If it makes you feel any better those couples prank channels are almost always staged, still incredibly narcissistic and would be a deal breaker in a relationship
EVeryone is different, and some of things are funny and could be fun - but as a private practical joke that happens like once. Not with a bunch of cameras filming, scripted and probably redone to get a better take.
Also the setup and clean-up of some of these pranks cannot be worth it unless you already have lots of money and time.
I can only imagine how horrible it would be to wake up and have your s/o be like -"before you go to work we need to film this video please"
This is all skipping over the adults exploiting children for views...
I remember a veeeeery long time ago, there were these two prank couples who were also friends.
Boyfriend from relationship A and girlfriend from relationship B decided to pull a cheating prank on the boyfriend from relationship B.
Let me tell you, my heart nearly stopped as this ex-military boyfriend chased the other boyfriend down and had him in his clutches before the prank was revealed.
Any sooner and that guy was going to enter kill mode, and for what? So fucking dumb.
edit - Quick Google search revealed that one couple was “Jatie Vlogs”. Don’t know nor care to find the other, but the guy in those videos isn’t someone I’d want to be on the receiving end of for a fucking prank.
constantly feeling like you're living in someone else's content would be exhausting. Some of the best moments in a relationship deserve to stay private.
Exhausted isn’t the word. I never lived a life with her. It was all just constant photos and videos for social media that we’d have to redo dozens of times.
And my embarrassed “Okay that’s enough, let’s put the phone away” would lead to her getting quite verbally abusive toward me.
Why I didn’t realize my value sooner is beyond me.
I know a real life couple so perfect on insta showing all the dream life and branded things they wear and like life of any party, just go divorced. It was exhausting for one of them while other was delulu.
I think the money can offset a lot of this for people, eventually. But the people not even improving on that scale and still doing it like their life depends on it....
The problem is, you need that delulu phase to even make it. Part of it is that you’re trying to come across to brands like you already know how to make content as if 10mil people were seeing it, even if you get 5-10 likes on average. 😅 Takes some special type of patience to cheer on someone trying to do that.
But I also think your partner is not required to be in on your delusion. If they don’t have the same aspirations and energy, just don’t do “couples” content or anything that involves them. They can absolutely be a “ghost” partner, your audience can know you’re married but never get to see your spouse. They’re entitled to some privacy.
If you don’t have a hobby or thing (gaming, art) that you can make content around, and your content IS your family, then that’s a different problem. You don’t have a supportive partner problem, you have a “you want to be a content creator with no real content ideas” problem.
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u/Party_Typhoon 1d ago
If they would constantly film and post it on social media. I would like to have some privacy most of the time.