Boy Code Yellow

Please ignore the subtext to this post, but I actually believe this is a good idea. So listen up.

So say you've got a friend that was in one of those relationships where they disappear off the face of the earth with the girl and--because of that or for other reasons--friends are no longer digging on the S.O. (significant other). And I mean, lets say they have legitimate concerns. Thing is, boy code is pretty much in agreement that it isn't your place to step in as friends. Don't know how it is inside the relationship and it isn't your place. That's the code.

But say your friend gets out of that relationship. Everyone knows that's when all the truth pours out right? Sure. But I suggest we take that a step further. Friends who appear--by their past actions--to have a predilection to either a) get sucked into a relationship such that they never see their friends again or b) make notoriously bad relationship choices, these friend go on Code Yellow.

So Code Yellow can be sort of like a trial period where potential danger may be near at hand. This would be like an extension of privileges for friends in the know to "keep an eye on" and "give their honest opinions" of the relationship already in progress. A friend goes into Code Yellow, is notified of this state and is from that point on to understand that it is the friend groups right and duty to give honest feedback into the perceived state of the relationship.

And say three or six months pass and everything is looking good. Move 'em back down out of Code Yellow status and let them alone.

But methinks openness is good amongst friends. And methinks that the hard things to say sometimes need a preface so as not to shock, awe or dismay...too much.