30 BAD RELATIONSHIP HABITS YOU DESPERATELY NEED TO LOSE BY AGE 30

Alex Alexander

Before you hit the big 3-0, here’s what to give the ole heave-ho.

Being an overgrown child is not sexy. Here are some dating habits to break by the time you turn 30, gathered from our wise staff:

30. Dating. Cue uncomfortable laughter.

1. Sleeping on a futon.

28. Drinking until you’re blackout drunk.

1. Wearing dresses that don’t properly cover your a**.

2. Staying in hostels, especially in dorm rooms with strangers.

3. Obsessing over your high school sweetheart.

4. Obsessing over your college sweetheart.

5. Using the “f-bomb” every 5 seconds.

22. Wearing your makeup to bed. 

1. Staying out all night.

2. Making out with 21-year-olds at parties.

3. Living with your parents.

4. Dating someone who lives with their parents. (Although some people make a convincing case for the opposite.)

5. Borrowing money from your parents to take someone on a date.

16. Having multiple one-night stands.

14. Making out with your BFFs at bars for attention.

1. Carrying a torch for anyone you haven’t seen in the last five years.

2. Declaring an entire gender “all jerks.”

10. Skipping regular gyno exams. 

1. Expecting a man/knight in shining armor to swoop in and save her.

1. Using Tinder to pick up guys.

6. Expecting a man to do all the wooing.

And a few, courtesy of Twitter:

5. @GiaKaleena You shouldn’t date anyone under 25.

4. @gfernandez1989 Going to nightclubs every weekend and getting drunk. Have some morals and responsibilities.

3. @MacTalian Saying: “I’ll settle down when I get older.”

2. @nicoletteee_x Dating teenage boys.

1. @GagaxJudas Clubbing at 18+ clubs.