Manipulative

• Uses guilt, fear, or obligation to control
• Twists situations to their advantage
• Plays both sides
• Watch for shifting stories

Self-Centered

• Returns every conversation to themselves
• Dismisses your needs and boundaries
• Shows little empathy
• Notice who never asks back

Disrespectful

• Ignores stated boundaries
• Talks down or belittles
• Uses sarcasm as a weapon
• Track the pattern, not one remark

Energy Draining

• Leaves you exhausted after contact
• Stays negative, complaining, dramatic
• Creates problems instead of solutions
• Measure how you feel afterward

Two-Faced

• Behaves differently behind your back
• Spreads rumors
• Can't be trusted with information
• Compare public and private behavior

Unaccountable

• Blames others consistently
• Never admits fault
• Makes excuses repeatedly
• Watch for defensiveness when confronted

Boundary Violators

• Pushes past your stated limits
• Disregards a clear no
• Takes without consideration
• Show respect only when they need something

Protect the Mission

• Set and enforce firm boundaries
• Limit time and contact
• Trust patterns over promises
• Rate the risk, then act