'Shrekking' Is the Latest Dating Trend to Try (& It's Kind Of Hilarious)

Are we here for "Shrekking"? If've you've seen the films then you can probably guess what it means.

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
So to the daters listening right now, those out in
the world trying to find they're human, there's something called shreking.
It's a new dating term. Sysney just quickly brief us.

Speaker 2 (00:11):
So in this trend, it's a different type of meaning.
Kind of people are intentionally dating down, opting for someone
that they think is less conventionally attractive, almost like their
version of their Shrek, hoping for a sweeter relationship.

Speaker 1 (00:24):
And more stability.

Speaker 2 (00:26):
It's basically lowering your dating standards in the name of
being the princess. So but ironically this doesn't really end
like the perfect fairy tale, and now tiktokors have turned
it into ever humorous self care talk. One of them
even joked, we give the guy that we're not attracted
to a chance, and then we get traumatized by a

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whole troll. And it's kind of just a different way
of looking when it comes to dating. Should you date down?

Speaker 1 (00:52):
I've always been more attracted to my exes than I
thought I would ever be able to have in my life, you.

Speaker 3 (00:59):
Know what I mean?

Speaker 2 (00:59):
Like that kind of you feel like they've been out
of your league.

Speaker 3 (01:02):
I do, I do, I do so that I.

Speaker 1 (01:07):
Might shrek I might watch one this weekend and become
the princess.

Speaker 2 (01:11):
You need to become the princess in your relationship.

Speaker 1 (01:16):
If nothing else is sticking shrek it. Oh no, I.

Speaker 2 (01:20):
Don't like shreking.

Speaker 1 (01:22):
You're done. Yeah, you're done. You're out of the game.
Thank you for presenting that today. It's just on a
personal note, and however else might take away Trekking. It
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