What is the 'lesbian breakup curse,' and why are some TikTok users worried about it?

After multiple popular creators separated from their partners, TikTok users are worried that the "lesbian breakup curse" will threaten their own relationships.

It started with Sedona and Rylee, who announced their split in a TikTok video that now has 8.5 million views. Then Alissa and Sam quietly announced they had separated. By the time Avery and Soph broke up, TikTok users began worrying that a fabled "lesbian breakup curse" would affect their relationships, too.

In recent weeks, the supposed curse, also referred to as the “breakup plague” and the “breakup apocalypse,” has consumed many TikTok users' lives.

“Remixing my attitude to avoid the lesbian breakup curse that’s going around,” one user captioned their video. “It really is contagious right now isn’t it,” another user wrote in the comments.

Some have joked that the supposed curse is why so many popular women-loving-women, or WLW, creators have split with their girlfriends in the past few weeks. Others warn that the curse is moving into “straight” TikTok, after several heterosexual couples announced their breakups, too.

“Wtf is in the air why are all the tiktok wlw couples breaking up?” one TikTok user posted. 

https://www.nbcnews.com/pop-culture/viral/tiktok-lesbian-break-up-curse-meme-rcna43793

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