A new Tik Tok trend has kids posting pictures of their parents……… without trying to embarrass them. In fact, kids are sort of showing respect with the “Material Girl Challenge”. They posts start off with a current picture or video of a mom or dad looking all middle aged and parent-ish. There’s usually a caption that says, “My mom said she rejected dozens of guys in her day. I didn’t believe her until…” Then it switches to pictures of the mom or dad when they were teens and 20s.
The implication, of course, is that my folks look ragged now, but man, they were really good looking when they were younger. So, kind of a back handed compliment. But with teens, I guess you’ll take it.
The videos usually have Madonna’s “Material Girl” playing in the back as well. Speaking of, don’t try this with now and then pictures of Madonna. After that plastic surgery thing, it’s just going to confuse people.