Signs that the man you are dating is married

Adapted from Dr. Phil

Think you've found the perfect man but some things just aren't adding up? Is he a bit of a mystery? Mystery man might actually be Mr. Married Man. Sarah Symonds , who is a former mistress, adds her experience to this topic.

Here are some signs that he could be taken.

1. You met in a bar. "If you are meeting for the first time in a bar, that doesn't bode well. So many married men hang out in bars hoping to get lucky," Sarah says. They view women who frequent pubs alone as easy targets.
2. He has an indentation or tan line on his ring finger. When you first meet him, look for an obvious sign of a wedding ring that was just removed.  Most men will slip off their rings when they want to cheat on their wives. They will also avoid telltale signs like family photos in their wallets.
3. He has more than one cell phone and won't give you both phone numbers. "One is for his wife, and one is for his secret life," Sarah says. Also note if he always goes outside to take private calls when he's with you.
4. He tends to call you while he as work or running errands out of his house. This means he is trying to call you when his wife is out of his hearing range. "These are places where he's escaped the family home to go out and call you, his secret lover," she says.
5. He doesn't reply to your texts for hours and is not available to talk freely in the evenings. He may ask you not to call after certain times. "It's because he's at home with his family and can't answer," Sarah says. Most men know that their wives can get suspicious if they pick calls from women lat in the evening so he may insist that you desist from calling such hours.
6. He's always busy on the weekends and doesn't want to make plans for less than 10 days’ time. He can't be spontaneous when he has a family to juggle. Most men will not want to miss a family function that might raise eyebrows.
7. He doesn't introduce you to his friends. Since most of his friends are also friends of his wife, he cannot afford to let you into his inner circle. Such men will often say they want ‘intimate time with you, not with the crowd’.
8. He finds excuses for why he can't invite you back to his place. He will give numerous flimsy excuses for why ‘now is not a good time’.  Instead he will offer you weekend getaways and out of town sleep-overs. "My main message to women out there who might fall for these things is to find a reason to go back to his place. If he won't take you home, there's a reason why," Sarah says.