Authors-choice: Hope & Revival

Here is a list for girls of sixteen behaviors enough to end a relationship- or, at the very least, place serious doubt in your heart about continuing the relationship.

1. You’ve had to tell him more than once to stop.
2. You feel the need to “fix” him.
3. He looks at pornography.
4. He hits you, pushes you, or does anything to frighten you.
5. He has a drinking or drug problem.
6. He doesn’t care if you lie to your family.
7. He leads you away from God.
8. He puts you down- even if he then says he’s “just kidding.”
9. He cheats on you.
10. He lies to you.
11. He flirts with other girls.
12. He uses guilt to get you to do what he wants.
13. He resents time you spend with your friends and family.
14. He behaves badly and then blames it on other people or on things that happen to him.
15. He can’t stand on his own two feet without you; he emotionally unable to function by himself.
16. You can’t stay with him and remain pure.”

From Jason & Crystalina Evert and Brian Butler, Theology of the Body for Teens: Student Workbook, p. 170. 2006, Ascension Press.**