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There are a lot of things that make dating someone a bad idea, but sometimes there are those things are just such major disqualifiers that they become dating deal breakers. I absolutely cannot date them if they have one of these traits or do one of these things. These are my top five dating deal breakers.

She flirts with other guys

There can be few things more detestable in life than the feeling that your girlfriend is having more fun with another man than she does with you. If you and your girlfriend go out with a group and you find her authentically laughing at his jokes, touching his arm, generally enjoying his company — in other words, flirting — this is a deal breaker. 

She criticizes you

Successful men need their integrity and their self-esteem intact. Believing you can do something and building the momentum to actually go and do it is by far the more difficult proposition. If your girlfriend is willing to criticize you in such a way that it cuts so deeply into such an important part of your successful psyche, then that's a definite deal breaker.

She is too independentThere is absolutely nothing wrong with being independent but sometimes it can come out to be overwhelming for a guy.If your woman keeps telling you how you don’t need a man to help you carry groceries for example but forgetting that you are aware she doesn't need help but you want to help - that again is a deal breaker.

She has a substance abuse problem

Having a problem with drugs or alcohol is a pretty big deal. Suddenly, priorities are shifted around and the demon becomes all-encompassing. What she does to you suddenly takes a back seat to feeding an addiction. If you suddenly discover her problem, 9 times out of 10, it's a deal breaker.