When Dating a Rogue Sailor, Watch Out for These Black Flags

  • Talks about hitting his daily vitamin C minimum and is very into scurvy prevention.
  • Never calls his mom, but is weirdly attached to his pet parrot.
  • Shows up three hours late because he “got caught in a fog bank.”
  • Likes to sing a capella with the boys from work—whom you’ve never met.
  • Won’t acknowledge his rum addiction.
  • Lets the wind control his major life decisions.
  • Refuses to see an optometrist about his patched eye.
  • Says his ex, a “treacherous landlubber,” stole the most valuable thing in his chest—his heart?
  • Only tips with “authentic Spanish doubloons.”
  • Goes to the beach daily to “check his DMs” (messages in bottles).
  • Oddly admits to being a gold digger.
  • Demands to be made “captain” of your book club.
  • Openly talks about his cruel mistress, the sea.
  • If any of these sound familiar, prepare to be emotionally marooned.