You know, if there ever was a category of words blessed with a rich and large definition then definitely the word ‘Flake’ will fall into that category. From the slang dictionary, some people have referred to the word to mean one or all of these: freak, kook, screwball, loner, goony, weird, goofball and a host of others.

I did just hear someone ask, How do I know my boyfriend is a flake? Hold on, its somewhere in here, coming up, yeah I got it! You’ll know He is a Flake when you can tick his name off amongst two or more of these:

Says He will call and doesn’t.

Asks you out and never sees through to the outing

Is quick to pull a get out of plans card

Never brings up conversations of substance

Is unreliable, undependable and not focused

Agrees to do something but never follows through

Cant seem to keep his shit together

He truly excels in making bizarre errors and creating incredibly convoluted disasters

Can think up an excuse for anything but their own existence

Is a pathological liar

Great at ideas but lousy at execution

Spends a lot of time thinking about where he wants to go but not much time actually moving his ass down there.

If your man scores an average on this, then you got a Flake on your hands. Drum rolls!!!!! What do you do when you find out that you happen to date a Flake? It’s two things, isn’t it always. You either proceed with caution knowing his flakiness can cause frustration in the future or you find a way back out before his actions hurt you.

It can be quite frustrating putting up with a Flake, days of disappointments, anguish, pain, hurt, anger, arguments, quarrels await you, but if you totally understand the kind of person he is then it cant be that difficult can it? You’ll just learn to deal with his nature squarely, if you choose this route then you should know that it can get tiring and days you just really want him to be there, might just be day number 2 for Flaking and girl you get stood up again for the 555th time. Hmmm! That’s a lot of standing ups.

Flakes will flake out on you not because hurting you was top on the list but because that’s his nature, to Flake. You can help him outta that situation. If you can’t, leave before you get helped.