While some of us view ourselves as experts when it comes to spotting problematic behaviours, others are blinded by their love goggles - but most of us can agree on what amounts to a relationship red flag. On the flip side, people on TikTok have been talking about what it means to spot green flags in a partner, which - if you don’t know - are positive signs of healthy behaviour within a relationship.
But, have you ever heard of beige flags? And more importantly, would you know if your significant other was exhibiting signs of them? Well, if you’ve ever dated someone so boring you spent the entire dinner counting the ceiling tiles, or mentally doing your food shopping list, then we hate to break it to you, but you’ve already encountered a beige flag.
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In fact, there’s a very good chance you’ve turned someone down as a result of their beige flags without even knowing it.
Whether it was their mind numbingly generic Hinge profile or their inability to come up with an even slightly interesting pick up line in the club.
Basically, beige flags are little hints that the person in question is likely to bore you into an early grave.
If you ever make the mistake of entering into a relationship with them, and they usually represent a lack of interest or effort in ever changing that.
According to the woman who coined the expression on TikTok, Caitlin MacPhail: “If someone has a lot of beige flags on their profile, you’ll probably get to the end of it without having really learnt anything about them.”
In her now-viral video, Caitlin listed some of the things she would attribute to being a beige flag, such as “using puppies to hide your lack of a personality,” or “having an opinion on whether pineapple belongs on a pizza.”
Unlike red flags, beige flags are a lot more subjective because one person’s idea of boring is always going to be another’s paradise - but as long as you know your beige, it should make dating a whole lot easier.
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