Don’t set yourself up to be hurt in your next relationship. Minimise the chances of a romance ending badly by:

#1 Trusting your intuition: If the guy you’re seeing is a serial flirt or has a tendency o talk only about himself, don’t ignore it take a walk now before you get in too deep.

#2 Taking your time: Don’t rush into having sex or revealing your entire life history to a guy you’ve have just met wait until you know each other much better then you can be sure he deserves to have this level of intimacy with you.

#3 Being honest: Once you’ve been together a few months, make it clear that you’re not I the market for a fling and ask him how he feels about that. If he runs a mile you’ll immediately know there was no future in the relationship anyway.

#4 Giving him space: Resist the temptation to smother him in an effort to make the relationship work. Be cool about giving him his space and he won’t get scared off due to a fear that you’re trying to take over his life.

#5 Keeping quiet about past disasters in loves: Don’t tell him that you’ve been dumped a million times it will encourage him to see you as a victim and he may started to treat you like one. Wait until you’ve been together in a commitment relationship for quite some time before you open up about those previous ill-fated romances.

#6 Being yourself: Avoid pretending you’re someone you’re not just to please him eventually when your true colours show there’s a chance he will either feel irritated that you were not being straight with him or will feel he can’t trust you and break off the relationship.