Maybe I thought it was a fun carnival....but years passed and i learned those red flags meant something and I turned the other cheek. We talked about me growing up boy crazy always wishing I was the girl boys wanted. I think looking back, that made me desperate for that love and attention to feel adored by a man. But where was it coming from if I grew up with the most loving parents? So let's remember this need to be loved by someone, validated by someone and just overall wanted and chosen. When I began dating Max, he was my first everything. I fell for this very good looking man so quickly. He made me feel good, I was completely tunneled vision into everything he was and represented. At the time, he had gone through his personal hardships but he came out of it with a strong testimony of God and chose to be baptized. I fell for the "bad boy" who met Jesus and changed. He liked me? what! A guy this hot wanted ME?! sold. While dating, red flags popped up. The first...