Casual dating is meant to be fun. It goes wrong when you ignore the early signs that something is off, because that is the point where a casual arrangement turns into a drain on your time, your mood, or worse. The honest truth is that most of the casual dating disasters people complain about were visible from the first few conversations, but nobody wanted to see them.
This guide is about the red flags that matter in a friends with benefits or casual dating situation in the UK. Not the dramatic, obvious ones (those are easy), but the subtle early signals that tell you a situation is...