Desperation and clingy needy nature is a huge red flag for me, I usually run away from such people.

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Yes running away is the best solution imo. Especially considering how personal such pl tend to get sometimes.



Every small talk is different but what Im usually looking for is to see how one reacts to simple metaphors which I tend to use a lot sometimes. And to my kind of humor as well.




For me its a part of the annoying 'making assumptions' part of the conversation. Another red flag tbh. "Does your mind keep creating its own truths by any projective mechanism? Do these "truths" that you have created influence the course of the conversation in a way that annoys me and prevents an openminded conversation? Again, in that case I easily run away.