Danger Ahead!

Warning Signs of Dating Violence

• Is jealous and possessive toward you? Decides who you can be friends with, checks up on you, accuses you of cheating.
• Tries to control you? Gives you orders, makes all the decisions, doesn’t take your opinion seriously, tells you what to do.
• Tries to isolate you? Puts down your friends and family, wants you to himself/ herself, cuts you off from those who support you.
• Scares you? You are afraid of how he/she will react to things, of making him/her angry, of disagreeing with him/her.
• Is verbally abusive? Calls you names, puts you down, criticizes you.
• Is violent or loses his/her temper quickly? Pushes or shoves you, keeps you from leaving the room. Has a history of fighting, threatens you, breaks or throws objects.
• Blames you and others for his/her problems? Blames you when he/she mistreats you, says you made them do it, provoked him/her, says he/she couldn’t help it.
• Pressures you for sex? Is forceful or scary around sex, tries to manipulate or guilt you into having sex, does not care whether you want sex or not.
• Abuses drugs and alcohol?
• Thinks he/she has a right to be in control of you and that you should be passive and submissive.
• Gets too serious too fast? Is dependent on you, says he/she can’t live without you, has unrealistic expectations of you, pressures you for commitment, won’t let you break up.