Nothing was wrong with what he said. It was just one of those moments where someone tells you a lot about themselves without realizing it.
His reaction told me we’d probably had very different life experiences. To him, taking a long walk and doing things alone was something he was just discovering. For me, that’s been normal for years.
It wasn’t a red flag because he said something bad. It was a red flag for compatibility. It showed me he was in a stage of life that I’ve already moved through, and I realized I was looking for someone whose level of life experience and self-discovery was a little closer to my own.