Relationship Advice: White Flags To Look For While Dating - Thrillist

Buying two drinks at the bar: one for you and one for her

A common theme in identifying a white flag is knowing what your partner wants without having to be told. As a couple, you know what they like and they know what you like. Alongside that knowledge, there's always a sense of politeness that follows; if you know she'll probably want a whiskey ginger, you get a goddamn whiskey ginger. If she knows you like an ice-cold Bud diesel, she'll order two.

Changing in front of each other

Maybe I'm biased as a young man, but you kinda never lose the raging excitement that the sudden appearance of boobs provides. However, it can be recognized that there are two types of nudity: sexy nudity and business nudity. The latter of which happens quite often with a significant other, especially when you live with someone. It's during this time that the white flag of comfort plays a role in allowing you to happily observe your nude partner without feeling the urge to pounce them and lick their body parts. That's how you can tell you're a grown-up.

Picking wedgies with reckless abandon

Wedgies happen to everyone and will continue happening to people until Stephen Hawking puts his enormous brain to use and invents wedgie-free underwear. Until then, people will be picking their underwear out of their butts and their partners will silently acknowledge the wedgie while positively critiquing the form and storing away the information for future use.

Finishing the meal they were too full to eat

Without words, they pass their half-eaten chicken to your side of the table and, suddenly, you fulfill your destiny of being a human garbage disposal. A toast to dating people with small stomachs!

Farting and not feeling embarrassed

While we've come to learn that talking about poop is a vital part of the relationship, it's really the act of farting that becomes the de facto physical representation of love. Imagine being so comfortable with someone that you can release a cloud of toxic gas that you know smells bad and could potentially make them upset. When both parties can overcome this fact and lovingly toot their butts away with reckless abandon, you know you've got a good thing going.

Eating off of each other's plate without needing to ask first

Sharing food can be a touchy subject if one or both people in the couple are partial towards the decisions they make with their meal. However, the white flag peaks its little head out when you start to realize that having a significant other drastically increases your chances of finding and tasting an exotic new food.

Peeing with the door open

Let's be clear that pooping with the door open is gross. If you do it and you're both comfortable with it, more power to you. Peeing with the door open, however, is a white flag that truly conveys comfort and chill. Just make sure that the pee goes where it's supposed to go and doesn't make its way onto your partner… unless you're into that.

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