YES it did. And you're right you just can't tell with some people. My ex talked a good game, and was very manipulative.

And at that point when I discovered his bad credit, I was kind of stuck in a situation with him. Not sure if you know the backstory, but he became homeless (was thrown out of his grandmother's home) so I flew him to my state to move in with me... we moved in together. This discovery came just after we had gotten engaged. I was NOT happy about it and had doubts creeping in during our first week of living together. Then everything snowballed from there..... while living together, I discovered just HOW irresponsible he truly was. I hadn't seen all of this while we were living long distance, of course. Then, the alcoholism came into play and the abusive tirades whenever he got drunk. Then he dragged his heels on really pounding the pavement for work, while I paid for everything, for months. Then I eventually kicked him out and he became homeless again. Then I sent him on a bus back to his home state because I felt bad and felt sorry for his pathetic ***.

I didn't mean to go into all that detail, but yes, the bad credit was a warning sign, but I didn't know then what I now know about him. I did know about his massive debt before moving him here.

I had written before that I put love blinders on through this relationship. I saw what I wanted to see and ignored what did not match up with my romantic vision of him.

Stupid. Just plain STUPID. Now I see what I did wrong... never ever ever ever ever again will I make this mistake.