Wouldn’t it be great if we could spot warning signs with a love interest before investing too much time in the relationship? A woman on TikTok is sharing the “best dating advice” she’s ever been given and it may be able to do just that. In a video, Mollie Trainor explains the simple phrase a self-defense expert told her to use on a first date to help reveal red flags early on.
“The advice she gave me was that whenever you’re on a first date with a guy, find a reason at some point during the date to say ‘no,’” she says in the clip. “Just to see how he reacts to being told no.” Trainor explains that it doesn’t have to be anything big and you don’t have to be rude about it, just find a point in the date, preferably when you’re in public, to see his response to you telling him “no.”
The self-defense expert shared that her daughter did the “no” strategy once, didn’t like her date’s reaction and then later in the date, he tried to attack her in the restaurant bathroom. Trainor says her favorite piece of dating advice is “focused on self-preservation” when we tend to be so agreeable on first dates.
Her video has racked up nearly three-million views and many comments from women thanking her for getting the message out there. As one TikToker writes, “This is risk assessment and it’s smart.”
Source: Newsweek