They're constantly asking you to do favors for them Sure, friends with healthy relationships will do favors for one another, but if it's one sided and the person is constantly asking you to go out of your way for them, they're taking advantage of you — and wasting your time.
If they only allow you to hang out when they are available or at places that are only convenient for them, those are red flags. Beware if they ignore you when you want to make plans or are constantly making excusing when you ask to spend time with them. Relationships need to remain focused on give and take.
Putting you down and using sarcasm and critical comments to make you feel so inadequate that you give in to them. Playing the Victim. Using exaggerated complaints about their hardships to make you feel sorry for them so they get what they want. Feigning Ignorance or Confusion.
An exploiter is a user, someone who takes advantage of other people or things for their own gain. Being an exploiter is selfish and unethical. To exploit someone is to use them in a way that's wrong, like an employer who pays low wages but demands long hours. An exploiter is a person who treats others this way.
Don't hold back on your feelings, but try to express yourself in a clear and reasonable way. You might decide to keep your distance from them until things improve. Ultimately if they won't listen to what you have to say, then you will probably need to cut ties with them for the sake of your own wellbeing.
Being taken for granted typically means that someone does not appreciate all the things you do for them. They may take you for granted because they think you will always be there for them, or they may simply not care.
Because they are not necessarily being nice: they are being unassertive and naive, and people think being nice is exactly that. If you want to be nice yet not being take advantage of, then you need to trust others less, and begin doubting and questioning them.
Gold diggers, by definition, aren't looking to work, so they will use their charm, good looks, and sexual appeal to get what they want. Gold diggers want to be wealthy because it is a means to an end — their ultimate goal is to have, or at least be seen to have, a high-status position in society.
Whenever you both meet, if it always ends with sex, it might be a sign that he is using you. If he is making time only to sleep with you, he might be interested in physical intimacy rather than a committed relationship. If you both meet and he just wants to jump your bones and then leave, he is using you for sex.
If you are having a hard time getting over being used, talk to a therapist or a counselor to work through your emotional trauma. Seek out a professional in your area, or talk to your school or college to find out what resources are available to you. Therapy is beneficial to everyone, not just people who have been used.
— My husband takes for granted that I'll always be able to take care of the kids but I am not starting to demand time for myself too. — Your boss takes for granted you can work overtime when he needs you.
Feeling unappreciated can mean you're feeling undervalued by others. Appreciation can mean determining or understanding the value of someone else's actions. Anyone may feel this way in intimate relationships, regardless of gender, social status, sexuality, or gender presentation.
If you say that someone has been taken for a ride, you mean that they have been deceived or cheated. When he didn't return with my money, I realized I had been taken for a ride.
A person who is ignored feels a wide range of confusing emotions. They may feel anger, sadness, frustration, guilt, despair, and loneliness, all at once. Naturally, such emotional confusion can have a damaging effect on your psyche. It can decrease your sense of self-worth.
There's No Emotional Connection
One of the key signs your relationship is ending is that you are no longer vulnerable and open with your partner. A cornerstone of happy, healthy relationships is that both partners feel comfortable being truly open to sharing thoughts and opinions with one another.
You worry about their issues more than you do about your own well-being. Your positive feelings for them are starting to disappear. You can't be yourself around them, or you censor your thoughts and feelings. You don't get a chance to ask for their advice or support.