1.- Don’t date a boy who cancels plans last minute. Especially if he’s canceling for someone else. You are not a second choice. You are not a third choice. You are a first choice or you are nothing to him. Do you understand me? You are worth so much more than that, don’t let him push you around.
2.- If he’s rude to you, drop him. I don’t care how many times he says “just kidding” or “baby, I didn’t meant it.” you keep your head up, your shoulders straight, your chin high and you demand to be treated as the goddess you are.
3.- If he doesn’t hold your hand in front of his friends or wrap his arms around you when you’re with his family then he isn’t worth it. Date someone who can’t keep their hands off of you. Date someone who aches with the need to feel your skin on theirs.
4.- Make sure he has goals, aspirations, dreams. Make sure he has a plan of some sort. If he doesn’t have any of those what are you guys supposed to talk about? What are your 2 AM conversations going to look like?
5.- Find out his hobbies and interest and make sure they’re similar to yours. If you want to travel, date someone who will drop what they’re doing just to take you on a random adventure. You don’t want to be stuck with someone who’s idea of a good night is sitting on his futon with cheesy Dorito fingers while you watch him play video games.
6.- If your brother/sister doesn’t like him, trust their instinct. There’s probably a reason. I can guarantee you, darling, if you bring him home and your family can see in his eyes that you light up his entire world then your family we will love him just as much as you do.
7.- If you can’t trust him you shouldn’t be dating him. If you have to go through his phone to sleep better at night he’s not the one for you.
8.- You are going to fight, you’re going to argue, that it all part of a relationship. But baby, if he is contradicting everything you say solely for the sake of an argument, just walk away.
9.- If losing a football game makes him so mad as to not want to speak to you, then you are giving yourself to the wrong boy. He’s going to grow, and he’s going to get meaner and he’s going to hurt you. Leave now.
10.- If his laugh doesn’t claw it’s way into your memory and his smile doesn’t make you feel like the entire universe is right in front of you then you are wasting your time.