‘Your family was this close to picking out a plot number’: Virginia woman goes to Lowe’s. Then a man asks for her phone number

Is this Virginia woman’s recent Lowe’s interaction with a man who wouldn’t take “no” for an answer a sign of how turbulent the dating scene is in 2025? She thinks so.

TikTok user Rae (@heeeeyrae) posted a video with her dating PSA on Aug. 16. She starts it by saying, “So the following message is for Lamont from Aisle 13 at Lowe’s. If you’re not Lamont, keep scrolling.”