commitment-phobe
Avoids serious relationships
A commitment-phobe is someone who is afraid of or reluctant to make commitments, especially in romantic relationships.
Not expressing clear opinion
- hesitantSlow to act
- reluctantUnwilling to act
- ambivalentHaving contradictory feelings
- uncertainNot firmly known
wary · skittish · guarded · cagey · evasive · detached · aloof · indifferent
Unwed male adult
- bacheloretteUnmarried woman
- playerGame participant
- heartbreakerOne who causes romantic anguish
- CasanovaProverbial ladies' man
Emotional response to threat
- anxietyPersistent apprehensive distress
- avoidanceDeliberate keeping away
- insecurityUncertainty about oneself
- self-sabotageUndermining your own goals
attachment · vulnerability · defensiveness · ambivalence · guardedness · self-protection · denial · rationalization
Act of escaping detection
- ghostingAbruptly ceasing all communication
- breadcrumbingInconsistent romantic teasing
- stonewallingDeliberately refusing to respond
- deflectingTurning from original path
sidestepping · dodging · procrastinating · stalling · backpedaling · hedging · waffling · benching
Pursuing romantic connections
- exclusivityState of being limited
- engagementCommitment to wed or attend
- marriageFormal union between partners
- monogamyOne partner at a time
labels · anniversaries · long-distance · situationship · fling · entanglement · on-and-off · rebound
noncommittal
Not expressing clear opinion
- hesitantSlow to act
- reluctantUnwilling to act
- ambivalentHaving contradictory feelings
uncertain · wary · skittish · guarded · cagey · evasive · detached · aloof · indifferent · casual
bachelor
Unwed male adult
- bacheloretteUnmarried woman
- playerGame participant
- heartbreakerOne who causes romantic anguish
Casanova · lothario · unattached · independent · singleton
fear
Emotional response to threat
- anxietyPersistent apprehensive distress
- avoidanceDeliberate keeping away
- insecurityUncertainty about oneself
self-sabotage · attachment · vulnerability · defensiveness · ambivalence · guardedness · self-protection · denial · rationalization · deflection
evasion
Act of escaping detection
- ghostingAbruptly ceasing all communication
- breadcrumbingInconsistent romantic teasing
- stonewallingDeliberately refusing to respond
deflecting · sidestepping · dodging · procrastinating · stalling · backpedaling · hedging · waffling · benching · excuses
dating
Pursuing romantic connections
- exclusivityState of being limited
- engagementCommitment to wed or attend
- marriageFormal union between partners
monogamy · labels · anniversaries · long-distance · situationship · fling · entanglement · on-and-off · rebound
- dating typesbad boy, player, gold digger, nice guy, hopeless romantic
- romantic typeshopeless romantic, romantic, lover, flirt, heartbreaker
commitment-phobehopeless romantic
Person seeking idealized love
serial monogamist · nester · family man · homemaker · family woman
commitment-phobeemotionally available
secure attachment · clinger · open-hearted · all-in · attached
commitment-phobetraditionalist
Adherent to established customs
homebody · loyalist · true believer · lifer · dedicated
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