
"After 17 years, he hasn't matured all that much in that regard."
"So my answer is: family dynamics and how they resolve issues with closely familiar people in their lives."
"Do they take these relationships for granted?"
"Do they treat their 'loved ones' with respect?"
"If not, one day, you might fall into that category, too."- spentpatience
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"Getting extremely mad at the smallest inconveniences."- Original_Day6832
"When they show you who they are and you know you wouldn’t accept that, but hoping they will change."- krk03
"Controlling behavior."- Samsaara44
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"Blowing off/ excusing men when they put their convenience over your comfort."
"This probably happens the other way around, I just personally haven't had a man tell me about it, but I know SO MANY women who do this."
"When he knows it will hurt you if he doesn't do x or y for you, but he still does whatever he wants because that's what's easy and convenient."
"It starts so small."
"He says you're going to hang out on Saturday, then Saturday comes and you don't hear from until 11pm because he's been at his friends BBQ all day and 'forgot'."
"He said he would run by Walgreens and pick up your prescription, then he shows up and says the drive-thru line was 10 cars deep so you can just get them another time."
"Years down the road and you're calling your best friend to take you to surgery because he's 'really busy'."
"You are the one managing the entire mental load of the household because you KNOW it won't get done if you don't manage it."
"You're making excuses for him when he eventually doesn't show up for your kids the way he should."
"He's brought home a 4th dog even though you said you didn't want it because you do all of the care for the other 3."
"He knows what he's doing - he just doesn't care."
"Never, ever choose a partner who consistently prioritizes their comfort over your discomfort."
"Good relationships aren't 50/50 or 60/40, they are when both partners care so much for each other that they're 60/60 because they want to show up and support their partner and are willing to do the work to make it happen."- tootincommon
"Ignoring your pets’ boundaries."
"I’m not even talking about outright harmful behaviors, just pushy ones."
"If they can’t read and respect the boundaries of an animal (especially if they have one themselves), they won’t read or respect yours."- an_ineffable_plan
"Inconsistency."
"They may simply grow tired of pretending to be someone they’re not, and their real selves begin to slip out."
"Be careful with people who show this pattern."
"Sometimes, their real personality only becomes clear after marriage, when they feel the commitment is secure."- Taegibears21
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Some people just have that inexplicable, extra special something that leads us to believe that whatever problems we might sense will all be solved through the sheer power of love.
Unfortunately, despite the age-old belief to the contrary, love does not always conquer all...
The Harry Potter fandom breathed a collective sigh of relief when our favorite Herbology professor, Miriam Margolyes, reaffirmed her “unapologetically woke” status on Ireland’s The Late Late Show with Patrick Kielty. At 84, the British-Australian actress proves that age hasn’t dulled her fire—or her mouth.
Known for her candor on everything from her love of Laurence Olivier to her beef with John Cleese, Margolyes has also been outspoken in her solidarity with the people of Gaza. Appearing on the The Late Late Show last Saturday, the Age of Innocence and Harry Potter star reminded audiences why she remains one of the most fearless voices in entertainment.
When asked about her activism and unmistakably Hufflepuff-brand progressivism, Margolyes leaned in with her trademark blend of mischief and effortless charm that would impress Professor Flitwick himself.
Margoyles explained:
“I’m a left-wing d*ke, and I love it. I love being a lesbian. I’m not going to apologize for that. It’s great fun.”
When Kielty asked what exactly was so fun about it, both promptly broke into laughter.
You can watch the moment here:
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Margolyes has long worn her liberal views with pride. On a 2023 episode of The Graham Norton Show, she opened up about becoming a trans ally, admitting it initially challenged her grammar-nerd instincts.
“I was very keen on grammar,” she said, recalling that a trans actress, Zoe Terakes, helped her understand singular they/them pronouns.
Margolyes recalled:
“She said, ‘What does it matter to you? If you can make somebody happy by calling them ‘they’ instead of ‘he or she,’ why not do it?’ I thought, that’s right. It doesn’t matter about grammar.”
See, Joanne “Karen” Rowling? It’s not that difficult to understand.
And it’s not the first time Margolyes has clashed with the Harry Potter author. She’s publicly criticized Rowling’s anti-trans rhetoric and defended the younger cast members who’ve spoken out.
“Now they’re grown up and they have opinions,” she told The Telegraph last year. “They shouldn’t be silenced just because they were in her films.”
Recently, Rowling reignited her feud with Emma Watson, accusing the actress of being “ignorant” about real-world struggles in a lengthy post on X.
Rowling wrote:
“Had Emma not decided in her most recent interview to declare that she loves and treasures me … I might never have been this honest.”
During her Late Late Show appearance, Margolyes also addressed why she’s been outspoken about Gaza, noting it’s a matter of moral clarity for her as a Jewish woman.
While condemning the October 7 Hamas attacks, she said:
“It’s important because I’m Jewish, and it’s very important that people realize that all Jewish people are not killers, they’re not b**ards. It’s not like that. This is just a section of the Israeli people that are like that, not Jewish people, and I want that to be known and understood and be clear.”
Her comments drew both praise and backlash online, but Margolyes didn’t seem fazed.
Margolyes continued:
“What happened in Gaza was utterly wrong, wicked, and terrifying. The response to the Hamas attack — the Hamas attack was terrible, of course it was, but it came from 70 years of oppression… My heart is open to anyone who needs help… and they need that.”
You can watch the interview clip here:
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Her activism isn’t limited to politics. In 2022, she appeared in a cheeky video urging queer football fans to push back against FIFA’s consideration of Saudi Arabia as a future World Cup host.
Margolyes advocated:
“It’s our big gay duty to make sure this doesn’t happen again. After all, a World Cup without queer people just isn’t a World Cup.”
You can watch the donation video from Stonewall UK below:
Honestly, leave it to Miriam to turn FIFA shade into a full-blown queer rallying cry—poetic and political.
And both Harry Potter and non-Harry Potter fans gave all the points to this Hufflepuff on social media:
For the entire interview, watch below:
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The actress was also on The Late Late Show to promote her new autobiography, The Little Book of Miriam, described as:
“Packed with her wit, wisdom, and unfiltered stories, The Little Book of Miriam is a memory palace of Miriam’s extraordinary life’s standout moments, opinions, and conclusions. Never forget that this is a woman who knocked back WARREN BEATTY, played to an audience of TWO THOUSAND NAKED LESBIANS, injected sex into the CADBURY’S CARAMEL BUNNY, and was VOGUE’S COVER STAR AGED 83. Miriam is always full of surprises — and this book is too.”
Fearless, funny, and fully herself, Miriam Margolyes continues to prove that being “unapologetically woke” is, in fact, great fun. Now, if you’ll excuse me, I’m off to start a petition to officially crown her the new Queen of Harry Potter—robes, wand, and all.
How do you counter a false narrative from someone as powerful as the President of the United States? Some protesters in Portland, Oregon, may have figured out the answer.
MAGA Republican President Donald Trump is well known for his embellishments of the truth, alternative facts, and outright lies. It's been a hallmark of his career in business—leading to multiple legal entanglements over fraud, the dissolution of Trump family charities, multiple financial settlements and fines, loss of his New York business licenses, and 34 felonies.
Lying—constantly, about everything—is also Trump's most prominent trait as POTUS.
A firm believer in the teachings of Nazi propaganda minister Joseph Goebbels, Trump also uses the Big Lie method Goebbels and Adolf Hitler perfected.
Goebbels is often associated with the statement:
"Repeat a lie often enough and it becomes the truth."
Goebbels may not have said those exact words, but it is a law of propaganda he employed to great effect which Trump has firmly embraced, repeating misinformation so often that the gullible believe it and others no longer react to it.
Trump employed this same method when trying to overturn his obvious, overwhelming defeat in the 2020 presidential election to Democratic candidate Joe Biden. Trump's Big Lie was so effective that he incited a coup attempt at the United States Capitol on January 6, 2021, that caused at least five deaths, injured over 150 members of law enforcement, and caused millions of dollars in damages. Trump pardoned all involved to further his alternate version of reality.
Now Trump is trying to use a campaign of lies and misinformation to target major cities in blue states.
Whether to discredit people cited as possible Democratic candidates in the 2028 presidential election or to invent crises where none exist—or while ignoring the same issues being statistically worse in red states—to increase his executive powers with a fake state of emergency, the Trump administration and their cronies have been describing blue state cities like Los Angeles, California; Baltimore, Maryland; Chicago, Illinois; and Portland, Oregon as "war zones."
The Department of Homeland Security's masked, warrantless Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents have been weaponized to harass, abduct, and brutalize anyone they want, including elected officials. Trump has also deployed the National Guard—sometimes crossing state lines—and active duty military to suppress people's First Amendment rights to free speech and protest.
California Governor Gavin Newsom has used the courts and social media to counter Trump, trolling the POTUS with the same brand of ridiculous rhetoric and self-aggrandizing Trump and his White House handlers employ.
But the protesters pushing back against the Trump administration's racist violence against Hispanic and other non-white immigrants and U.S.-born citizens in Portland, Oregon, have chosen a different response.
Portland protesters "keep Portland weird"—a popular slogan that appears throughout the city—by having inflatable frogs, unicorns, bears, and other cute critters face off against violent federal agents and any local police forces that choose to support them instead of protecting city residents.
It's also not a great look to be caught on film attacking an inflatable frog.
Used to pepper-spraying and beating peaceful protesters or shooting praying Presbyterian pastors in the head, Trump's Gestapo seems flat-footed when faced with a dancing frog.
Although some eventually decided to use their usual tactics.
But the frog was apparently unfazed, quipping to The Oregonian:
"I've definitely had spicier tamales."
The frog that started it all, Seth Todd, spoke out recently, explaining their decision to keep Portland protests weird.
Todd told a local reporter from the Majority Report:
"I come out here day in and day out since June because I am worried about my community. I am concerned with what is happening in my community."
"I don’t want to see anybody treated inhumanely, and to see this happen to my community members, my friends, my family, my neighbors, it's unacceptable."
"So, I'm out here protesting in a frog costume—especially in a frog costume—just to show how ridiculous the notion that we are violent terrorists is. It's just to showcase how that narrative is wrong, and it does a lot more damage than good."
People are loving the amphibians, unicorns, and bears (oh, my) and what they represent.
A member of the subsequently formed Portland frog brigade told The Oregonian:
"The frog has become a symbol of what's going on down here. And so, we've decided to come support our friend Toad [Seth Todd], who's been out here. You probably saw him on the news, and you know, he's a friend from another pond."
The brigade said they're pushing back against Trump's "insane government overreach" based on the White House's false claims that Portland is "a disaster," "war-ravaged" and "on fire."
The frog countered Trump's false narrative, stating:
"Which it's not [a war zone], because we're here."
"This is all over the internet now, so it only makes sense that more frogs join in this fight."
And other critters, as well.
Kudos—and keep Portland weird, folks.
Bill Clinton and Hillary Clinton just celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary, an incredible feat for any couple but especially for a pair constantly facing the spotlight with such high-pressure jobs.
And Hillary Clinton was not shy about celebrating their grand milestone.
In a touching Instagram post, Clinton shared a series of throwback photos to the pair's younger years, highlighting that while they had been through some challenging times, there was no one else she'd rather go through them with.
Clinton wrote in her caption:
"When we got married 50 years ago, we had no idea how our lives would unfold."
"But one thing I knew for certain then, and still know now, is that I wanted to navigate the ups and downs and in-betweens with you."
"Happy anniversary, dear Bill."
You can see the post, with the throwback photos, here:
Some congratulated the couple on their 50th anniversary and also complimented them for their young looks.
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Others immediately clocked Hillary Clinton's early photos as bearing a resemblance to Sabrina Carpenter.
With her facial structure, wide and expressive eyes, smile, and even the arch of her eyebrows, there was no questioning the resemblance many could see between her and the popular Sabrina Carpenter, prompting many to cite Carpenter as a potential leading lady in a Clinton biopic.
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Some on Instagram and Twitter (X) thought Clinton resembled Sydney Sweeney
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The resemblance to both of these young women is pretty uncanny with the Former First Lady and Secretary of State, though if a biopic were to be in the works, viewers seemed to agree that Sabrina Carpenter might be the better choice.
It was more widely agreed that she looked like a young Hillary Clinton, and she also has similar political beliefs to the woman she would be portraying.
Sydney Sweeney, on the other hand, has faced serious backlash after her American Eagle "great genes" campaign, as well as her coming out as a Republican with multiple family members who are active Trump supporters.
More goes into a biopic than similar looks, so if one were ever in the works and Carpenter wasn't interested, a wider net might need to be cast.
President Donald Trump's son Eric Trump was called out after he, promoting his new book Under Siege, claimed to far-right podcaster Benny Johnson that the MAGA movement his father built is "saving Christianity" and "saving God."
Appearing on the birthday of far-right activist Charlie Kirk—who was assassinated last month—Eric Trump said "so many factors are coming together," lauding his father's recent peace deal in Gaza, which Israel has since violated, as an indication of "peace in the Middle East."
Claiming his book captures "the trials and tribulations and twists and turns to get to where we are today," he said "humanity" is in a better place because the Trump administration is "saving God":
"We're saving Christianity. We've saving God. We've saving the family unit. We're saving this nation."
"I mean, DEI is out of the window, Benny. You no longer have Colin Kaepernick kneeling for the national anthem. You no longer have Budweiser going woke as hell. All of this is dead. We have a return to people going to church."
"We have a return to people valuing their children and valuing society and believing in the white picket fence and what the American dream represents and what the American dream stands for, American exceptionalism and peace around the world and that people can coexist with each other without having to pick up arms and destroy people for no reason whatsoever."
Eric Trump added that we're living "in a beautiful time" and that his father "will go to heaven for all of that," concluding:
"God absolutely guided his journey in ways that you'll learn in 'Under Siege,' in this part of the story."
You can hear what he said in the video below.
Eric Trump spoke just after his father made headlines for telling reporters aboard Air Force One en route to Israel on Sunday that he's "not sure I’m going to be able to make heaven."
Oddly, Trump also recently told the press that bringing about an end to the war in Ukraine may help him with getting "to heaven." At the time, he said that if he successfully ends the war, "this will be one of the reasons" why he ends up there.
However, his remarks have been widely derided considering that, among other things, he's torn apart families as part of his immigration crackdown, is preparing to send troops into American cities, is prosecuting political opponents, and has used the ongoing government shutdown as an opportunity to slash key government agencies.
Many immediately criticized Eric Trump's remarks.
Eric Trump has courted his father's Christian nationalist and evangelical followers on numerous occasions, at one point claiming he leads a “clean, positive life” by waking up at 4:30 a.m. each day to recite the Pledge of Allegiance to his two young children and to recite the Lord's Prayer as well as "two other little family prayers that we have."
He previously appeared in an interview with Julie Green, a self-proclaimed Christian "prophet" who runs the Evangelical organization Julie Green Ministries. He prayed with Green on camera in 2022 as she declared that God would "bring back" his father to the White House without the need for an actual election.