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In a hilarious prank that has been dubbed as "evil" by TikTok viewers, a friend sabotaged her pal's bedroom to make it look as if she had meticulously prepared for a first date.
In the May 12 clip, the prankster Emi (@wackyzebra7) strategically put a YouTube video on her friend's TV titled, "How to act on a first date," and then left a handwritten note of questions placed on her table.
The on-screen text reads: "Setting up the house to embarrass your roommate when she's bringing her date back." YouGov found that 1 in 10 Americans would have sex on the first date, but the 2017 survey of 1,246 adults discovered that 47 percent of men would want to have sex within the first three dates once they began seeing someone they like.
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Emi, from New York, told Newsweek: "When she brought her date back, she went to play music on the TV then scrambled to press every button on the remote to exit it, laughed, and tried to play it off like nothing happened."
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She added: "Then, she saw the list of first date questions, started reading it aloud, and realized what might be going on. She said to her date 'I think my roommate might be pranking me....'"
Overlaying a clip of Emi writing, the following text appears: "She even took notes to prepare." The notes say:
- What do you do for work?
- Where are you from?
- If going well: When can I see you again?
Then, the text concludes with: "Hopefully, I can ask the third question."
Fortunately, the roommate managed to see the funny side, Emi said: "She thought it was hilarious. She says she's going to get me back."
Emi refers to herself as the "best wing woman" in the caption, but TikTok users beg to differ. The video has received a lot of attention and racked up over 882,000 views and more than 72,000 likes, at the time of writing.
"This is evil I'm dying," posted one user, while another wrote: "Stop I'd literally be so mad lol [laugh out loud]."
"I'm CRYING this is incredible," added a third commenter.
A fourth shared: "If they have the type of relationship and humor where she appreciates this then it's a good way to vet the guy based on his reaction."
In 2021, Newsweek shared an article based on a viral TikTok video posted by Mollie Trainor, originally from Canada. She gave the valuable insights she gained from a professional self-defense expert in New York City about a phrase all women should use while on a first date.
Trainor said: "The best dating advice I've ever been given was from a professional self-defense expert in New York City. She was so bada**, and the advice she gave me was that, whenever you are on a first date with a guy, find a reason at some point during the date to say no. Just to see how he reacts to being told no.
"And it doesn't have to be anything big; you don't have to be rude about it. Just find a point in the date when you can say no to him, preferably when you're in public to see how he reacts to being told no," Trainor added.
It is unclear how the roommate met her date, but it wouldn't be surprising if it was online. A 2023 Pew Research Center survey of 6,034 U.S. adults found that online dating is more common among younger adults, with 53 percent of those under 30 having used a dating site or app.
This percentage decreases with age: 37 percent of those aged 30 to 49 used online dating; 20 percent of those aged between 50 and 64; and 13 percent of those 65 and older have used online dating services. The survey also found that 1 in 10 partnered adults met their current significant other through a dating site or app.
Update 05/28/24 05:08 a.m. ET: This story has been updated with a comment from Emi and the original video.
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