Penny Method: New Viral Dating Trend

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29 April 2024

There have been a number of dating trends this year but the latest 'penny dating' trend is probably one of the most toxic of them all

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It is about weaning someone off the effort that was once used to win them over at the start of a relationship, intentionally, until they're happy with the bare minimum

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It became viral after TikToker Erika Tham shared a video explaining the method after hearing it from one of her guy friends

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Her friend explained that in this, men imagine a woman is like a "piggy bank" and they adjust their investment accordingly

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"In order to get her interested obviously at first you have to be feeding her hundred dollar bills," Ms Tham explained

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She added, "But putting in hundred dollar bills is a lot of work and you don't always want to be doing that, so eventually you reduce it to 90"

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Her friend explained the adjustments of attention over time. A man would deliberately decrease the amount of attention, before inflating it again ever so slightly to appease her

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However, after putting in a 100% investment at the beginning of a relationship and grabbing her attention, the man reduces his investment to 90 and then inflates it 

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She said that they keep repeating this cycle "until you get to the point where you're giving her pennies and suddenly, she's excited to receive a nickel"

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Ms Tham was left horrified by the man's confession and implored women to pay close attention to their partner's behaviour

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