A strong internet connection and some good old-fashioned detective work, plus a hand with a ring on it, were all this single lady needed to find the truth about her hot Hinge date’s marital status.
In two now-viral Instagram videos, LA-based comedian Jasmine Parniani detailed the time she was excited to match with a “gorgeous man” from England with a six-pack who “loved to cook” — only to find a photo of him wearing a wedding ring on a second scroll-through of his profile.
“I’m like, wait, wait, wait — has he had a wedding ring on in all his pictures? Like, what’s going on here?” Parniani recalled, laughing. “So I start looking, I see a handful of his photos, and he’s got a wedding ring on.”
Parniani told viewers she “love[s] a mystery” and that she proceeded to go down a research rabbit hole, easily locating his company directory, as the would-be beau listed his job on his Hinge profile. After finding his full name, she Googled it — only to find a registry on the wedding site The Knot for a vow renewal dated for the previous week.
“I’m thinking, oh the trail, it’s warm. It’s a hot trail, baby!” said Parniani.
After pleading with her 10-year-old MacBook not to crash before she did “one more search,” Parniani sleuthed further, diving deeper to find the LinkedIn of the man’s wife. There, she learned the woman had a job that would likely require her to be away for long stretches of time.
In her follow-up video, Parniani shared she soon dug up her match’s wedding registry, followed by his wife’s Instagram profile. There, she noticed something a “little weird” — that while Parniani’s match followed his wife, she did not follow him back.
Regardless, Parniani wanted to give the man’s wife a warning of her husband’s shady behavior and considered messaging her. But first, she brought the idea to her “council” of friends — “because sometimes, I can’t be trusted to make my own decisions,” she quipped.
One friend advised Parniani not to message the wife just yet, suggesting she bring up the issue with her match first because she didn’t think they “necessarily had enough information to be DM’ing his wife.”
Taking her friend’s advice, Parniani scheduled a FaceTime call with her potentially married match. As soon as the man’s video appeared, Parniani scanned his background, searching for any signs of a woman’s aesthetic touch — but found none.
Possibly sensing a vibe shift, Parniani’s match came right out and said he was “going through a divorce” and that it was “not finalized.”
“I’m like, you know what? That makes sense. Because the vow renewal that I found — like The Knot website — it was a vow renewal. They’d been married for like five years, so that’s not a good sign.”
However, commenters seemed to disagree, with one posting, “Why would you get a renewal ONE WEEK ago while you are getting divorced?”
Another commented, “Tell the wife … I wouldn’t trust him.”
While Parniani seemed to entertain the man’s alleged explanation, she did have some thoughts on just how easy it is to find people’s personal info on the internet.
“’What I will say is this. When I was Nancy Drew-ing … I found a short film this guy was in from 2016! What I’m trying to say is, it’s too easy to find information,” Parniani said.
“You’ve got to be f–king careful with how much information you’re giving to strangers on the internet,” she continued. “Because there’s people like me who love to find out information for fun!”
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