All moms just want the best for their kids, even if that means matchmaking with strangers at Chipotle. But one Michigan woman’s attempt to play Cupid backfired in the most awkward way possible.
Chipotle Matchmaking Goes Wrong
TikTok creator Amanda (@realamandabell) posted a storytime video about an uncomfortable run-in at her local Chipotle. Her video got more than 51,000 views.
“Well, that was extremely uncomfortable,” she says right away.
Amanda explains she stopped to grab food for her son when she noticed a young man behind the counter. He looked about her daughter’s age. “I thought, oh, she’d think he was so cute.”
Since her daughter wasn’t there to stop her, Amanda figured it couldn’t hurt to ask a few questions.
“I asked him how old he was and if he had a girlfriend,” she says, adding, “Literally in that run-on sentence I said because I’m asking for my daughter.”
But the boy’s expression changed fast. “At first he was confused, and he said, ‘No,’” Amanda says. “Then he started to think it was me asking ’cause it was very loud in there.”
It took her a moment to realize what was happening. “His face was so disgusted and turned off,” she recalls. “I don’t get embarrassed often, but the look on his face made me feel so terrible about myself.”
Once the worker realized she wasn’t asking for herself, he changed his story. “He was like, oh no, I have a girlfriend. Oh yeah.”
Amanda, who is happily married, wanted to set the record straight, telling him, “This 42-year-old married woman is not hitting on you in the line at Chipotle.”
She jokes that if he’d actually seen her daughter, he might’ve taken it all back, ending the video with a dig: “We are very happy that you have a pretend girlfriend.”
In the caption, she adds one more detail: “I’m pretty sure I heard him say ew.”
Commenters Were Split
Some commenters thought Amanda crossed a line.
“What did you think was going to happen if he didn’t have a girlfriend?” one person asked. “He’s supposed to trust some lunatic old lady in line that their daughter is his type?”
Another wrote, “If he didn’t hear you say your daughter, his reaction to ANYONE your (our) age is the correct one.”
Others didn’t think it was that deep.
“Everybody needs to pipe down!” one viewer said. “Tons of parents who actually love their kids try to connect them with people that they think are suitable.”
“Bless your heart,” someone else added. “Happens to the best of us.”
@realamandabell I’m pretty sure I heard him say ew 🤦♀️ 🤣 FML #keepinitreal#fyp#chipotle#cougardaughter@@Chipotle
Are Arranged Marriages A Thing In The U.S.?
While the idea might sound outdated to some, arranged marriages haven’t disappeared. In fact, according to a Brides.com report, they still make up more than half of all marriages worldwide.
And in the U.S., families are allowed to help organize a marriage, as long as both people genuinely agree to it.
That last part is key. There’s a big difference between an arranged marriage and a forced one. In a forced marriage, someone is pushed into it, sometimes through threats or abuse, and that’s illegal in every U.S. state.
BroBible has reached out to Amanda via Instagram messages for comment.