Yes, no doubt about it. But then again, we didn't rush into anything back then (nearly 40 years ago), took our time getting to know each other property before getting serious, etc, over several years! If there'd been any red flags, I'd have chucked him before we committed. But as it was, we took things slowly, one step at a time, then we moved on to each stage, when we were both ready.
He was my second boyfriend. The first one got dumped after a few months as he was a "taker", he wouldn't learn to drive so expected me to ferry him around all the time (meaning I couldn't drink and had to pay for fuel etc which he never offered to pay, nor did he offer to buy rounds of drinks!), he was unemployed and soon became obvious it was because he was a lazy/arrogant sod who expected a high paid easy job without making any effort, he lied to get a free council flat when he could have lived with his parents, etc. On the surface, he was fine, attractive, attentive, etc., but scratch the surface and he was just an arrogant self obsessed demanding man child. I met one of his friends a few years back and found out he'd got 5 children with 4 different women, never had a long term job, still living on the dole, string of failed relationships behind him, etc. So glad I saw the signs and ran for the hills!