Source: BroBible
Summary
Katie Kelly, a TikToker, shared a first date experience where a man asked her weight and then sent videos of himself bicep curling with dumbbells matching her weight. The incident, which received 122,500 views, sparked mixed reactions online. Some viewers shared similar stories of men testing their strength, while others called it a red flag. A separate story mentioned a World Cup player rejecting a woman for being too tall. BroBible reported the incident.
Our Reading
The habit gets a new name.
Men ask for weight on first date.
They then lift it like it’s a trophy.
Girls say no, men get mad.
Strength is a new form of small talk.
Author: Evan Null
Green Or Red Flag?
Commenters shared similar experiences. “One time this guy just picked me up and bicep curled me,” one wrote.
“This weekend I told a guy I didn’t think he could lift me…. He picked me up like a BABY and carried me from the couch WAYYYYYY down the hall to his bed,” a second shared.
While a third said, “Gurl I had a guy drop down to squat, one arm lifted me to standing, and continued to static hold me for a full song during a concert. I was not scooched to his shoulder neither … I’m closer to 200 than 100lbs.”
Others were sure it was a green flag.
“Schedule that second date immediately,” a fourth remarked.
World Cup Player Rejects Woman Over Height
While this instance of fragile masculinity is harmless, it runs deeper for other men. In a viral TikTok posted during the soccer World Cup, user Nicola (@nicolaeick) detailed how, after finding out her height, a World Cup player rejected her.
She explained how she matched with the soccer player on a dating app, who then proceeded to tell her that she looked “fire.”
However, he lost his enthusiasm when he asked her her height, and she said 6-foot-1. “Oh,” she said the man replied. She said he told her that she was too tall for him and that he considered it “unladylike.”
“And here we are seven years later, and you know I work for Fifa and he plays for England and he played a match here in Dallas and he did indeed score a goal,” she concluded.
