How To Create a Fake Instagram Boyfriend

Hannah Smothers, a sex and relationship writer for Cosmo went on a mission to get more instagram likes….by pretending to have a boyfriend.

She staged a bunch of photos to make it look like she has a beau, including flowers, romantic wine shots and side-by-side subway ride hands complete with vague captions. The result?

As the posts with vague captions continued, the curiosity of  others rose. Finally she admitted, the boyfriend didn’t exist.

“I wanted it to make a weird point about how you don’t need a boyfriend to get a lot of likes on Instagram or have a good time on the weekend or have a good Valentine’s Day,” Hannah told the press.