NEW TREND: LOYALTY TESTER

There’s a new trend on social media: Loyalty tests. Say you have a new boyfriend or girlfriend, and you want to test how faithful they are. You can ask some stranger to “test” your significant others by flirting with them, sometimes over social media, sometimes in person. If the person flirts back − or worse, makes plans to meet up − they fail the test, and their partner is left to decide how to proceed. Some TikTok users offer to run loyalty tests for followers. On YouTube, several loyalty test videos have gone viral, racking up millions of views. The trend has even spawned an industry – a company called Loyalty-Test allows people to make profiles and set their own rates for loyalty testing.
– One tester, Brandan Balasingham, says most of the people who order loyalty tests through his website are women. About 20% of those tested, he says, fail unequivocally − their responses to the tester are either obviously flirtatious or express clear intentions of meeting up.
– However, Amy Chan, a dating coach, advises against loyalty tests. She says that these tests are essentially relationship sabotage disguised as peace of mind. Chan says, “When you hire someone to test your partner’s loyalty, you’re introducing deception into the relationship, making you the one engaging in dishonest behavior while claiming to seek honesty.”
* I swear to god, today’s generation is stuck in 8th grade.
* Do they have one for pets? I think my dog is getting treats and affection from someone else at the dog park.
* In a court of law, ‘entrapment’ by the police usually gets the charges tossed.
* It’s gonna get worse. A year from now, the loyalty testers will be generated by AI, and you’ll blow up your relationship for a fake hookup.
* Soon to be the plot of a rom-com with Timothée Chalamet and Zendaya.
* PHONE TOPIC: Have you ever tested your partner for ‘loyalty’?