TikToker finds love after shopping for man at Home Depot

“Can you help me find what I need?” she asked the stranger, who then led her down an aisle and handed her a hook and some wire.

The video, titled “Ditch the dating apps and find a blue-collar man at Home Depot,” has generated nearly 6 million views on TikTok.

The flirting ploy ended with the two exchanging numbers, texting and going on a first date, according to a follow-up video she posted on the platform.

“It feels like a modern fairy tale,” Ansari tells People.

“He made me believe in love and romance again.”

After several bad experiences, Ansari swore off dating apps and turned to local hardware stores in Texas to find someone the old-fashioned way, in person, People reported An eligible bachelor, she credits the “Home Depot date” trend for giving her the idea. .

Over the past year, single women have taken to social platforms to brag about the success of cute encounters in the screwdriver and appliance aisles, and film themselves looking “confused” as they hope to find a potential soul mate.

“I really don’t think this is going to work,” she said.

“I’ve been single for about two years and casually dating here and there, but by rights every guy I meet on Bumble or Hinge is off limits to me.”

Ansari confirmed the two were a couple, People reported, adding that she kept her courtship secret until she knew “he was who he claimed to be.”

She struggled to establish their relationship online last month.