Vogue is out there spreading the idea that women today are embarrassed about having a boyfriend, and that they should be.
Here's the opening line of the article:
If someone so much as says ‘my boyf - ‘ on social media, they're muted. There's nothing I hate more than following someone for fun, only for their content to become ‘my boyfriend'-ified suddenly.
The author bemoans how so many women find happiness in talking about their relationships online.
But she says she sees a growing trend of online influencers hiding the fact that they have a boyfriend (which couldn't possibly be due to the fact that she muted all the women who talk about liking their boyfriends).
When she did a callout on Instagram, responders had various reasons for hiding their boyfriends. The majority feared the evil eye from women like the author who are intensely jealous of women with boyfriends.
Others aren't all that serious about their boyfriends to begin with and don't want posts about them clogging up their social media.
Here's one example she gives:
‘I was in a relationship for 12 years and never once posted him or talked about him online. We broke up recently, and I don't think I will ever post a man,' says Nikki, 38. ‘Even though I am a romantic, I still feel like men will embarrass you even 12 years in, so claiming them feels so lame.'
12 years as boyfriend/girlfriend?!?
A top comment on the Delusional Diaries podcast gave another reason why social influencers are eschewing the appearance of being in a couple:
Yep, you read that right:
Having a boyfriend feels Republican.
And there were more horrible takes from women online:
Of course, there were rational responses too:
Here's Formula One driver Charles Leclerc to show all the men out there the best way to get your relationship out of the "embarrassment" phase:
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