Why Did He Change? Signs You Missed that Told You He Couldn’t Commit
You Skipped the History Lesson
He told you on the first, second and third date that he’d had a lot of women but he just couldn’t find the right one. He really, really wants to settle down…really he does. He just hasn’t found a woman mature/independent/dependent/short/tall/skinny/fat/black/white/whatever enough. This flag isn’t red, it’s crimson.
“When he tells her about his problems in other relationships, she feels sorry for him. She assumes that the “other women” have been to blame. She tells herself that he will be different with her. Granted, at the beginning, he is often telling her that it will be different with her,” says Steven Carter, co-author of Men Who Can’t Love: How to Recognize a Commitmentphobic Man Before He Breaks Your Heart.