A woman uses a Tampon Serial Number to see if her boyfriend has cheated

• Lois Saunders shared a TikTok video in which she explained how she discovered that her boyfriend had cheated.
• After discovering a tampon hidden in his closet, she called the manufacturer to get the serial number.
• The viral video caused debate. However, the couple claim that it was all a joke.

Internet relationship sleuthing reached new heights with the upload of Lois Saunders (23 years old) to a TikTok account. VideoShe wrote a January 3 blog about how she discovered the serial number for a tampon and found out if her boyfriend cheated.

The video has been viewed over 4.4 million times, and more than 450,000 people have liked it. It shows Saunders crawling under a closet while text on-screen reads, “When you find a tampon and mascara under you bf wardrobe and they deny everything, you have to investigate for yourself.”

Saunders, who is based in Essex, UK, also showed screenshots of email correspondence between her and a representative for Procter & Gamble, the parent company for Tampax. “I have a tampon with the code 93452080N2 on the side. It’s yellow; regular. Can this tell me when it was manufactured?”Her original email stated that.

The customer service team member then gave her a long response, in which she informed Saunders that the Tampon was manufactured on December 11, 2019. A spokesperson for Procter & Gamble confirmed the authenticity of the emails in a statement to Insider.

She thought that if the tampon had been manufactured after their first date, it would have been “a funny way to find out he was unfaithful,”She told Insider that they were not a couple at the moment.

Saunders’s sleuthing skills became quickly viral. Tampax’s official account refers to her as “international super spy”In a comment below the video. Other comments most liked called the story “amazing”And they said they were “so invested”You can find out the next step.

Lois uploaded the photos later in the day. TwoMoreTikToks explained the situation by saying that several girls lived in the house previously and that this was why she had tampons and mascara.

She also shared that her boyfriend, whom she requested that we refer to only as Fin, was not with her at the time of the May 2021 events. “having a break”While attending college in different areas of the country, she spoke to Insider.

This led viewers leaving a variety of comments suggesting that she had gone. “too far.”

Fin also stated that the answer was “mixed.”Insider reported that he stated that some viewers had tracked his social media accounts and sent him messages. “warning”Saunders and told him to “pack [his] bag and run.”Others believed he cheated and called for him to be held accountable “canceled.”

Fin still has a lot to offer. “no regrets”Concerning the video, and the response messages. “Some of them I found absolutely hilarious,”Fin told Insider. “Complete strangers would be arguing in the comments, fighting my corner, and making wild and crazy stories that are so far from the truth.”

Saunders stated to Insider that she had contacted Tampax “purely as a joke”She has “full trust”Fin said that he made the video because “seeing her on all fours looking under that huge wardrobe was hilarious.”

“Cheating boyfriend”Videos are a very popular category on TikTok. The #caughtcheating hashtag has 1.3 billion hits on TikTok, while #cheatingboyfriend has 968.4 millions. In September 2021, a video of a woman surprising her boyfriend — later dubbed “Couch Guy” — went hugely viral as viewers debated whether he was cheating on her based on supposed clues in the clip. The video has been viewed over 65 million times and has even been discussed. “The View.”

Despite this, Saunders stated that she didn’t anticipate the virality of her story, telling Insider: “Straight away after minutes it started getting way more attention than other TikToks I had put up previously. Then when my friends started saying they had seen it is when I realized how big it was.”

Fin explained to Insider that the video was only discovered by Fin while looking through Snapchat stories from last year. “There was absolutely no intention of ever ‘planning’ this for TikTok,”He said. “No way could I have seen it blowing up.”

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