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"text": "He's not alone in his beige flags. My girlie group chat was readily available with an arsenal of them when I called upon the roundtable for their boyfriends' offending habits. Like a set of magicians pulling earth toned strings of handkerchiefs from their sleeves, they offered a plethora of beige flags: one friend's boyfriend makes plans with her in his head, doesn't tell her, and then gets upset when she \"double books\" him, despite her not knowing they had plans at all.",
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"text": "It was a question Christchurch woman Tamzyn, 29, asked herself when she found her Bumble matches drying up. \"I just blamed the fact that I was in Christchurch for a while, to be honest!\" she laughs. \"But then I took a look at my profile with a different lens, and I realised I was one giant, walking beige flag.",
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"text": "He's not alone in his beige flags. My girlie group chat was readily available with an arsenal of them when I called upon the roundtable for their boyfriends' offending habits. Like a set of magicians pulling earth toned strings of handkerchiefs from their sleeves, they offered a plethora of beige flags: one friend's boyfriend makes plans with her in his head, doesn't tell her, and then gets upset when she \"double books\" him, despite her not knowing they had plans at all.",
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