50 Reasons to Leave Skid Marks in a Relationship: Excerpt from Stop Being the String Along

Stop Being the String Along
By Barbara Rose, PhD

50 Reasons to Leave Skid Marks (Just one is reason enough to run fast!)

1. Either of you is married and not completely available.


3. You see the first sign of physical or mental abuse: put downs, degrading comments, pushing, shoving, or hitting.

4. The other person says he does not want to be in a relationship.

5. You are not taken on dates and courted.

6. You are a “friend with benefits.”


8. You’re not allowed to express your feelings and are labeled emotional.

9. There is no clear, genuine communication.



12. After six months, you do not know the other person’s family or friends.

13. Your relationship is kept secret.



16. You rarely go places or do things together.

17. You have vastly different views about life.


19. The other person tries to change you.

20. After intimacy, you are treated like a stranger.

21. You are put down in front of other people.

22. You are stood up for a date or plans.


24. You are sexually abused.

25. He speaks badly behind the backs of other people he is “seeing.”

26. Just about every other woman in his life is “just a friend” (that he slept with previously).

27. You are referred to as “someone I know.”

28. There is no physical chemistry or passion in bed.

29. You cannot talk to him about anything.



32. You are not acknowledged on special occasions and holidays.

33. You are threatened in any manner.







40. He can be intimate with you only if he is drunk or high.


42. Your personal growth is not honored.







49. He makes it clear to you that you are “just friends” after you have been intimate.

50. Weeks go by without hearing from him at all.

Take a good look at both of the lists. Which one describes your relationship? Do you see it written all over the pages? This list points to a string along relationship. The One has the first list.

You are The One.

Excerpt re-printed with permission from the book Stop Being the String Along: A Relationship Guide to Being THE ONE © Copyright 2005, 2011 by Barbara Rose, PhD All Rights Reserved Published by The Rose Group (April, 2005) ISBN-10:0974145742 ISBN-13:978-0974145747.

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