There’s the old cliché, desperate times call for desperate measures and one woman decided it was time to pull out all the stops. Well, sort of. Karolina Geits was annoyed with dating sites when she and her friends came up with the joke of walking around New York City with a sign that reads, “looking for a husband.”
The sign isn’t something fancy that they printed up at Office Depot or something. It’s just a piece of cardboard with black sharpie writing. Geits, who is a model, debuted the sign in July, racking up more than 6.4 million views on TikTok. Since striking virility, she’s taken to filming herself with some pretty eyebrow raising signs.
People walking along the streets seem to be a mixture of confused and amused by these silly signs, which sometimes actually result in money. One of her signs, “need money for a Birkin” had onlookers giggling and some folks forgetting they were in New York traffic while craning their necks to…read her sign. I’m sure.
In one video Geits is sitting on a park bench surrounded by balloons designed to look like dogs. While actual dogs stop to sniff the curious pets she’s holding the leash to, the model holds up a sign that reads, “these are the only pets I can afford.” She doesn’t stop at just sitting on the bench with her inflatable best friends, she takes them out into the park for a walk while people look at her confused.
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Geits, has a sign looking for a sugar daddy, asking strangers to marry her, and declaring that she is in fact fashion. One of her most recent strolls through New York City looking for a husband garnered more than 11 million views. By the end of that video, some lucky guy swooped her off her feet. Pretty sure they’re married now and she’s just looking for a spare. They seemed pretty happy together after meeting .3 seconds beforehand.
Commenters can’t believe her results.
“If this is the result then I just might try it,” one woman writes.
“You know what… This might just work lol,” another says.
“At this point I need to do the same thing. Lol,” someone comments.
“You know what… let me go get me some art supplies lmao,” one person writes.
Well, it does seem to be effective in gaining the attention of attractive men, even the ones clearly sitting with their partners. There were quite a few women gripping their partner’s arm and giving them death stares. It’s all in good fun, but check out those reactions below.
A woman, 35, and her husband, 38, had been married for 10 years and during that time became good friends with a neighbor in her 20s. Two years after they met the neighbor she had a son. She said the father wasn’t in the son’s life because he was a one-night fling.
The woman had health issues, so the couple happily took care of the child when she was in the hospital. Sadly, the woman died when the child was young, so the couple became his foster parents and legally adopted him at the age of 7.
Years later, when their adopted son was 10, and their biological child was 5, the mother noticed that both children looked a lot alike. “Now that they are 10 and 5 years old and they looked so much like each other that I begin to have suspicions,” the woman wrote on the Reddit Relationship Advice subforum.
So, she secretly had the adopted son’s DNA tested.
When the results came back, the woman found out that her children were half brothers. Her husband had cheated on her with the neighbor who passed away. In a strange set of circumstances, the man adopted his son. After learning the truth about her son and husband, the wife was beside herself.
“I don’t know how I should act. I am so angry and feel so humiliated, but I love the three of them so much. I feel like I am just a tool and that my dignity was stepped upon,” she wrote on the forum.
To make things worse, she still loves her husband. She said that he was “never abusive” and was a “good husband” and a “good father.”
“It feels like I was not a mother but an idiot who was used like a babysitter for his child,” the woman wrote. “How am I supposed to react? Should I tell them the truth and try to cancel the adoption? Should I divorce him? Am I right to feel like it, or am I a monster to see this child as the source of my humiliation?”
The post received 110 comments, and the most popular urged her to ask herself the big questions. Do you want to raise both boys? Do you want to stay married? Do you feel like he will slight you again in some way?
I think one question you need to consider is, Do you want to raise both boys? Setting aside whether or not your husband is involved, understand that the child is blameless and isn’t responsible for his parentage. Deciding what you want to do regarding the child is important. Also note that it isn’t wrong to decide that you can’t handle taking care of this child. Only you know if you have the capacity to raise the child, knowing where he comes from. If you decide that you can’t, it is better to not try, and end up conveying all the upset you are feeling to him.
The other question is, Do you want to stay married? There can be various reasons for and against divorce. Only you can decide which ones matter most to you.
A related question is, Do you feel he will slight you again in some way? You talk about your dignity being stepped on. Is he often acting that way in many things? Was this a one-time thing? Do you think he is likely to do it again? Knowing this will help you answer the prior question.
Trying to break down all the things you are struggling with into separate ideas may help you get some control over it.
The woman’s final words on her situation were that she couldn’t resolve to hate her husband or the adopted child and that her husband’s infidelity was the only thing that made her feel hesitant about him. Further, she is legally bound to the adopted child and couldn’t leave him regardless. But sadly, even though it appears she will stay in the situation, she feels like she has no choice. “I feel trapped,” she wrote.
Upworthy has reached out to the woman for an update on her story. We will update this story if she responds.
There comes a point in every person’s life when the toys, games, fantasy books, cartoons, all start to take up less space in our lives. Partially because of naturally changing interests, and also due to the responsibilities of adulthood setting in.
But then when we have kids, suddenly we are transported back to this magical time when play ruled our lives.
For a dad named Andrew, this is one of the biggest “unsung benefits” of parenthood, and he is ready to sing its praises.
“You literally get to relive your childhood through play with them,” Andrew says as he lists some of his favorite staples, once only memories and now current pastimes with his son.
Things like playing with Play-Doh (can’t you instantly recall that distinct Play-doh smell?), shooting How Wheels cars down a plastic track, enjoying a swing set, and watching Pokémon.
Not only does it bring out his own inner child, Andrew, reflects, it also helps him connect with his son over shared interests.
“You get to watch this person that’s never experienced this thing that you loved start to love it themselves,” he reflects. “It’s awesome.”
Andrew’s video soon went viral on TikTok, and other parents couldn’t help but share their own experiences of these “unsing benefits.”
“Halloween, Christmas, zoos, children’s museums, arcade, fireworks, everything that maybe lost a little magic as an adult gets all the magic back,” one person wrote.
Another added, “When my husband learned our two-year-old is in LOVE with Pokémon, never seen this man more happy and excited!”
One person even illustrated how the experience can be very healing for those whose parents never actually played with them, writing, , “Honestly aside from the OCCASIONAL game of monopoly as a family I don’t really remember my parents playing with me. My son will know different.”
In a follow-up video, Andrews noted that while of course these activities can be enjoyed for folks who wish to remain childless, the point he was trying to make is that there’s a different flavor of bliss that happens through the lens of being a parent.
“It’s less about how you’re feeling about playing it as an adult and it’s more about seeing them and how much they enjoy it and being a part of that experience for them” he said.
There is something to be said about sharing the experience with little humans who view the world in such a different way, which reminds us not only of what pure innocence actually feels like, but the divine gift of harboring the next generation of humanity. That’s undeniably special.
Here’s to all of us having the opportunity to see through the eyes of a child again. Be it through our own children, through nieces and nephews, through kids groups, or simply by busting out the toys without a second glance.
Tori Kelly recently caught up with Uproxx and expressed how excited she was to take the stage for her The Take Control Tour, a nine-city North American trek that began on September 10 and will conclude with back-to-back nights in Los Angeles, California on September 25 and 26.
“I’ve missed performing so much,” the Grammy winner said in an interview about the Y2K aesthetic around the time of her EP Tori. “That’s what I’m looking forward to doing: being on tour, performing, doing what I love, and really owning that stage, connecting with my fans, and having fun with them. It’s just been so long.”
Tori is a seven-song return to Kelly’s R&B roots, with the deluxe version due out this Friday, September 15. March’s “Missin U” set the tone, and “Cut” was a whole mood. Both singles are on Kelly’s The Take Control Tour setlist. Check it out below, as chronicled on setlist.fm by fans at her September 10 show at The Axis Club in Toronto.
1. “Confetti”
2. “I Was Made For Loving You”
3. “Cut”
4. “Unbelievable”
5. “Should’ve Been Us”
6. “Nobody Love”
7. “Missin U” (R&B Edit)
8. “Thinkin Bout You” (Frank Ocean cover)
9. “All In My Head”
10. “Paper Hearts”
11. “Dear No One”
12. “Two Places/Snooze”
13. “Unbothered”
14. “Shelter”
15. “Hollow”
16. “Young Gun”
17. “Alive If I Die”
But wait, why was Victoria Monét in the crowd but not performing on stage? Fans were particularly upset that she wasn’t given the opportunity to show off her powerhouse vocals.
“I see your advocation for me to have performed tonight and I’m so grateful to you!! Sincerely!” Monét wrote on X (formerly known as Twitter). “My team was told it is ‘too early in my story’ for that opportunity so we will keep working! I’m grateful for YOU, for my tour starting this Friday and for the ability to see some of my favorite people perform tonight and receive the love they so deserve!!! [Brown heart emoji, prayer-hands emoji] For me, it’s part of the story…and in Gods time.”
I see your advocation for me to have performed tonight and I’m so grateful to you!! Sincerely! My team was told it is “too early in my story” for that opportunity so we will keep working! I’m grateful for YOU, for my tour starting this Friday and for the ability to see some of my…
Lauren Jauregui replied to Monét’s post, writing what most people are thinking: “I love you and your beautiful positive SWEET ASS SELF OMG but also they’re full of sh*t lol.”
In late August, Monét dropped her album Jaguar II, which Uproxx‘s Wongo Okon reviewed glowingly. Fans still have a chance to experience for themselves in person, as Monét’s supporting The Jaguar Tour will stretch into October. See her remaining dates here.
It’s been over four months since the WGA strike began, which means it’s been over four months since most talk shows have aired new episodes. Those that have dared return without writers have not done so without consequences. Just ask Drew Barrymore. But there’s someone who clearly wasn’t deterred by the backlash the morning show host has faced.
Real Time is coming back, unfortunately, sans writers or writing. It has been five months, and it is time to bring people back to work. The writers have important issues that I sympathize with, and hope they are addressed to their satisfaction, but they are not the only people…
Per Deadline, Barbie critic Bill Maher took to Twitter to announce that Real Time, his long-running HBO debate show, was returning. There was a catch: They were doing so “unfortunately, sans writers or writing.” It’s been “five months” since the strike began (actually it’s four months, one week, and four days), and it’s “time to bring people back to work.”
Maher elaborated on his complicated stance on Hollywood’s two-pronged strike in his statement:
“The writers have important issues that I sympathize with, and hope they are addressed to their satisfaction, but they are not the only people with issues, problems, and concerns. Despite some assistance from me, much of the staff is struggling mightily. We all were hopeful this would come to an end after Labor Day, but that day has come and gone, and there still seems to be nothing happening. I love my writers, I am one of them, but I’m not prepared to lose an entire year and see so many below-the-line people suffer so much.”
Maher said that he’ll “honor the spirit of the strike” by excluding the portions of his show, namely the monologue, deks piece, New Rules, and “editorial” — aka “the written pieces that I am so proud of on Real Time.”
He also admitted that the writer-less version of his show “will not be as good as our normal show, full stop.” Still, he said, “the heart of the show is an off-the-cuff panel discussion that aims to cut through the bullsh*t and predictable partisanship, and that will continue. The show will not disappoint.”
The last time Real Time was on air was April 28, mere days before the WGA went on strike. His guests included Elon Musk.
Last week Maher earned scorn for calling the strikers’ demands, with which he partially agrees, “kooky.” He took particular umbrage with their belief “that you’re owed a living as a writer.” In his words, “you’re not.”
Bill Maher wants to acknowledge the “big other side” of the writer’s strike, and while he says they’re getting “screwed a little bit by the streamers”, a lot of their demands are “kooky”.
Drake will celebrate the long-awaited arrival of For All The Dogs on stage, performing the first of back-to-back It’s All A Blur Tour shows at Spectrum Center in Charlotte, North Carolina. The tour is scheduled to wrap with rescheduled shows in Denver, Colorado and New Orleans, Louisiana, but new dates have not been announced.
As of now, the last confirmed show is on October 9 in Columbus, Ohio, after back-to-back hometown shows at Scotiabank Arena in Toronto on October 6 and 7. See all of the remaining dates here.
In other words, Drake will have plenty of opportunities to insert the album into his already-stacked setlist. The It’s All A Blur Tour is Drake’s first since 2018, so it’s anybody’s guess as to if he will embark on a new tour specifically in support of For All The Dogs.
People who like Donald Trump say the damndest things about him. To them, he’s not a potential criminal with autocratic tendencies who may cheat at golf. Instead he’s a tough, ripped soldier, not a draft-dodger who eats way too much McDonald’s. Leave it to young MAGA twerp Charlie Kirk, then, to find what is certainly an original take on the big guy.
Per Raw Story, the sometimes bedheaded far right pundit spoke favorably, sort of, about Trump’s predecessor while broadcasting from a pastor’s summit. One thing Kirk admired, however begrudgingly, about Barack Obama is that he was able to rally a flailing party together and become a kind of folk hero.
“The Obama movement was larger than life,” Kirk said. “They rode this idea of candidate enthusiasm and this idea of hope and change and all of that. But you live by the sword, you die by the sword.”
Obama was even re-elected, by crushing eventually outgoing GOP senator Mitt Romney. But after that happened, according to Kirk, “Republican voters said, our turn.” What did they want, per Kirk? “We want a white Obama.”
Eventually, Kirk argued, they found this “white Obama.” It wasn’t Jeb Bush or Marco Rubio. Kirk said, “And who was the only person that could potentially play the charismatic game as talented as Barack Obama? Donald Trump.”
Would Trump appreciate being compared to the guy he tried to smear with his racist birther campaign? Probably not! But he has bigger fish to fry these days.
Welcome to SNX DLX, your weekly roundup of the best sneakers to hit the internet. After a big 10 sneaker list last week, things are cooling down as we transition from summer to fall with a much smaller collection of the week’s best sneakers. With all the amazing drops between now and the end of the year, our wallets could use a break.
This week we’re getting a mix of classics by way of a new Jordan 1 colorway, a set of Gazelles, and and understated take on the Converse Weapon, and new silhouettes and reimagining, like A-Cold-Wall’s Nike TN98, and Drake’s newest silhouette for Nike, the NOCTA Glide. We’re also highlighting the most elegant and luxurious Crocs collaboration to ever drop. You gotta see it to believe it!
Let’s dive into this week’s best sneaker drops and where to find them, and afterwards be sure to hit up our list of the sneaker silhouettes you need to care about right now.
A-COLD-WALL is joining Nike for a reimagining of the 1998 Nike Air Max 98 Plus TN The sneaker sports a highly textured full-grain leather upper with a moulded exoskeleton, a matted footed TPU tip, aged detailing, and transparent UV finishes with laser etched logos and dual-branded sockliners.
The sneaker is available in both stone and onyx in a full size run. Another dope release from A-COLD-WALL, one of Nike’s most consistent brand collaborator.
The A-COLD-WALL x Nike Air Max Plus 98 in onyx or stone are out now for a retail price of $220. Pick up a pair exclusively at A-COLD-WALL.
I know that the Adidas Samba is easily the brand’s most popular and trendy silhouette right now, but don’t sleep on the superior Gazelle. The sneaker has more unique silhouette than the Samba and is dropping in new fall colorways including Bright Blue, Shadow Green, and Scarlet.
The vibrant colorways are a perfect way to make a statement.
The Adidas Gazelle fall color pack is live now for a retail price of $120. Pick up a pair at Adidas.
Just in time for the start of the fall season, Nike is dropping a Praline colorway of the Jordan 1 exclusively in women’s sizing. The sneaker leans luxury with a premium leather upper, a high-top cut and smooth thick ribbon-style caramel colored laces.
The sneaker comes with an alternate set of thinner white laces, but the design looks best the way it was intended in our opinion.
The Nike Women’s Air Jordan 1 Praline is set to drop on September 13th at 7:00 Am PST for a retail price of $180. Pick up a pair via the Nike SNKRS app.
UNDEFEATED is showing love to one of Converse’s beloved classics, the Weapon. Dropping in an all-white and green colorway, the reworked Weapon features UNDEFEATED’s branding at the tongue and the words ‘Play Dirty” etched into the outer paneling of the right shoe as well as inside the tongue.
Both colorways look great, but if we’re forced to choose, we’re going green hands down. It helps the dual branding to pop out and look great against the bright white base.
John McEnroe’s Mac Attack sneaker is fully back and we’re loving it! This week the signature shoe — which I guess isn’t signature anymore as now it’s just called the “Attack” — is dropping in a simple white colorway with a black swoosh and collar, and a checkered tongue tag.
It isn’t the flashiest colorway to drop, but we haven’t seen a classic black and white makeup since the sneaker’s return, so it’s worth getting excited over. Though we’re still waiting on that Travis Scott branded Attack — hopefully, we get that before the year’s close.
The Nike Attack Black and White is set to drop on September 14th at 7:00 AM PST for a retail price of $120. Pick up a pair via the Nike SNKRS app.
JJJJound is linking up with Crocs for a super minimal (as is the brand’s MO) take on the iconic Classic Clog. Dropping in a clean White and Slate Grey colorway, JJJJound’s take on the clog sports branded brass rivets and a redesigned heel strap that is deliberately designed to encourage the more leisurely fit of this deceptively versatile clog. I can’t believe we’re saying this but… this Croc looks pretty elegant and luxurious.
We’ve seen all sorts of different takes on the Classic Clog at this point, even a few from luxury labels like Balenciaga, but no other brand has ever been able to make the Classic Clog look this high-end!
The JJJJound x Crocs Classic Clog is set to drop on September 14th at 9:00 AM PST for a retail price of $75. Pick up a pair exclusively at JJJJound.
Drake’s latest for his NOCTA Nike line is this week’s Glide. Inspired by the Zoom Flight 95, the Glide sports a lightweight and breathable full textile upper equipped with a Zoom air bag in the forefoot and a translucent rubber outsole with GTEK traction. Rounding out the design is a thin textile swoosh with the NOCTA logo on the tongue and sock liner. Drake’s NOCTA line dropped with little fanfare initially but we have to admit, this is a dope design. We’ll be watching Drake’s work with Nike very closely from here on out.
The Nike NOCTA Glide Black and White is set to drop on September 15th at 7:00 AM PST for a retail price of $160. Pick up a pair via the Nike SNKRS app.
On Wednesday, September 13, Sia released her first new music since 2021 in the form of “Gimme Love,” an uninhibited pop single packed with the sonic dynamism characteristic of her multi-platinum-certified discography. In it, Sia isn’t afraid to ask for what she needs.
“You don’t wanna dance with me,” she sings. “But babe, that’s what I need / Please now just this once / Dance, babe, dance, baby / You don’t wanna sing with me / But babe, that’s what I need / Please now just this once / Sing, baby.”
After a soaring chorus, which features impressive vocal control and range, Sia has to ask this person to fight for her and, yes, give her love.
There’s more where “Gimme Love” came from. Sia also confirmed the single is from her forthcoming album Reasonable Woman, due in spring of 2024. It will be her first solo pop album in eight years. A limited-edition tangerine vinyl is available for purchase here, of which only 500 were made.
Listen to “Gimme Love” above.
Reasonable Woman is out Spring 2024 via Atlantic Records. Find more information here.
Sia is a Warner Music artist. Uproxx is an independent subsidiary of Warner Music Group.
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