Green Flags: Signs of a loving and supportive partner

• Listens to you and doesn’t disparage your feelings

• Supports your growth and interests, even if it means spending time apart

• Does not try to isolate you from friends or family; makes an effort to get to know your friends and family

• Doesn’t compare you to other people

• Accepts your past without judgment

• Doesn’t overreact to little things 

• Sense of humor, including about themselves

• Can be vulnerable

• Displays empathy

• Can be silly 

• Respect for your job, school, children, responsibilities, hobbies, passions

• Financially responsible and shares financial obligations

• Admits mistakes

• Doesn’t get nasty when fighting (no name-calling, no violent behavior toward people, pets, or even objects)

• Speaks lovingly, or at least respectfully, about past dating partners