It’s fun to pull pranks on April 1st, but not when the joke is delivered from your lover to you.

Fool-proof yourself by reading these 10 ways to know if your new partner is playing you.

Your new love interest comes on really strong initially, openly proclaiming how much they adore you, how gorgeous you are, how they want to be exclusive with you, and basically saying and doing all the “right” things to make you feel special! But although it may be flattering, be leery of those that come on strangely strong in the beginning, because if they’re that comfortable gushing to you so soon, then the must do it often and mastered the craft!

Your date rarely makes plans with you on weekends or national holidays. That’s most likely because there is someone ELSE in the picture that they’re sharing those days with. Don’t be a fool! If you’re getting shuffled to a week-day nights and he/she gives you nonsensical excuses for not sharing holidays with you, you’re being played plain and simple.

They are secretive about their phone, computer and Myspace accounts, and never leave you alone with them. They may take their cell phone to the bathroom with them and lock their laptops or briefcase when you’re around. Why? Because those items are brimming with incriminating information!

Your date often flakes, reschedules on you, or forgets about events and things that are important to you. This is probably because there are multiple peoples’ events to keep track of and attend! Take notice of flaky behavior, especially if you’ve been seeing someone for a while and the behavior suddenly appears.

Your partner is more attentive to your needs than usual. They may be overly affectionate and complimentary, buy you gifts, bring you flowers or take you to the Prado. Random bouts of overly affectionate behavior can be a tell-tale sign as well that they’re doing some dirty deeds and feeling the guilt.

They gracefully avoid all “Commitment Talks” and the “Where are we going” conversations or get upset when you bring them up. When your partner avoids those topics involving your feelings toward each other, the direction you two are going, or your relationship status, it’s a big red flag that this is a player that’s stringing you along. Someone who is really into you wants to openly talk your future and doesn’t want to share you!

Your partner has an abundance of “Friends” of the opposite sex…many of whom you haven’t met. Your partner gets lots of calls from these ‘friends,’ yet he/she rarely picks up and talks to them in front of you. But if they are indeed just “friends,” then they should communicate with them no differently than if they were friends of the same sex.

Your partner unfoundedly accuses YOU of unfaithful behavior and acts jealous and possessive for no reason; but the minute that you question your partner—and for good reason, they condemn you for overreacting and make you feel clingy, neurotic or demanding.

You randomly can’t get a hold of your partner for long periods of time. If it’s happened a few times (or often) that you can’t get a hold of your partner for a span of a few hours or longer, and then when you call them on it they provide flimsy reasons like “I left my phone in the car” or “my phone died,” they are most likely up to no good (and lacking the intelligence to be smooth about it).

Your partner won’t change their Myspace/Facebook relationship status and has lots of too-friendly comments left by their abundance of “friends” of the opposite sex. This is a player that’s keeping their options open and will do so as long as you allow it!

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