India, April 30 -- Picture a relationship that feels perfect-no arguments, only love, smooth communication and constant harmony. Now come back, no relationship is perfect. Not a single one. And 'red flags' is a term that's become almost alarmist in how we use it, and doesn't always mean leave. More often, they mean look closer. They're invitations to understand something, to have a conversation, to do the quiet work that most lasting relationships are actually built on.

In conversation with HT Lifestyle, Aanandita Vaghani, founder and mental health counsellor at UnFix Your Feelings, shared a list of patterns that often go unnoticed in a 'so-called perfect relationship.'

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