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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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Legen ( wait for it ) dary
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Asking all the questions on people who do this is amazing, because they answer. Not sure if always honest or true.

Alleman Jennifer
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

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.

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KnightOwl
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

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)

martymcmatrix
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1 year ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

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....

Pandapoo
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

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.

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Linda Lee
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I've woken up standing in my kitchen, no clue how I got there. Apparently, I was talking in my sleep and said that I needed to start dinner. Very odd.

Silre
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

My husband and I both worked at the county welfare office. I lay in bed one night and listened to him do an entire cash assistance interview.

Ashleigh Jacobs
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I've had my partner act like this too. Such attitude I couldn't see the v@gina that was in the closet..

J
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Well1 IF you want any sleep, you better get to the driving range and improve that shot. Otherwise, 1:30 its on!

Julia Mckinney
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

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)

Deth Invictus
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1 year ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

That's a form of sleepwalking - sleeptalking. They're usually a different personality, too. Can be quite nasty..

Sonja
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Yeah, cute beige flag, but it's a red flag that you call his reactions WHILE SLEEPING an attitude.

Me.
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

My brother was once talking in his sleep, but he was mumbling, so I had to ask him to repeat it. He did, still not clear, asked again, said it didn't matter.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

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.

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Legen ( wait for it ) dary
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

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.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

In high school, my brother loved convincing people that "gullible" wasn't actually in the dictionary.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

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.

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Em
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1 year ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

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?

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Nina
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I friggin hate when people do that! Didn't you read the rest? Is your brain function that limited? Why?!

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Sue Denham
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

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.)

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Johnny
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

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.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I'm like that and I'm a woman. If they want to say, they will tell me - that's my reasoning.

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Susan Green
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1 year ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Maybe he thinks it’s a beige flag that you call yourself a scheduled girly.

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Phil Vaive
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

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.

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RaroaRaroa
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

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.

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Legen ( wait for it ) dary
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

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.

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