What are your red flags in relationships?

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I am really am sorry for not knowing the proper defintion of a red flag for this thread.I just confused.My biggest red flag if she is a felon or uses drugs or is a drunk or has a domestic violence conviction or has a DWI/DUI conviction.I think those are some red flags that meet a more reasonable defition.Sorry guys my bad.I am sorry for offending anyone by my confusion to something that I thought was being asked.I guess i did not have the right idea for a red flag in this context.I think thats a reasonable red flag.I know we as Autistics and Aspies can misinterpret things a lot at times.Please accept my deepest apologies for being ignorant of the correct version of a red flag in this discussion.

People who insult entire groups of people, and are often blaming others for their misery.

People who think sarcasm and resentfulness are parts of a relationship. In other words, frequent put downs passed off as humor. This is usually done because deep down they don't like you, yet stay with you out of fear of being alone or that they can't do better. So you become their punching bag.

Fan of reality TV shows. This wouldn't always be a red flag, I guess, but I find that most of these shows are based on humiliation and schadenfreude, and I've met a lot of self-loathing people who enjoy them. Unfortunately, this kind of entertainment has become more and more popular, but I'm not really interested in relationships anymore, so it's not as much of a big deal.

People who interrupt and talk over me a lot. This seems to be a very common disease among people.

People without hobbies or passions, who just spend their free time looking for endless distractions. They will never understand your need for independence and alone time.

People who look for reasons to be angry, things to fix, and always know what's wrong with other people. They hate themselves and want to use you as a receptacle for their resentment.

People who project onto me. If you're quiet, people will presume a lot about you, enjoying their idea of you rather than the real thing. Many people are not okay with not knowing something, and feel the need to make up an answer. Or they are so starved for love that they take your polite lack of interest as a shy way of embracing everything about them, when you really don't care. Lots of adults in this world are looking for a mommy and daddy.

A big red flag for me would be if I'm always the one doing the texting and calling and checking in. I once dated someone who almost never texted me first, so I was always the one texting him, and a lot of times he didn't even reply.

Refusing to sign a prenup is actually a red flag to me too. If a potential partner has an issue with signing such an agreement with people in their 30s then it gives the impression they're intentionally picking "targets" after waiting to see who's got the most money.

At that age partners just need to be an adult and accept that there might be big differences between each others wealth which needs to be protected. If you met in your teens or early 20s then it doesn't matter as much, regardless of the age you marry that person.

Since I'm disabled in various ways, my main red flag is that she expects me to be about as independent as most people my age with employment & living skills. I could NEVER live up to that unless I suddenly find a winning lottery ticket on the ground or something.

Here are my red flags. So I hate hate HATE radical feminists with a passion, and thus the following red flags for me indicates the woman I'm with is a radical feminist or bad person in general:

For everything wrong she or other women do there has to be a mitigating factor, extenuating circumstance and or context to justify or exculpate her bad behavior, such as being on her period, being stressed out, etc.; but every single errancy, infraction - real or perceived - or mistake from me or another guy is ipso facto men acting like pigs, men being irredeemable monsters, or something where the guy is a super villain without any sympathy nor empathy. Basically the types of people who support Amber Heard.

Gender roles are emphasized only when it benefits your interests but gender roles are completely meaningless when it involves sacrificing from your needs or wants to please your partner. For example radical feminists I've met have no issue with men being the ones expected to pay for their partners, to spend on them whenever they want as frivolously as they want, and basically they want a man to be the traditional man who conforms to chivalry, but as soon as the man asks his partner to fulfill his needs and adhere to traditional gender roles in ways that make him happy or sacrifice from her interests such as asking her to make him a meal after he comes home from work exhausted, all hell breaks loose and that man is a terrible misogynist and a symbol of patriarchy. Basically we call such people parasites. It's either gender roles for both or no gender roles: no such thing as gender roles when you like it but only when you like it.

If the partner expects her flaws and mistakes to just be ignored and overlooked or chalked up to a mitigating circumstance but my flaws and mistakes need a 10 hour mea culpa and long apology for and she holds a grudge then that person is a hypocrite.

If my partner wants to treat others how she herself doesnt want to be treated, or expects others to treat her how she herself doesnt treat others, then that person is a parasite and narcissistic and not worth my time

Basically anyone who exhibits a hypocrisy where "what's good for me isn't for thee" can leave. I don't tolerate hypocrites, radical feminists who think women have all these rights but no responsibilities, and that they're entitled to fair treatment but dont want to be fair to others.