- A college student dressed up as "commitment" for Halloween.
- She posted the photo on Instagram and tagged her "exes."
- Though some people tried to shame her in the replies to her photo, she said that they just didn't get the joke.
Some of the best Halloween costumes involve people portraying some pretty terrifying, but fake, things. But one woman wet totally viral this week when she dressed as many people's very real fear: commitment.
Haleigh Conner, who is a second-year biology and neuroscience student at the University of Minnesota Twin Cities, told BuzzFeed News that she was trying to think of what type of costume she wanted for awhile now and, in early October, she decided on "commitment."
She donned a long t-shirt with the word "commitment" written in big letters and put a photo on Instagram with the caption "scariest thing I could think of #shoutouttomyexes." In the photo, she tagged about a dozen guys, presumably her exes.
Conner later revealed to BuzzFeed that the "exes" she tagged were actually guys from middle school that she dated.
"I had boyfriends in middle school, but that usually consists of only seeing each other at school and having your parents drive you around to places," she said. "It was never anything serious of course."
The responses to Conner's costume have been pretty mixed, with some applauding her for a great joke and others taking it seriously, and even devolving into slut-shaming.
how tf do u have so many exes girl lolol
— Lauren Willard (@LoWill44) October 29, 2017
imagine still being this bitter about ur exes lmfao
— Dead Bundy (@ConnorAMiller) October 29, 2017
You have more exes then I have friends
— Kasey🌺 (@kasey_lyons1) October 30, 2017
Why is that a lot? Girl had a whole life to live!! Let her have exs!
— Ava do your homework (@couldbedoinghw) October 30, 2017Conner told INSIDER she thinks her joke was lost on so many people because they didn't realize that these guys were not recent exes.
"I think that people don't understand that most of those exes are from middle school," Conner said. "They are assuming that I dated them all seriously and that's not the case. I tagged the middle school boy friends as a joke, that was the point."
But, Conner said that she and her friends, and even some of the "exes," had a laugh about it and that's all that matters.
"My friends understand and think that it's funny, which is all I really cared about," she told INSIDER. "I am pretty sure most of my exes thought it was funny. A few have texted me and said they can't believe it went viral and that they have gained a lot of followers from it."
No matter Conner's intention with her costume, you have to give her some props, as it really is funny. Hopefully the internet takes this as a hint that a woman can date as many guys as she'd like without being shamed for it — and also learns how to take a dang joke.
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