“Sets Timers Instead Of Alarms”: 30 People Share Hilarious And Sometimes Cringe “Beige Flags”
We've seen people on the internet talking about red and green flags in romantic relationships, but lately, there has been a lot of fuss about another color.
TikToker Caito (@itscaito) coined the term "beige flag" in one of her videos from a year ago, where she explained that it's a sign that someone's really, really boring to date.
@itscaito beige is the new red and in other news dating apps are a wasteland 🚩 #hinge #redflags #datingredflags #hingedating ♬ original sound - Caito
However, since then, folks have evolved it, making the beige flag something in between the red and green ones. Now, this sign is understood to be more like a personal quirk that catches your attention, a mannerism that makes you pause and think, "Hmmm... that's a bit odd" without fully understanding if it's good or bad.
(For reference, think of when Anatoly Dyatlov in HBO's Chernobyl heard the radiation reading and said: "3.6 [Roentgen] — not great, not terrible.")
So to give you a better understanding of the latest online dating slang, we compiled some of the most popular beige flags that we've seen.
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That's a green flag actually. Keeping the humour in the relation ship:)
Load More Replies...I don’t think this one counts as a beige flag but a green flag. Clearly the guy has a sense of humour
Hahaha! I woukd ask him to do some jumping-jacks after the grand reveal. 😆
Mine is that he doesn't redo things he has undone. Use a screwdriver? Sets it down and walks away. Cook dinner? Every single cabinet and drawer is open and he maneuvers around them. Gets toothbrush out, I have to put it back in the drawer and usually put lid on toothpaste. It is exhausting. Kids will be 18 soon. Don't think this marriage will last.
@Beck, sorry, I don't think it will either. That would drive me crazy!
Load More Replies...Haha my bf does this 😂 except he always catches himself and apologizes afterwards- I’m like it’s okaaaay idc that much 🤣
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Load More Replies...I wish my BF did that. Sometimes I feel I'm just a girlfriend to him. That's certainly a good thing, but I wish he also saw me as a human, not just as a woman.
Whenever I get excited about something or something pisses me off (could be either) everyone becomes bro or dude. Doesn't matter who you are, half of my sentences now start with YO DUDE LIKE SERIOUSLY
My son is the opposite, I’m usually “bruh” or “yo ma!” Until he’s got some dirt, then it’s “mom”. 😂😂
How do you carry on a conversation with him ? I have so many questions.
Isn't that all men. I love my husband but if he goes out with friends it is all surface questions they don't delve into any details. I worked in a male dominated workplace and guys were like how did you know so and so had a baby? Because I asked about their life duh.
It's perhaps more common with men, but by no means exclusively so. If you tell me you got a new car I'll be asking for all the specs, upgrades, performance, maybe even the colour!, because that's something I'm genuinely interested in; a new baby is, well, a baby. If I were to ask anything about it, sex weight, name, it'd be because I know that I should ask these things, not because I actually want to know.
Load More Replies...How would it help you, if you get the same answer with more words?
Load More Replies...I'm like that. I don't ask for details even though I would want to hear them. It's because I've only recently learned how to say "I'm listening, tell me more" in a conversation. And even that is an approximateon of how people tell other people the story is interesting.
Same, I play games with my brother and cousin most nights but we don't talk about anything other than the game. Drives my partner up the wall when she ask how they are doing and I don't know. Also annoys my brother's partner, but that's just the way we are.
Load More Replies...I didn’t realize it was so common. This is 100% me too
Load More Replies...I have one ear that wiggles and it's my right ear. If someone is giving me directions, that ear always wiggles when I have to turn. I think I would be really confused without the wiggly ear.
This is me. Don't give me cardinal directions and I'll be ok. Give me landmarks
When I went to highschool, the freshmen taking band had a week of marching practice for a few hours before school started, so we'd know the commands and how to execute them. To help those who can't keep left and right straight, the band director would tell them (okay, us) to hold a leaf in the left hand and a rock in the right.
That's not a personality quirk. It's a disorder called directional dyslexia. And before anyone ironically gets their knickers in a knot by assuming I've done the same, no, I'm not offended. I'm just providing information.
I knew a gal that had cute, intricate patterns tattooed on her hands right on the fleshy part between thumb and index finger. When she was tipsy she revealed they were Sindaril runes for L and R. She also had that problem
My husband used to be like that. He eventually realized I'm not waiting 2-3 days to watch a show. I'll give him a day. If he can't carve out an hour of his busy gaming schedule then we're watching alone. It's a two-way street with us on this now.
I ask my husband if he wants to watch different shows with me and he doesn't. Then all of a sudden he walks in and decides to watch after all. No problem. However, he expects me to explain what he has missed. Usually 7-8 episodes in and at the last 5 min of the episode. No. I won't.
This is so weird. I have the opposite problem. Can't find shows to watch together and my husband doesn't like rewatching over and over like I do but I also love reading so I read while he watches murder shows
Asking all the questions on people who do this is amazing, because they answer. Not sure if always honest or true.
I wld say random thing when I was asleep. I’m in the woods and it raining can you get me an umbrella. If my mom heard some like like this she wld just say yes, I ll get you one. I d go back to sleep. If she had said no you are in your bedroom , I would just argue w her in my sleep.
Load More Replies...People do crazy things in their sleep, there are a few sleepwalkers and talkers in my family and their antics are always wild. My little brother once broke our TV by throwing a watermelon through the screen (apparently he was dreaming about playing basketball) my grandad once burst in to my room at 4am threw a slipper at my head and ran out again screaming 'the house is on fire' (found him fast asleep in the garden 10 minutes later.) Me and my sister had a 'dream fight' once when we were 6&7 and were forced to share a bed one night on holiday. Apparently our older sister woke up to us just sitting upright facing each other and just slapping and punching each other over and over, she ran to tell our parents and everyone gathered round watching us and trying to stop it but nothing they did worked, after about 10 minutes of this we both apparently just lay back down like nothing happened (we didn't believe them when they told us, until the following day when the bruises started to appear)
I dream mostly every night and unfortunately it is not always boring. What I notice is that I do not feel such things as hunger, thirst and pain. In the end, there are recurring scenarios that take place primarily in my parents' house, where I grew up. Sometimes it happens that I have 'meaningful' conversations and as I would recognize this in my dream I would wake up. Couple of nights ago my former bedroom was on fire and I could clearly feel the heat of the flames....
For some reason, I’ve never dreamed about situations that take place in my current home and I’ve lived here 20 years. It’s always previous homes or just random unrecognizable homes.
Load More Replies...This is me. I talk in my sleep and I yelled at him that the water was too watery.
I've had my partner act like this too. Such attitude I couldn't see the v@gina that was in the closet..
My younger sister and I shared a room when we were in jr. high and high school, she used to lead cheers in her sleep. According to her, I didn't do anything in my sleep. (always nice to hear)
Even more funny is they were carrying a glass of ice water... Eek! Dash the water all over him. Problem solved.
Load More Replies...Retaliation time. Wait until he's really asleep. Scream "Wake up!" and shake him vigorously. Explain that you were "worried he had passed out because his love for you hadn't woken him so he can't be mad."
I would hate that. I'm jumpy enough as it is. I might punch him accidentally
In any room? The kitchen? “Uh yeah… I was just having a little kitchen nap”
Yes, you can be mad. I mean, it's lovely that he loves you. But I hate being scared!
I loved how he finds it endearing instead of annoying.
Now it's endearing ....in 17 yrs the cops will call it a motiv ;P
Load More Replies...Um isn't that a blood sugar issue? Like the beginning of insulin resistance? Idk maybe not but that was one of the early symptoms for three people in my fam before they became diabetic or pre diabetic.
I'd test for diabetes or something that causes trounle with bloodsugar. Or it's just trained behaviour since she alway got a treat for eating the full plate.
Uhhmmm, this is not a "flag" of any sort but just completely normal?
I'm exactly like that! I crave something sweet! I do have to be careful due to hypoglycemia issues. If I have a pasta dinner and it goes high, then more sugar... it fires higher and within 30 mins I crash. So I don't do that!
Uh-oh, you have not met the cheese monster queens yet...
Load More Replies...As someone with high-functioning autism, this sounds like it might be Autism Spectrum Disorder. Many High Functioning Autistic people have trouble with chatting and casual conversation. The fact he has to google topics for conversation hints he might be having trouble with casual social skills and is making an effort to compensate. Likewise, the fact he asks intimate questions in a room full of people suggests he has trouble understanding social propriety and boundaries, another thing difficult for people with autism.
Which goes to show how sweet of a relationship they're in. She calls it beige flags, he's making an effort.... relationship goals ❤
Load More Replies...i grew up in a family that's absolutely awkward-cricket silence during meals. I love this so much, this sounds heartwarming and based on the question prompts he googles he really really cares about you.
Put him in front of a mirror and tell him that he is cute and a keeper, because he is actually listening to you. My one, I could tell him 200 times how a watch is beautiful and he would still show up on valentines or birthdays with something else but the watch.
Yep, that is a green flag - nothing beige about this
Load More Replies...For me that's a huge, sparkling green flag with gold r*****g on a diamond flag pole.
I am not proud, but it's killing me trying to figure out the word that was censored, help!
Load More Replies...I hope I'm a bit more subtle but I also have a list in my cellphone of "things bf once mentioned"
I absolutely do too! It shows we're listening. Also I have wishlists/favorites lists on places like Amazon and Etsy. Please do not ask me what I want for said holiday. Listen to me enough to already know.
Load More Replies...That is great! At least he is trying to find things you like. Mine never bothers and excuses with 'I have no idea what you want, like etc.' I have even cut things out of magazines and written HINT in big letters and left it on his desk. Still get the same excuse.
It's slang for charisma, specifically romantic charisma. Some people consider it a part of African American Vernacular English (AAVE).
Load More Replies...This story is super cute and hits close to home! My fiancé and I didn't have a passionate kiss for almost two years because he had his own insecurities and I respected that, but once he gained his confidence back and we finally had our first real kiss it was magical for both of us.
That's the measure of a true gentleman. I made it very clear to my husband when we first started dating that I don't have sex with strangers. It has never been meant as a test, but I've dated a few guys that made serious attempts to get me in bed on the second date. Buh bye. My husband & I met online, chatted for a few weeks, they talked on the phone for a few weeks before we met in person. We were basically joined at the hip after our first date, but I still wanted to feel comfortable around him, not just horny. It was worth the wait!
Beige flag: "My partner gets annoyed by how I choose to wake up."
Load More Replies...Not saying it's not odd but I suppose that's good for when you wake up in the middle of the night and have that weird little panic attack about how much longer you have before your alarm goes off. Not having to do the mental math when you're half awake would be kind of nice.
Agreed. I’ve never even thought of doing it but would be cool, like you said, to look at the clock and realize you still had 4 hours, 26 minutes and 19 seconds left to sleep!
Load More Replies...I like it. Tells you how much longer you have to sleep. Unless you CAN'T sleep then it's like a countdown of doom on the sleep you are missing
I actually do this. I'm sorry it's a beige flag but it works for me and my husband doesn't care how I wake up.
Me too because my body needs 7:30 hours of sleep, any more and I feel groggy.
Load More Replies...This causes me anxiety. For some reason, setting an timer is different than setting an alarm. To me, a timer is a countdown, and an alarm is an event. If that makes sense...
Well if I wake up in the middle of the night I don't want to have to do math to figure out how much time i have left to sleep. So I let my timer do it for me
Green flag, if anything! I'm the same. My phone goes on Do Not Disturb and I don't answer anything until morning.
Load More Replies...My rule is in bed by 10:00, but I can read for however long I like. Also, DO NOT call or text me after that time (mainly because I'M READING, but also because my husband has to get up at 0:dark 30 for work). Also - DO NOT CALL OR TEXT ME when Jeopardy! is on. My whole family knows that if it's an emergency let it ring 3 times, hang up & call back.
This used to be me, but 8.30-9.30 because I knew it took almost an hour to get to sleep. Now because I finally have drugs that help me get to sleep within 15minutes usually, and my anxiety has made me not want go to bed on the off chance they don't work and I lie there overthinking, I stay up until 11-12 most nights. It was so much healthier before am I am struggling getting back to that.
I used to always tell people that I turn into a pumpkin at 10:00pm so I have to head out for the same reason.
I think from the context snack budged means how much she can snack off of his plate.
Load More Replies...I am trying to do this with my sister who borrows my clothes but it won’t take
Ouch. I have four sisters and the house rule was to return clothes clean. If the item was torn, it had to be repaired or replaced. My mother implemented the rule as my aunt was bigger and ruined many of her clothes. If you still live a home maybe talk to your parents.
Load More Replies...I've lost a lot of clothes over the years to people “borrowing” my things and not returning them. I can see his point, but why is there a snack budget? What does that even mean?
"I'll just put on my favourite jacket that I paid $1000 for... where the heck has it gone?"
Load More Replies...I love "stealing" BF's clothes. And I keep them. It's like having them with me.
Load More Replies...Wear your own clothes?? I never understood the wearing your man's clothes thing. I wouldn't want anyone constantly taking my clothes.
I assumed it was two guys. Would be kind of convenient if they were both the same size to share some clothes but one may not take as nice a care of their clothes than the other.
Load More Replies...I think it's a joke, which as long as its not a sensitive issue for anybody there, is fine.
Load More Replies...Let me guess: he was born in the early 90's? I remember a campout with my boys and bunch of cub scouts and they would NOT stop repeating that one like it was the funniest joke ever! And my boys still think it's funny (and I am still occasionally treated to a rehash of this even though they're over 30 now!)
I had a camp counselor who said this too much-he was a funny one, we documented everything he said (mostly government conspiracy theories)
But it's original from some old movie or show. Because I heard it long ago before the internet was widely used.
Waze is a navigation map like Apple Google maps etc. except it is live meaning users can update current affairs, like/react to it etc. in real time
Load More Replies...I do this!! If I see a cop and it hasn’t been reported.. I get so excited. Lol my husband makes fun of me.
Waze is awesome. I have so much waze power that if I tag a cop and the cop tries to untag himself, the tag stays put. lol.
I love it! I like to use Waze and will update it if I’m a passenger. Sometimes it’s just too dangerous when I’m driving. Not the stopped dead stop, but other.
I wonder if he’s at the point where he’s actually adding to Waze. That’s a thing.
Maybe it's actually past her bedtime... when you run out of energy, your body starts to use adrenaline to keep going. Adrenaline makes you hyper. That's because it's designed for danger-/stresssituations: Sabertoothtiger.... gotta keep running.... Edit typo's
I wonder the age of the posters. Because kids tend to get hyper then crash, adults just tend to get slower and slower. I also wonder if they have "sexy time" before of after what he calls "going to bed". Maybe she's excited to be getting some ;)
Load More Replies...i want to be bestfriends with your girlfriend, because i am the exact same way.
Just try to announce you want to go to sleep earlier than you really want to, just to get her “zoomies” out of her system.
This is a no for me. My son is like this if he gets overtired. I can't stand it.
Load More Replies...Is it bad that this makes sense to me? I'm assuming she also uses the snooze button? If you do 9:00, snooze comes around at 9:05 or 9:10 or 9:15, that's a nice rounded number... Easy to ignore. I got time. If it goes off at 9:03 and you hit that snooze? Now it's 9:08. 9:13. 9:18. These are panic numbers. The brain rounds them up and begins to panic. Forces you to move.
Me too! I do something similar with the microwave. 1min? No. 1min 11sec. This is the way.
Load More Replies...what if you need to wake up at 8 and the closest alarm is 9:03 🥲
You can change the hour to 8, just don't mess with the minutes! 🤣
Load More Replies...I don't think you understand what a beige flag is.
Load More Replies...I read sh1t at first. I guess it's pretty much the same for most of us...
Load More Replies...In high school, my brother loved convincing people that "gullible" wasn't actually in the dictionary.
The dictionary we used at school didn't have the word "penis"...
Load More Replies...I am happy to be corrected, I don't know if this is actually "gaslighting". The word is being used significantly more these days, which I am finding really difficult to tolerate as a victim of emotional abuse.
I don't know the whole story but the example given has definitely nothing to do with gaslighting.
Load More Replies...I once convinced a girl (not the brightest bulb on the Christmas tree) that the reason why her family all have brown eyes and not green is because they don’t eat vegetables. Legit convinced her and she said it made sense, they all lived off baked beans, potato waffles and chicken nuggets almost exclusively. Did tell her the truth eventually but it was hilarious
Being good at lying =/= piece of s**t Being good at lying about small harmless things =/= piece of s**t Lying about small harmless s**t =/= piece of s**t Lying to hurt others = piece of s**t Istg some of you guys have never had friends/significant others before
I sold my teen aged daughter in high school that "The Great Chocolate Revolution" was a real thing. Dates, names, places, all made up. She went into school and asked the teachers why that hadn't been covered...
The number of people I have (however briefly) convinced that you make duck sauce by squeezing ducks is unreasonably high, so I get this
RED FLAG. If your boyfriend brags about his gaslighting skills, RUN! FAST! As far away from him as you can. Don’t believe him if he says he’s changed and wants you back. He’s gaslighting you into thinking he’s not going to do it to you. Do NOT, repeat NOT fall for it and marry him. Your life with him will be f*****g miserable, I have seen this happen way too many times to friends who were brilliant and fierce when they were single, and ended up just timid dumbed down shells of their former selves after marrying arrogant gaslighters (who were not as smart as they were, nor as successful), and nothing I could say could convince them to leave them.
I didn't get the impression he was bragging about it, only that she's noticed how effectively he can convince people a joke is true. She didn't mention a history of using his powers for evil. I say light yellow flag. Unless he's given a reason not to trust, I wouldn't distrust him, but I'd just be aware of the tactics so I could recognize if they were ever in use toward me.
Load More Replies...I've often said that it's as selfish to refuse to receive as it is to refuse to give, because in refusing to receive we are denying other people the opportunity to be generous and we are refusing to be grateful to other, instead insisting they always be indebted to us. Generosity sometimes means allowing others to be generous too.
I agree. However, there might be more context we’re not getting. If the girlfriend is struggling financially, and the boyfriend is well off, I can see why he wouldn’t want her spending her money paying him back. In that case, she should try to pay him back in other ways, like making him a nice homemade meal if she’s a good cook. Same with giving gifts. If he can give expensive gifts but she can’t, maybe if she gave him something she made, like a sweater, or a painting, or something she’s good at making, it would be worth way more than any kind of expensive gift she could scrimp and save up to give him—-and he would love it more because of all the time, effort, and thought she put into making it for him. At least, if he’s a decent person he would. If he doesn’t, then dump his a*s.
Load More Replies...hang on a minute with the misogyny thing.... I do that, well, not to the extent of blocking my partner but I have always hated birthdays, christmas, anyone buying me anything or paying for my share of anything... I have been a nightmare in relationships because I have to be the one to pay for dinner, I showered my other half in presents, made them things, cooked for them but if they so much as cooked me dinner, it made me uncomfortable. I have borderline personality disorder. Apparently this stems from 'Not having a Primary Care Giver in my formative (puberty, personality development..) years. I also have adhd although this is more of a conversation thing. That beige flag may well turn into a red flag in the future. I'm currently single, male, no kids, never married (51yo). Although Ive had many relationships, the realisation of my 'traits' has turned me into a voluntary celibate because "what is the point?"... sad but true...
Why do people use Venmo? Every mobile-banking app I've ever used allows you to transfer money directly to someone else's account in seconds. Even my kids can transfer me money if they need to
hmm. I think it's ok if he earns a lot more than you. My current earns like 10x less than me so I refuse to let her pay for anything. It's OUR dinner comrade, not my dinner. We spread the money equally.
That's a good man. Appreciate and be grateful! You've struck gold. Good heart, kind, giving, good MAN!
100% me. Not hypochondria or attention seeking, my body is just a POS. I either try not to comment on it because I can absolutely see how this would be annoying, or I make it a joke, like, ugh, what's broken on me now?
Not trying to be a jerk, but I used to have something very similar before I found out I had a hormone disorder and several food sensitivities. I remember there was a time in my life I thought always having either a stomach ache, a headache, or just feeling off was normal. I assumed everybody felt this way. Not trying to belittle your life experience, but if you're bad feelings are less repeated injuries and more What I described above, it is worth getting checked ❤️
Load More Replies...Hello, fellow Panda with fibromyalgia. Glad to see I'm not alone.
Load More Replies...Maybe she just problems with inflammation or an allergy and doesn’t know it? OP seems a bit judged IMO but then again I was like his girlfriend until I figured out my own dietary and environmental triggers then it was like I had a new body
He didn't say he dismisses it though...it's just a neutral thing she does that he's aware of
Load More Replies...I have fibromyalgia and other chronic conditions so yeah… same. And I honestly can’t imagine what 100% health even feels like. It’s a wild concept to me.
I love your username. And I'm in the same boat. Haven't had 100% health since I was a tiny tot, I don't think.
Load More Replies...Some people are just physically weaker all around. eg. Me. I sprain my thumb on one day(it takes forever to heal). I stub my toe so badly it hurts 2 months in. Different parts of the body hurts relating to monthly female probs. Back aching for sitting down too long. Fingers hurt for typing too much. After a couple of kids and getting older, minor issues like these are just a given...
As someone with a family full of people with a lot of health issues and chronic pain (as well as many autistic people with sensory issues) this is my life. I have fibromyalga, severe asthma, rheumatoid arthritis, I get cluster migraines and suffer from depression, anxiety and PTSD, every day is a battle. I never know how I'll feel from day to day and can't make plans more than a few days ahead. Most of my family have similar health issues, (some have things way worse) loads of us have sensory issues too so we're hyper aware of every twinge or muscle cramp and even if it's not very painful it feels unbearable to us and we often have to tell people around us as we may become distracted and may struggle to focus on our surroundings. I can't even imagine living life without constant health issues/aches and pains, the mental health issues don't help either as I sometimes struggle to do simple things, like get out of bed or shower, for days on end.
I Know how you feel; it being dismissed as "hypochondria" is insulting to anyone going thru this. This person needs to be more supportive to their g.f.; this could be frequent injuries due to adhd, neuropathy, autoimmune disorders, etc. Not being understood or heard by someone you trust, can lead to justifiable depression.
Load More Replies...I loathe it when someone that matters to me dismisses chronic illness. A dear friend just told me if her "91 year old mother can walk 2 blocks, so can you". I stopped answering her calls.
I friggin hate when people do that! Didn't you read the rest? Is your brain function that limited? Why?!
This might have to do with the way his phone displays messages. On mine, if someone sends a bunch of separate texts in a row, it will only display the last one on the notification list and I can reply directly from there without going into messages. I’ve learned with certain friends I have to always click to open the conversation because they’re known to send a bunch of short messages at once.
Load More Replies...The conversation gets a bit a weird when you reply to all 5 in a row. "I going to grab chicken on the way home. You look fantastic in the black one. After I get my oil changed. I didn't even talk to your mom. Don't listen to my brother, he's an idiot." Or something like that.
No. That's the normal response to multiple questions.
Load More Replies...Sometimes i do the same, but that's because wife attacks me with 50+ SMS/day. I just cant keep up.
I worked for a guy who found it impossible to address separate questions in an email, even though he would frequently send me what was basically a questionnaire. I started doing the same thing - just answering the last question, which usually required no more than a yes or no answer. When he got upset and actually talked to me about it I just calmly replied, "Yeah, it's annoying as f**k when someone can't be bothered to read and answer the ENTIRE content, innit?" He was still a d*ck about it so if I had 5 different questions on a certain project, I would send him 5 separate emails. It took 6 months for this tool to get a clue.
When my children went through this phase I'd pretend to not know what they wanted until they spoke properly. (And, yes, they were fully able to articulate clearly.)
I admit I do this occasionally with my boyfriend. However, we've been together for 23 years, and he "speaks" my language fluently. He also thinks it's cute, or else I wouldn't do it XD
Load More Replies...Just wait until you have the person who expects you to read their mind and know exactly what they want, then gets all pissy when you don’t, or you guess wrong. Broke up with more than one of that kind of a*****e when I was single.
Img we do this my youngest is autistic and mostly non verbal so we've gotten into the habit of using direct language and Malay on/signs she can not even be there and we're still at it lik
Sounds like she might be on the spectrum, just saying 😉 my household communication is half English and half sound effects
Maybe you are unknowingly in a relationship with a member of the deaf community? You're welcome...
I don't understand why that would make the waiter embarrassed - he'll either have an actual favorite that he'll recommend, if not then he'll pick something at random from the menu (or something expensive)... or maybe the manager said "hey, we've got too much fish, so push the fish!" and recommend that. Not sure where the discomfort would come from unless the waiter was so unfamiliar with the menu that he couldnt think of a single dish to recommend.
Yeah, it’s more like respect for the waiter’s knowledge of the food. All good restaurants will have staff sample all the dishes before they start working there, and new dishes before they start their shifts. That way, they know what they’re recommending. So not really even a beige flag, and more like a green one. BTW, if a waiter is uncomfortable being asked what to recommend, that’s on them and/or the restaurant, not your boyfriend.
Load More Replies...I was waiting tables years ago and I had a regular who had terrible anxiety when it came to choices. He would to sit in my section because I was never phased when he said, "I want something to eat and something to drink." I loved it! Some days he got meatloaf and iced tea, some days he would get a turkey club and a lemonade...basically whatever I thought looked especially good that day. He always ate what I brought, always thanked me, and always tipped me well.
When I'm lazy to decide what to eat or is a cuisine that I'm not familiar with, I do the same.
I think it's a good way to surprise yourself. Why not, if you're not particularly fussy, it could lead you to something you hadn't thought to try before.
Load More Replies..."What do you recommend?" "The fish of the day, and red wine." "I'll have that." "MONSTER!"
thats something else I do yet I dont see the harm? The idea is 1) Ive never been there and have no idea how good the food is but the waiter does, 2) If its not the waiter and I have the opportunity to speak to the chef (yes in britain that happens, chefs can be on the carvery etc) its just that they have more idea than me about food, its their job, and I will eat just about anything, no allergies or dislikes other than poorly made food "end of day" food.... I used to do some constructin maintenance work for a pub and the bloke who ran it came 3rd on masterchef once, an absolute genius of a chef and I'd always ask him what he recommended... 'have a go at this Chris, tell me what you think...", and it would be Out. Of. This. effin.. World....
I ordered a waiter recommendation just today and it was such a bad idea.....
I'm like that and I'm a woman. If they want to say, they will tell me - that's my reasoning.
Well, maybe they’re waiting for you to ask, just to show you’re interested, and to extend the conversation. Sometimes you have to be the catalyst for people opening up and telling you stuff.
Load More Replies...My wifes beige flag: she always wants irrelevant details. My brother called - "Oh, hows his wife?" I didn't talk to her, How should I know
My grandmother would tell stories with tons of irrelevant, painfully boring detail. No fun.
Load More Replies...I’m the same. If they wanted me to know the details, they’d have told me when they gave me the initial information.
Understand that just because you are a certain way does not mean others are the same.
Load More Replies...I'm like that with a lot of things, though if someone had a new job I would ask about it, I just don't want to sound like I'm prying.
Maybe he thinks it’s a beige flag that you call yourself a scheduled girly.
Yes it is, it is just quirky at first but usually it persists until it becomes a problem and the gf has to plan everything and run after neccessary information while shepherding him around like a toddler and getting saddled with all the responsibility of herding him where he needs to be and organising his day.
Load More Replies...Two of my sisters have been in a competition for late arrival times for decades. We quit waiting for them years ago, but somehow they still feel we should have waited.
Good for you not waiting! Don't let people become tyrants over your schedule with their incivility.
Load More Replies...If I would ask your godlike bf if he's actually in a relationship, what would his answer supposed to be like? 🤔
I'm starting to think, from some of these posts, us women are a lot more inquisitive
We had friends who would call me to remind me we were invited for dinner and what to bring. My husband would tell me we were invited, but give no more information.
It could be a symptom of ADHD, my best friends hubby is exactly like that and they both have the condition
That isn't really a go with the flow as much as it is I can't be bothered to find out
Some of this stuff would be I need to know- the time for example. And some would never occur to me- what are they making?
Load More Replies...That's kind of cute but since she replies to good night but not the others, that's the beige flag i guess.
My friend does that, she only responds with “mhm” “mm” and even just “m”
This is me, and this is apparently very common in people who have ADHD (not saying she does). I hate having notifications hanging over me, so I open the message, and if I'm in the right mood I'll respond. But sometimes I think "I'll get back to it later" and then totally forget the message ever existed until the next time I think to text that person.
Comes from being overwhelmed and therefore experiencing excecutive dysfunction. A tip for people: Try calling that person instead, ask if they're okay, and not blaming them for not having replied.
Load More Replies...That's me. So me, that I read this with my besties voice.
This is just being comfortable setting boundaries. No one should expect you to be available 24/7 or even 7 days a week. Sometimes, I just ignore my phone for a day or two. I don't care what's going on in the world, I don't want to small talk, I could care less what's going on on my work thread, nothing. If it's an emergency, a real emergency, there are more than enough ways to reach me. Call my wife and tell her it's an emergency. Come to my house. A real, REAL emergency send the cops. Most things aren't a real emergency and can wait 24-48 hrs.
I have a couple of friends that do this too. Did they fall off the planet ?
This is my bestie 😑 she’s silences everything so she can play Roblox( which is ALL THE TIME) and she never knows when we’re doin something 😂 gotta luv her tho
When I didn't have money, I would bring a cart around, fill it and then go back again to place my stuff back. Now that I have more money, I hate shopping so that's not the way to go for me. LOL.
Load More Replies...It might be a good idea to gently and kindly point out this pattern to her. Maybe come up with a code phrase you can use to say, "You say you're not upset, but are you gonna buy a new wardrobe over this?" It might help her recognize her own feelings earlier and deal with them in... cheaper ways lol PSYCHOLOGY HACKS
They described it in an odd way, but it's basically self-delusion, which is universal.
Load More Replies...People like this will turn around and say that you gaslit them or tried to control them three days after being perfectly okay with something that happened between you and probably even acted like it was their idea at the time. And they will do it repeatedly. Broke up with someone for this. Seemed so sweet all the time but would come back three days later with something that he should have spoke about when it happened and we could have fixed it then, no biggie. But then to blame on me the fact that he didn't know himself was ridiculous.
What he's actually saying is that the female in his life is actually at cat...no depression,no red flags...just a cat.
I don't think so bc he said "basically." So I assume this is a real girl who is like a cat.
Load More Replies...Dreading showering... Some sort of sensory issue. ADHD or Autism mayne? 🤔 Source: Personal experience.
I can relate....I've chronic pain from several disorders, and sometime a shower feels like it would be the worse decision I could make...physical pain, and intense fatigue. Those days I soak in the bath ...
Load More Replies...As much as I have spoken for Bouche, and now Audi, I really do know I'm not them.
Same. I may jokingly pretend to be a wolf here on BP at times, but IRL I'm not that crazy XD When I was a KID, I pretended like I was a wolf IRL and acted like one, but I haven't done that since I was a literal kid.
Load More Replies...Unless that’s your fetish, tbh honey, this flag is way more red than beige. There are a load of normal fish in the sea, and plenty of them who will love you just the way you are, without resorting to becoming a pet.
I have a friend like that but they don't do it nearly as often as I do it with 'wow you're like super trans/homophobic' or 'is this cause I'm trans/gay youre trans/homophobic?' Half of my friends respond with 'yes I am' and then continue denying me whatever part of their lunch i want and the other half deny it and seem very sad so I have tor emind them that I literally only do it with people who I know are chill. And they're still homophobic if they don't give me whatever I'm demanding
This isn't a beige flag, it's a red flag. Using someone's fear of being "cancelled" or called a racist, even in "jest", is just wrong. It's manipulative, it's gaslighting, and it's using fear and bullying to get what you want. Run away. Run far away.
Ever try reading aloud to him? Maybe he’s dyslexic and it takes a minute for him to confirm he’s reading them correctly
This happens to me all the time. I always wondered why I was slower at reading, but I am seriously trying to make sense of it.
Load More Replies...At just 6 I gave up on anyone reading faster than me. I could read a 200 page book in less than an hour. My 2nd grade teacher knew to give me different books than the other kids as they could barely read. Substitute teacher came because she was off sick and my headmistress forgot to tell him about me so he gave me a book to read together with my seatmate. I started laughing and said no really, where's my own book? Miss T always gives me proper books to read. He said just sit down and read the book with your seatmate. I responded yet with no thanks so he sent me to see the headmistress. She apologised to me and explained to him how well and fast I read. When I went to high school my English teacher bet me that I couldn't read every single book in the huge school library including random essays by the time I graduated. Sadly I'd gotten to the end of the T books and had to transfer to school in another country so never did finish or get my £200 book voucher
Chugs a monster? What if the monster in question doesn't WANT to be someone's breakfast drink?
Has she, now or in the recent last, ever worked a swing shift, and was always scheduled for a variety of weird hours? That kind of a job will totally f**k up your internal clock and leave you with strange sleep habits. If she’s now working a consistent schedule, maybe some time at a sleep clinic will help her.
This is so me! I've always been this way but it got worse when I got my own place at 17, I'm 37 now and don't think I've ever had what most people would consider a normal sleep schedule. E.g. It's 8am right now and I've been awake since 3pm yesterday, I fell asleep at 6am yesterday morning and hadn't slept for more than 70hrs before that!) Insomnia, depression, chronic pain and cluster migraines all make this so much worse. Everyone who knows me, knows that if they haven't seen or heard from me for a while it probably just means I'm sleeping a lot or that I've been up all night and sleeping all day for a while (I've always been a night person and tend to come alive when the sun goes down, then get sleepy when it comes up again!)
I so relate to your story. Sleep and I have just never been able to settle into a healthy routine. One of us always screws things up!
Load More Replies...Never had a sleep schedule in my 43 years. It's impossible and I have no idea how people do it. During work days I sleep what I can and then 18 hours on Saturday.
My friend always sleeps until around 10-12 and I wake up at 7 or 8 so I usually send a good morning text and then sit there feeling rejected for the next handful of hours. He's so reliable that a few times when he wakes up at 8 or 9 (still like hours after I wake up) I've asked him if he slept alright and if everything's okay. It's really funny
They know they can’t stop at one beer or one glass of wine, so wait for the three day bender to fulfill their thirst.
Load More Replies...That is 'drinking for effect' rather than 'drinking for the taste.'
This is me. I hate the taste of alcohol (any and every alcohol) so will not drink for months or even years. Then theres an occasion and i'll drink to get drunk. Bonus is it takes wayyy less money to get me drunk lol
Load More Replies...Sounds like social anxiety to me. We don't speak because once, many years ago, we said something that sounded really awkward and remembering it still makes us physically cringe. We're afraid we'll do it again.
I love guys like this. They present a challenge - to make them feel comfortable, to draw them out. Much more satisfying than the 'bad boy' challenge that some women go for. And the cutest part is that when they do 'come out' and really trust you, they become these chatty little extroverts (but only with their chosen few).
Green flag = he seems to be responsible as he doesn't want to miss work/ school. Red flag : your sleep is important too and he should consider it. After you prove to him many times and he still doesn't believe that alarm will go of.
If he doesn’t trust his phone alarm to go off, he should have a secondary alarm set as backup. We always did this just in case of a power outage. A battery powered, or wind up clock in a hall bathroom usually does the trick. That way, he can put his phone on silent, OP doesn’t get sleep deprived from being jarred awake by numerous notifications, and he can rest easy knowing he’s got a backup alarm set—-that he has to get up to turn off—-just in case.
Load More Replies...He's an idiot. Not trusting the phone is one thing, but still not trusting it AFTER you showed him that the alarm goes off even when the phone is on silent is just moronic.
She's watched TLC I Didn't Know I Was Pregnant too much. She should buy the tests at the dollar store and just have some in case to ease her mind.
Im prob gonna get downvoted into oblivion for saying this but some people are reading wayyy too much into this
Yep. A few are real "flags" but to call quirky behavior a flag is just silly. My husband and I were together for 35 years, and we both had our odd little things. If one was bothered we would do the chu sound and move on.
Load More Replies...Wish the text was on a plain background, it’s kind of hard to read off people’s foreheads
Speaking as a person on the ASD spectrum, a number of these might be cases of undiagnosed high-functioning autism spectrum disorder.
Aw, come on Pandas. No need to downvote similarly !
Load More Replies...My husband's beige flag is that he has an eidetic memory for movies. He can tell you exactly when a line was said or which minor side character was in the background at the time. Consequently, he never wants to rewatch movies. Guardians of the Galaxy? The Super Mario Movie? Lord of the Rings!? Nope. already seen 'em, got them memorized.
I don't have an eidetic memory for anything, but I love rewatching movies, even movies I've seen so many times I almost know it by heart. However, my problem is with overly predictable movies. I don't mind movies that are SUPPOSED to be predictable (like action movies: I mean, we KNOW the hero's going to win, right?), but for example, mystery movies. I like movies that surprise me. My wife finds it hilarious, though, when I catch her watching a police drama (or similar "mystery" kind of show) and watch for 5 minutes, and then predict the ending ... only to be TOTALLY wrong.
Load More Replies...My Fellow BP Commentor's Beige Flag are all the people reading into the cute quirks shared by others about their S/O s and trying to re-label the (in their opinion) as a red flag! Lighten up; or, MYOB.
I'm single rn but I'd say my beige flag would be how excited I get about stuff. Like you mention plants I'm gonna be talking about plants for the next hour no seriously I love plants plants are amazing I won't stop talking ever. You mention my writing and seem genuinely interested? I'm gonna be super awkward about it but if you get me going I don't stop my writing is something I'm super proud of and I love it when people are interested in it. I seriously just don't stop talking when I'm really excited about something
If I can see anywhere in my field of vision a dog, cat, sheep, cow, ferret, chicken, rabbit, or pig, I will not be speaking to other human beings.
Load More Replies...I know these articles aren't really meant for reading, but it does explain that at the beginning
Load More Replies...So basically people are confusing beige flags with red/green flags? Like these srories they share are either green or red flag. Also,everyone has their quirks. As long as it's harmless, wouldn't be a problem
Im prob gonna get downvoted into oblivion for saying this but some people are reading wayyy too much into this
Yep. A few are real "flags" but to call quirky behavior a flag is just silly. My husband and I were together for 35 years, and we both had our odd little things. If one was bothered we would do the chu sound and move on.
Load More Replies...Wish the text was on a plain background, it’s kind of hard to read off people’s foreheads
Speaking as a person on the ASD spectrum, a number of these might be cases of undiagnosed high-functioning autism spectrum disorder.
Aw, come on Pandas. No need to downvote similarly !
Load More Replies...My husband's beige flag is that he has an eidetic memory for movies. He can tell you exactly when a line was said or which minor side character was in the background at the time. Consequently, he never wants to rewatch movies. Guardians of the Galaxy? The Super Mario Movie? Lord of the Rings!? Nope. already seen 'em, got them memorized.
I don't have an eidetic memory for anything, but I love rewatching movies, even movies I've seen so many times I almost know it by heart. However, my problem is with overly predictable movies. I don't mind movies that are SUPPOSED to be predictable (like action movies: I mean, we KNOW the hero's going to win, right?), but for example, mystery movies. I like movies that surprise me. My wife finds it hilarious, though, when I catch her watching a police drama (or similar "mystery" kind of show) and watch for 5 minutes, and then predict the ending ... only to be TOTALLY wrong.
Load More Replies...My Fellow BP Commentor's Beige Flag are all the people reading into the cute quirks shared by others about their S/O s and trying to re-label the (in their opinion) as a red flag! Lighten up; or, MYOB.
I'm single rn but I'd say my beige flag would be how excited I get about stuff. Like you mention plants I'm gonna be talking about plants for the next hour no seriously I love plants plants are amazing I won't stop talking ever. You mention my writing and seem genuinely interested? I'm gonna be super awkward about it but if you get me going I don't stop my writing is something I'm super proud of and I love it when people are interested in it. I seriously just don't stop talking when I'm really excited about something
If I can see anywhere in my field of vision a dog, cat, sheep, cow, ferret, chicken, rabbit, or pig, I will not be speaking to other human beings.
Load More Replies...I know these articles aren't really meant for reading, but it does explain that at the beginning
Load More Replies...So basically people are confusing beige flags with red/green flags? Like these srories they share are either green or red flag. Also,everyone has their quirks. As long as it's harmless, wouldn't be a problem
