story time
for context: i was a senior in high school when dabbing was at its height.
so when i (25f) was a sophomore or junior in college, after dabbing died, i used to ironically dab with my friends to make fun of kids who make fun of adults for still being on social media and in fandom spaces at the “yee-old-age of 20,” and it just kinda became a habit to dab in comedic situations. i kept doing it for years even after i moved back home and got a job at target to pay for school while i finished out my last semesters because tbh i failed every single online class during covid but anyway the habit stuck around even with the new group of friends i made at work which in practice looked like: pull a whole order with no infs? dab. finish bagging with 2 seconds to spare? dab. find something in reshop? dab. dabbing would catch everyone off guard and make them laugh and making my friends laugh brought me an inexplicable amount of joy so i kept doing it, and i kept doing it when i developed feelings for a guy in that group, and even after we all stopped working at target we kept hanging out and i kept dabbing ironically (unironically??) specifically because he would give me attention; it started out as playful shoving and laughter but eventually became him wrapping his arms around me to lock mine down preventing me from further dabbing (jokes on you, ahmad, the whole thing was a plot to get a hug) and now it’s almost two years since we met, we’re dating now, and i still dab to manipulate him into giving me giant bear hugs it works without fail every single time i feel like i finally know what true power feels like and it is a total high. the only downside is now i dab unironically.
