(And Why We All Need a Yellow Light Too) Remember playing Red Light, Green Light as a kid? Run when it’s green. Stop when it’s red. Freeze when you’re caught in between. Dating later in life isn’t much different — except now, there’s a yellow light… and it matters more than ever. When you’ve lived, loved, married, divorced, healed (or are healing), you don’t get the luxury of reckless sprinting anymore. You also don’t need to slam on the brakes at the first unfamiliar moment.