There’s A New Trend Called Orange Peel Theory & Reactions Tell The Bar Is Getting Lower Every Day

An act as simple as your partner peeling an orange for you is now becoming a ‘Certificate of Clearance‘ of whether you’re in a healthy relationship. But does it have to be so? The Internet has been going berserk lately about this new trend called the Orange Peel Theory, wherein people are handing out an orange to their partners and wondering if they’d peel it for them. 

If they do so, they are a green flag, but if they don’t or if they need a bit of convincing, it means the situation is volatile. People are legit putting their partners through this ‘Orange Peel Test’, failing which essentially implies the relationship is doomed.

You see, the idea is to check whether your partner is willing to do something as bare minimum as peeling an orange. The intent here is deep, but a literal want to test a partner, in a way, suggests the relationship was doomed to begin with.

The test has people reacting. Many believe the ‘Orange Peel Theory’ is a real indicator of the quality of a relationship between a couple. But whether it should be considered one is a more important question. The thing is that basing an entire relationship on peeling an orange without giving it context, turning a blind eye to the history, can be a terrible idea.

A relationship has to have many layers of aspects that go volumes beyond peeling an orange. Yes, metaphorically speaking, the theory seeks to explore tender and wholesome acts of service two people in love do for each other. You know, little actions like making breakfast in bed, sending them surprise meals at work, and so on. But everyone’s way of expression is different from others. Peeling an orange can’t be the sole criterion for assessing a relationship cos it has to have more nuance than that.

Having said that, if your partner is rude and disrespectful to you, regardless of you asking them to peel an orange for you or something else – they’re not worth it; no one like that is.

Social media keeps coming up with its unique rendition of tests and signs to identify if you have the best relationship for distributing validation or triggering disaster. All said and done, if we are to take social media trends seriously, we need to find a little more depth in them. It may not be a great idea to base the benchmarks of our relationship on what goes on in the online world.