As PsychologyToday pointed out, you shouldn’t have to feel as though sex is the only way to be connected with someone or a quid pro quo situation. That’s not healthy.
Reliability is one of the keys to trustworthiness, a major building block of a successful relationship, according to Forbes . A reliable partner won’t ignore your texts, go without talking to you for days or leave you wondering if they’ll show up, let alone have your back.
If your partner can’t be trusted to send a text or check in every now and then, they might have one foot out the door. They don’t need to be constantly alerting you, but if you need them or you can’t locate them for long periods, that just might mean that you can’t trust them with your feelings.
They won’t commit or even discuss the future.
As the old saying goes, labels are for soup cans. That’s true, but if you started a relationship with the goal of becoming a couple, including the dreaded labels like “boyfriend” or “girlfriend” or “wife” or “husband,” and communicated that much from the start, then your significant other should be ready to at least discuss why or why not they want to be labeled as such.
If they can’t sit through a conversation about their intentions and goals, it might mean that they’re not willing to commit to you or they don’t envision the same kind of future that you do.