Online dating has many benefits, but it also comes with its share of risks. Here are seven red flags to watch out for when scanning a potential match’s dating profile.

You can process now or you can process later, but putting it off just means wasting your own time

We are all entitled to privacy with our devices, but he’s very finicky and irritable about it. If you, without even realizing it, glance in the direction of him while he’s texting, he explodes, “Are you reading my texts? What do you think I’m doing? Do you read my emails too? How about a little privacy!” and shoves the phone deep in his pocket. Mmmm. People who aren’t up to something don’t react like that.

Why do we go there? Perhaps because we want to prove to ourselves that we are just that good and that enticing that we can make a man forget all about the ex with whom he’s still speaking. Then we get angry and feel disrespected because, yup, he’s still talking to her and, well, we said we were “cool with it” so there’s nothing to do about it now.

When we think about red flags, we are often looking for baby mama drama, financial instability or cheating ways. But being inconsistent and wishy washy is also a major red flag too. Here's why...

We asked a few men about the red flags they've picked up on while dating.