Two Guys Hit on Girls at the Club, Their Response Has Internet in Hysterics

A viral video is turning the conventional club pick-up line on its head.

Posted by Elke Kahler (@elkekahler), the TikTok video shows two men making a move on two girls at a club—but from a distance. From across the DJ booth, one of the men holds up a phone with "What's your [number]?" written on it. The girls responded, via phone: "How old are you?" After an ID check, the rest was history. Since posting, the video has received over 780,000 likes and over 700 comments.

Originally, only one of the men was hitting on one of the girls, saying he was 23 years old—via phone screen of course. "Show me your ID," she replied. Eventually, the other two got involved: "Double date?" the other man showed written on his phone. Passing phones over the DJ booth, the four eventually made a plan.

Viewers praised the men for "shooting their shot" even from a distance, banking on the couples' future success.

"He's gonna be like, 'And kids, this is how I met your mother,'" @ShubiDoobyDoo1 wrote.

"See what happens when you shoot your shot?" @notangelaknight wrote.

Others, though, were confused and curious about what happened next.

"What do you do after this? Just keep awkwardly dancing and looking at each other?" @blanerhodes wrote.

"We wanna see the double date [part] two," @itsyourbaekev said.

Kahler did post several updates about her and her friend's journey with the men—and it turns out, the story is even sweeter than depicted in the video.

After the night out, one of the men sent Kahler a song that he wrote about the two women titled "Aussie Ones." Viewers in the comments gushed: "The effort put just for a first date is insane. A song? With your names in it too? Girl," @miriammoustafaaa wrote.

Kahler has since posted more videos documenting the pairs' first double date. They went to Dave & Buster's, a restaurant/arcade, to play games.

While Kahler hasn't posted videos of other dates, this one has certainly given fans enough to hold on to.

"Definitely gonna invest in this," @chubzahoy said.

"Will want updates," @tonybrisn wrote. "Until you guys marry."

Do pick-up lines really work?

Research about pick-up lines has shown that women's responses to them might have roots in evolutionary psychology.

In a study published by The Journal of Social Psychology, 70 women imagined being approached by a man using a flirtatious pick-up line, a complimentary line or an innocuous line. The study found that women favored men for long-term partnership if he used a direct or innocuous line instead of the flirtatious line—echoing the "good dad" hypothesis.

The pick-up line used on Kahler and her friend seems to bode well in light of this. The simple, direct "What's your [number]?" seemed to secure at least a first date, and hundreds of supportive fans.