“I’d rather mop the Atlantic.” “I’d rather eat a jean jacket.” “I’d rather paint my house with nail polish.” These dramatic declarations aren’t responses to any actual torture (depending on your definition) but rather to a video posted by lifestyle influencer Estella, who, in multiple TikToks, documented her experience proposing to her boyfriend of 14 years. Her most popular video (one in which she reveals that she asked her boyfriend’s dad for his blessing) has 11.5 million views and 36.5K comments, most of which have decided that her decision to take the reins and pop the question was demoralizing and humiliating.

There were also plenty of “he’s just not that into you” outcries, informed by her fiancé’s apparent disinterest during the actual proposal. To be fair, it’s hard to ignore his

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