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Unbothered's Creative Advisor Keke Palmer takes to the street to ask the people of Inglewood, CA their opinions on love, dating, and all things that occupy the mind of the modern millennial.

Are we cuffing or are we creeping?

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00:00Are we cuffing or are we creeping?
00:02Miss Kiki Palmer, both of those things are very aspirational for me, personally, the way my life's set up right
00:08now.
00:13Hey, what's up, y'all? It's your girl Kiki Palmer, and today we are talking love, relationships, dating, all of
00:18that good stuff.
00:19I mean, we have spent so much time inside, so my unbothered family and I decided, let's take it to
00:24the streets.
00:24Right now, we're at Hilltop Coffee and Kitchen Cafe, black-owned, oh my gosh, amazing, in Inglewood.
00:30Let's get into it, honey.
00:31All right, how you doing today, love? I'm wonderful.
00:35You know, first I want to start off with a little bit of coffee.
00:38Just give me some straight black, just like I like it.
00:41So how do we feel about sliding into DMs?
00:44I would like for someone to slide into my DMs first, but I will reciprocate the energy.
00:49The proper way to slide in somebody's DMs?
00:53Employed?
00:53Oh!
00:54If you're going to slide into somebody's DMs, you don't need to be able to take whatever comes with that.
00:58I heard that.
00:59You can always compliment me.
01:01That's always going to work.
01:02Tell me I look good, pretty and pink, whatever.
01:04I'll be like, oh, tell me some more.
01:05I love that.
01:07You know, shoot for the gusto.
01:08Go for it, whether you're a woman or a man.
01:10Primarily, like, don't be lame.
01:11Just, you know, be yourself and just, you know, keep it 100.
01:13How is your sliding into DMs accuracy rate?
01:17So that's not as great, but, you know, the law of averages, you got to put, you got to
01:23cast the line.
01:23Yes, right, mine isn't either.
01:24I just blame it on the requests.
01:26They didn't see it.
01:27I don't believe you.
01:27They didn't see my message.
01:31Are we creeping or are we cuffing this season?
01:34Man, it's cuffing season.
01:36I heard.
01:36Wait a minute.
01:37Wait, wait, wait.
01:37When you heard it, what's cuffing season at?
01:39Man, last time I checked, you know, everybody trying to be booed up, you know, so it's cuffing.
01:44But some people creeping, you know, it's summertime, so some people might be, it might be 50-50.
01:49Are you looking for somebody?
01:50Not this homecoming season, but I think cuffing and creeping aren't always mutually exclusive.
01:56Wait, wait, did it?
01:57Man, it depends on who you cuffing.
01:59It might creep with you.
02:00Wait a minute.
02:02So we're talking a little open relationship vibes.
02:04See, I thought I was going to be down for the relationship.
02:07Girl, wait a minute.
02:08Then I was given the opportunity for a relationship with a beautiful guy.
02:13He was an amazing person.
02:15He was good to me, but I'm not ready.
02:17It's me time.
02:18Like, I need to focus and grind on myself.
02:20I'm going to say we're going to have some fun and maybe even some single fun just by myself.
02:27Have you ever had a roster?
02:29A roster.
02:30Hmm.
02:30Like, okay, we think of sports.
02:31We think of a lineup.
02:32You know, have you ever had a lineup of loves in your life where you're entertaining more than
02:36one person at one time?
02:37So there's definitely been a moment where I've had somebody, like, down.
02:41You send them down to Florida.
02:42They're on the D-Leagues.
02:43It's like, maybe they're coming up.
02:46Maybe you got to cut them.
02:47I don't know.
02:47I don't know.
02:48Girl, isn't it always like that?
02:49It's like, I always got a few bench riders just waiting for a chance to jump on in.
02:54You know, I'm still building mine right now.
02:58It's still happening.
02:59Yes.
02:59We still open tryouts.
03:01Yes.
03:02I had that once.
03:03I didn't know it was called that, apparently.
03:04So you just taught me something.
03:06But I had just gotten out of a relationship that I had mentally checked out of two years
03:10ago.
03:11And so I was like, well, I guess I should date.
03:15So I was just kind of seeing what it was.
03:17None of them checked out to be really anything, which I was cool with because then I had that
03:21experience.
03:22Exactly.
03:22I'm a consistent bench warmer.
03:25I cannot with you.
03:27Not successful is that they're not all at the same time, like how I want it.
03:31I know.
03:32It's like I got the team captain and now I'm trying to build a team.
03:34And I was like, why are these tryouts?
03:36No one's showing up.
03:37What's going on?
03:38I have.
03:40Okay.
03:41What are we talking?
03:42Two, three, line up?
03:43Maybe like a five-man team.
03:47That's a good summer.
03:50And that's what I'm talking about, ladies and gentlemen.
03:52Now let's play a little game of this or that.
03:54All right.
03:54All right.
03:54Pay the first date versus splitting.
03:56Split.
03:57Really?
03:57Yeah.
03:58Why?
03:58How much is the deal?
03:59Is it $300?
04:01I can do $115.
04:02I don't want to pay for both of us.
04:04I know I can cover my half.
04:06Group date versus solo.
04:07Solo.
04:08If it's the first date, definitely solo.
04:09I can do group dates.
04:11Okay, yeah.
04:12Solo scares me.
04:12I don't know why I'm such a scaredy cat.
04:14I'm just like you all up in my face and I can't deflect from a moment.
04:17Girl, I'm so that person where it's like I make guys go on four group dates with me,
04:20me and my own girls.
04:21It's really a mess.
04:22Wow.
04:23Girl, because I'd be nervous.
04:24Bonnet outside versus bonnet just in bed.
04:26I ain't got hair, so.
04:27That answers that.
04:29Just in bed.
04:30Yeah.
04:30Just in bed.
04:31Me too.
04:31Me too.
04:32I love a good bonnet though.
04:33I had a coworker give me some of the best advice.
04:35She said, dating is a skill and how can you be good at it if you do not practice?
04:40We practice all of our other skills, our work-related skills, everything else.
04:44It's like why wouldn't I practice this skill if I want it to lead to something lifelong?
04:49I love it.
04:50Thank you so much for chilling with us and hanging out with my Unbothered fam.
04:53You were amazing.
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