Ten key signs that you’re dating a fuckboy

Given the numerous sexist slurs donned upon a young woman at one point in her life (think bitch, slut, whore, skank etc.), society has finally come up with a name for the males most guilty of using such language: The Fuckboy

While most lads are generally quite well-intentioned and nice to be around, it’s as though the fuckboy takes it upon himself to ruin the reputation of men on a global scale. Unfortunately in this day and age, the fuckboy population is rife; their presence can be likened to finding a New York Yankees dad cap in Topshop.

Whilst bearing all of this in mind, here are 10 signs that your smooth-talking guy with the killer jawline is ticking the boxes of fuckboyishness.

You have no idea how many other people he’s seeing.

He’s constantly got the birds flocking, and stays in a single-yet-I’m-banging-multiple-people-with-no-strings-attached grey area. If he doesn’t have his phone on silent, it’ll probably be buzzing with a plethora of notifications every few minutes. On the off chance you manage to sneak a little glance over his shoulder, expect to see an alarming amount of yellow Snapchat bubbles, blue iMessage boxes and green WhatsApp texts.  He’ll also be vague AF when you ask about anything pertaining to the idea of him seeing anyone else.

He’s with a lot of other girls on social media, but keeps them separated from you

You see ridiculously gorgeous girls draped around him on nights out in his tagged photos on Facebook and Instagram. That’s cool, boys and girls are 100 per cent capable of platonic relationships, but the issue is, you don’t know any of them and he never makes a point of introducing you. If you decide to investigate this a la full stalker mode, you’ll also see him liking a lot of photos these girls have posted themselves. Worst case scenario is  a like accompanied with multiple heart face or fire emojis.

He’s always asking for inappropriate photos and videos

When in doubt, find a loophole

Instead of being specific with a time and date, he just tells you he’ll let you ‘know’ when he’s available to hang out

And then when you finally get him to confirm previously vague plans, he’ll ditch at the last minute.

He won’t want to put a label on anything

So if he does something to really upset you and shit hits the fan, he is therefore eligible to use the excuse, “well…we aren’t even together, anyway”.

He’ll go days without communicating, and then pop up like an unwanted spot when you least expect it

The worst part about this, is he’ll attempt to gloss over the fact he’s been ignoring you the whole time. He’ll start talking to you as though you weren’t completely iced out, and will make no moves to offer an explanation. When you eventually ask him why he wasn’t in contact, he will offer a lengthy and disjointed explanation about how he has been busy with deadlines and coursework, that he’s also feeling really ill on top of this, and how his cousin is in town so he’s had to entertain him whilst taking care of a stray cat they found on the street. You’re pretty sure he mentioned having to walk his pet fish several times in that tirade, but like. Whatever.

His friends have absolutely no idea who you are

This means that whenever he is with his bros, he is probably not gushing about you. When it comes to girl talk amongst guys, they tend to gossip more than the groups of old ladies who are always side-eyeing you at family gatherings. So chances are, if you bump into them and it seems as if they genuinely don’t know you. Believe it.

He’ll tell you exactly what you want to hear

He’ll have a disarming way with words, and you’ll find that his artful construction of the compliment is one of the primary reasons you caught feelings without even realising it. This boy will be complimenting you 24/7, getting you all gassed up and feeling some type of way…and then leave you on read an hour later.

It’s mostly all about the physical with him

This boy can flip a conversation about a bowl of damn fruit into a sexual innuendo–and his innuendos are never innuENDING. One major red flag he’s exhibiting fuckboy behaviour, is if you try to have a meaningful conversation but are cut off with either a lewd text, or a physical attempt to initiate hooking up if the conversation is in person. This is a sign that he doesn’t want to get to know you–he just wants to get into your pants.

Lastly

“Netflix and chill”

Enough said.