Welcome to the Simple Sophisticate Podcast, where intelligent living is paired with signature style.

I'm your host, Shannon Ables.

And whether you're listening on your commute, exercising, working in the garden, or sitting down with a hot cup of tea or a

cafe ole. Thank you for tuning in. Let's get started. The Welcome to the 89th episode of the simple

Sophisticate. Today we are going to talk about relationships and the 18 red flags to pay attention to if we happen

to see them as we are beginning a relationship.

Before I dive in to this list, I want to give you a heads up as to what this

week's puttee pleasure is and it has to do with something I was made aware of or

reminded of I should say in the French class that I am taking as my

French professor is from France and she lends such a layer of the French culture that I have never really had in a French class from the professor herself.

So it's a lovely simple treat that I want to share with you or remind you of or show you how to enjoy because it is simple and it is delicious.

But that will be at the end of today's episode.

Today's episode is all about relationships, specifically those red flags that we should heed when we see them

in the person we are beginning to date.

Let me begin with a quote. The best gift we can give ourselves when we aren't in a relationship we want

should that be what we desire is not to be in the wrong relationship. Often it seems easier to spot the strengths and

weaknesses of a relationship when we are on the outside and have the benefit of

objectivity as we are not the ones actually in the relationship.

And while this is a perceptive skill to possess, it can be ironic how we cannot often see

these said strengths and weaknesses in our own pairings, but that doesn't mean it's not possible.

Much like anything we wish to be successful at, it takes conscious awareness, a willingness to learn

and from time to time, firsthand experience, and initial failed attempts to learn valuable lessons.

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