Dennis Prager Show - Peeling Oranges Will Determine The Success Of Your Relationship??
Aired: 2024-02-16
Duration: 03:38


=== Love Litmus Tests (03:29) ===

[00:00:00]  Well, most appropriately, the male-female hour, second hour of the show every Wednesday, is on Valentine's Day.
[00:00:09]  I wish you a happy one, should you be celebrating it and have a valentine in your life.
[00:00:14]  Or even had one, and perhaps that person has passed on.
[00:00:21]  I can only say, I'm happy you had one.
[00:00:24]  A lot of people don't have one.
[00:00:26]  Ever.
[00:00:28]  So there's a piece in the Wall Street Journal I have been looking forward now almost for a week.
[00:00:33]  When did this come out here?
[00:00:36]  Let's see.
[00:00:37]  It came out four days ago.
[00:00:39]  So for four days I've been looking forward to talking to you about this.
[00:00:44]  Wall Street Journal piece and its headline is Your Girlfriend Asked You to Peel an Orange.
[00:00:52]  It's a Trap.
[00:00:57]  Online quizzes can start a conversation, but shouldn't end a relationship, say couples and experts.
[00:01:06]  So here is what is going on.
[00:01:09]  It's mind-blowing to me, the empty world of the social media.
[00:01:15]  A tip for all the lovers out there, if your beloved asks you to bring them a peeled orange, do it!
[00:01:24]  The orange peel test, as seen in videos swarming social media, aims to determine whether a romantic partner is willing to perform tiny acts of service, even if the other person is perfectly capable of peeling their own orange.
[00:01:47]  It's one of several love litmus tests.
[00:01:54]  That's fascinating.
[00:01:56]  Love litmus test.
[00:02:01]  I can't think of any love litmus test in my marriage.
[00:02:09]  I don't know.
[00:02:10]  Maybe we think the other one just passes them and don't even realize that we had a litmus test.
[00:02:18]  Love litmus tests.
[00:02:20]  Alright, anyway.
[00:02:22]  Online.
[00:02:23]  As TikTok users and Instagrammers post videos of their partner's passes and fails.
[00:02:31]  Why do people do this?
[00:02:34]  Why do people put on social media for any number of human beings to see whether their partner has passed or failed a love litmus test?
[00:02:50]  Far from scientific or even fair, these tests give people bragging rights and the latest way to put every aspect of life online for approval.
[00:03:01]  Wow.
[00:03:04]  That's sad.
[00:03:07]  Now here is killer point number one.
[00:03:12]  The videos typically begin when a woman, the tester, is almost always female.

=== Ask Sir Boyfriend (00:24) ===

[00:03:19]  The tested male.
[00:03:23]  Ah.
[00:03:27]  Ah.
[00:03:28]  The loneliest monk.
[00:03:34]  Ask Sir Boyfriend for an orange peeled, please.