Call Off Your Wedding Now If You Spot Any of These 7 Red Flags

Hindsight is 20/20

I see now that my marriage was doomed from the start. There were signs everywhere, but when you’re driving down the Pacific Coast Highway in a Corvette with the wind in your hair and the radio playing at full blast, and you see a caution sign in the distance—you don’t notice it! Or perhaps you choose not to. My fiancé and I dated in high school and kept in touch through college and our twenties. Though we lived on opposite coasts, we were committed pen pals and consoled each other after our respective break-ups. When I turned 30, I broke my collar bone in a bike accident. In a state of vulnerability, facing turning 30 unwed, I finally confessed that I was in love with him. He concurred. I proposed. He concurred. And then we got married. Here are some warning signs I now realize I just drove right by. If any of these ring true in your relationship, head for the hills—I mean it.