He Got No Money Pose

About

The He Got No Money Pose, sometimes called the He Has No Money Hug or the She's Paying Hold, is a catchphrase and cliché used to describe the way men behave when their girlfriend is paying on behalf of them. The concept was first popularized alongside the phrase, "The universal position dudes stand in when they have no money and their girl pays for everything" in 2019. The phrase typically sees renewed interest when a photo of a man hugging their girlfriend from behind while at the cash register gets shared on social media.

Origin

The earliest known example commenting on the "He Got No Money Pose" was posted to Imgur^[1] on June 14th, 2019, by ChuliChuliChunFly, where it gathered over 100,000 views and 2,000 upvotes in four years (seen below). A version of the image was reposted to /r/Funny^[2] on June 26th, 2019, where it gathered over 15,000 upvotes in a similar timeframe.

Spread

On August 29th, 2020, Twitter^[3] user @joe_espy posted a tweet showing a man in the "He Has No Money" position alongside a caption that read, "Hopefully this me when the PS5 drop 🙏🏾." The post gathered over 84,000 likes in two years, and the image was reposted the next month by @tariqnasheed^[4] with the caption, "Nothing is more romantic than the “she’s paying” hug" seen below, left). On May 2nd, 2023, Twitter^[6] user @lilmishh_ posted an image of someone hugging their girlfriend, to which user @AmorJustBetter^[7] replied, "that’s the broke nigga position." The post gathered over 9,000 likes in two days (seen below, right).

On October 13th, 2022, Twitter^[5] user @ThaRealBello posted a series of images featuring men hugging their girlfriends from behind with the caption, "The 'He Has No Money' Hold 😂," gathering over 25,000 likes in seven months (seen below).

On September 29th, 2022, TikToker^[8] @gkingcomic posted a video parodying how men hug their partners when she pays, gathering over 2 million plays and 270,000 likes in eight months (seen below, left). On October 13th, TikToker^[9] @yj_630 posted a video joking about the hug as well, gathering over 280,000 plays and 19,000 likes in seven months (seen below, right).

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