Walking Red Flag
Dating Advice from Your Favorite Guy Friend
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- $20.99
Publisher Description
From comedian and beloved host of The J-Train and U UP? podcasts, and the Betches' favorite guy friend Jared Freid comes Walking Red Flag—an honest, earnest, and laugh-out-loud dating advice book.
YOU’RE NOT CRAZY. Dating right now is wild.
One minute he’s planning a romantic weekend getaway, the next he “isn’t sure what he’s looking for.” He watches your Instagram stories instantly but takes twelve hours to text back. If it feels like it makes no sense, you’re not alone.
Jared Freid has been there, and he’s also been that guy. He’s given advice, ignored advice, dated well, dated badly, and stared at a confusing 2:00 a.m. text wondering what just happened. He’s the guy who knows what men are thinking, and explains it without defending them. No bro-code excuses. Just honest decoding of the behavior driving you and your group chat insane.
In Walking Red Flag, Jared doesn’t just describe modern dating—he helps figure out you how to get through it with humor and understanding. Because dating today isn’t just mixed signals and inflated egos—it’s real emotion colliding with people who don’t know what they’re doing, but are still trying their best. Inside, he tackles:
- Getting Dates: How to meet people IRL, conquer dating apps (stop hiding your face in pictures!), and set boundaries.
- Hooking Up: Navigating first dates, the “ick,” and intimacy.
- Milestones: Holidays, birthdays, and all the tests of a new relationship.
- Breaking Up: Surviving heartbreak without alienating your friends.
- Loving Singledom: Why being single isn’t a red flag—it’s a power move.
- Staying Hopeful: Remembering that love is out there, you deserve it, and you don’t have to compromise to get it.
Packed with laugh-out-loud dating stories, insightful advice, and a refreshing dose of (sometimes brutal) honesty, Walking Red Flag is your must-have survival guide for today’s dating landscape. So get ready to swipe, laugh, learn, and fall back in love...with dating.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Comedian Freid debuts with a chatty guide to modern dating. Writing from the perspective of a "pretty regular guy," he contends that much of modern heterosexual dating angst stems from over-interpretation; most men are not orchestrating elaborate emotional strategies but operating from ego and comfort. Elsewhere, he outlines the benefits and drawbacks of meeting potential partners via family, friends, dating apps, and bars; how to parse dating app profiles; and how to navigate texting in the early stages of a relationship. Readers should evaluate potential partners by their actions instead of their app profiles, he argues. "He may be holding a cute baby or dog, or at the top of a sick mountain, and you think, Family guy who's also adventurous and therefore probably the love of my life. But that's not him! He's the guy talking to you and putting two spaces after a period, and using u to mean you." Later sections break down discussing relationship exclusivity, introducing partners to friends and family, and breakups. While broad claims about "most guys" lack nuance, Freid brings welcome levity to his generally sound advice on knowing what one wants from a partner and communicating directly to get it. The result is a friendly and refreshingly blunt resource for exhausted daters.
