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We like to give people the benefit of the doubt, right?

As a result, we sometimes might choose to ignore things about certain people which others might consider a "red flag".

Be it the way they treated others, an issue of hygiene or cleanliness, or a financial or monetary situation, we might like to tell ourselves that this was probably a one-off situation, and they'll learn from their mistakes.

Sadly, more often than not, our concerns prove to be more than well-founded.

Which we often discover all too late, sometimes to utterly disastrous or humiliating consequences.