... this is really, REALLY stupid.
The latest TikTok challenge uses ketchup to test a relationship: ‘A valid reason to leave him’
http://nypost.com/2024/01/29/lifestyle/the-latest-tiktok-challenge-uses-ketchup-to-test-a-relationship/
Apparently, there is a new fad where young women test their man's suitability by intentionally pouring ketchup on the kitchen counter and then asking him to clean it up. These women are posting TikTok videos of this "challenge" to show: (1) if he will even clean it up or not, and (2) whether he does a good job of cleaning it up if he chooses to do so.
There are some embedded TikTok videos in the article.
The first TikTok video shows a young blonde woman squeezing the ketchup onto the kitchen counter right in front of her boyfriend before she then asks him to clean it up.
If I was her boyfriend ... thank goodness that I am not ... I would have cleaned up the mess on the counter, right away, and then I would have grabbed the squeeze bottle of ketchup, squirted ketchup all over her, and asked her to "go clean that up."
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