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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.

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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.

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

    I'm sorry, but as annoying as this must be, I also find it hilarious.

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

    I think this is a healthy self care boundary and not a flag at all.

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

    I think it's a joke, which as long as its not a sensitive issue for anybody there, is fine.

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

    People these days labeling everything they don't like as a red flag

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

    You must be crazy to take this for beige...Well, I was crazy once. They locked me in a rubber room with rubber rats...🤭🤭🤭

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

    Eh, Panda, you just don't like rats. Maybe they make you crazy. Crazy? I was crazy, once... I got better.

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

    If he does this absolutely every tie, no matter the circumstances or the actual topics and can't let it go it indeed is. A joke is funny once or twice and in the right context, but if it becomes A THING that always has to happen it's definitely not funny anymore

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

    The first few times or every now and then would be fine. Every single time- no thank you!

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

    It's a meme from somewhere. My two teenaged kids will repeat this for 10 minutes...

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

    I'd have to keep a pool noodle handy so I could pummel him every time he did this.

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

    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!)

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

    It's a meme. https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/crazy-i-was-crazy-once-they-locked-me-in-a-room-a-rubber-room-a-rubber-room-with-rats-and-rats-make-me-crazy

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

    I think that would end up being a deal breaker for me! Having to listen to the same tired bit over and over would drive me... well, you know.

    bi mermaid (she/her/hers)
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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I had a camp counselor who said this too much-he was a funny one, we documented everything he said (mostly government conspiracy theories)

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

    But it's original from some old movie or show. Because I heard it long ago before the internet was widely used.

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

    Aw - that's adorable. I'll tell my husband I'm going to the store, so he'll say Why don't you go to the store? & I'll counter with You know what? I think I'll go to the store & he'll say Maybe you should go to the store, until one of us says, "Oh, just shut up already" You shut up, No YOU shut up - YOU shut up first (said like Eunice from "Mama's Family). Yeah, we're weird. But we're weird together & it 's worked for almost 16 years.

    Silver5trike
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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My friend does this and at this point our entire group just starts joining in with her lol. It made something that was a little annoying into something that was fun!

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

    I would abuse this like...uh...crazy. That word would appear in every conversation.

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

    The version we did on my playground had more verses. It was a longer loop.

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

    OMG! I thought I was the only one. I heard it somewhere when I was a teenager. I am 59 now. It was before technology

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

    It's this generations "This is the song that never ends."

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

    This is funny; some of y'all are severely overthinking it.

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

    Chugs a monster? What if the monster in question doesn't WANT to be someone's breakfast drink?

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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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    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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