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Janna
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United States
"beige flag that's basically in between a red flag and a green flag. It's not necessarily something bad or something toxic that would make you want to, you know, leave the person, or something good that makes you, you know, gravitate to the person. It's just a random trait. It's harmless, could be kind of weird, but yeah. An example would be, oh you know Ryan? He does have kind of a weird obsession with trains, but I'd say that's his beige flag."
What it means
A beige flag is a trait that is neither a red flag nor a green flag, just a bit odd, dull or quirky, the kind of harmless quirk that makes you tilt your head rather than run for the hills. In dating it is the unremarkable little detail that is somehow still worth a mention.
Usage examples
"His bio just says I like food and sleeping, what a beige flag."
"She alphabetises her spice rack, a harmless beige flag really."
"He seems nice, but he orders the exact same meal everywhere. Bit of a beige flag, not gonna lie."
"Her beige flag is that she sets three alarms and still wakes up before all of them."
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Where it comes from
Completes the dating-flag set after red and green by adding beige, the colour of pure blandness. Where a red flag warns and a green flag reassures, a beige flag just shrugs, marking the neutral and faintly boring.
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