
Things I Don't Care About As A Chill Girlfriend
Published November 14, 2026
Women on TikTok and Instagram Reels call themselves "chill girlfriends" and list either the rules they set for their partners or the things they don't mind their partners doing, framed as proof of a low-maintenance approach to dating. The format began in April 2024 with a TikTok by @chloevanberkel and broke out again in mid-2026, when parody videos pushing the stereotype into absurd territory took over the same feeds.
Overview
Things I Don't Care About As A Chill Girlfriend, also known as Rules As A Chill GF, covers two closely linked video setups. In one, a woman faces the camera and reads off her "rules" for a partner, often framed as lenient (nights out without check-ins, texting other women). In the other, the speaker lists things she does not care about a partner doing, in the same deadpan or flirty delivery. Posts usually run under a minute and lean on the direct-address style common to TikTok confessional videos1.
Tone sits between sincere and self-aware. Some creators play it straight as a flex about their easygoing nature, while others dial the rules up until the "chill" framing collapses into obvious parody3, listing items no partner would accept or normalizing behavior most viewers would read as a red flag5. Comment sections are a core part of the format, where viewers argue over whether any specific creator is actually chill or in denial.
Origin & Background
How It Spread
Timeline
2024-04-12
TikToker @chloevanberkel posts the earliest known rules-as-a-chill-girlfriend video[1].
2024-07-14
TikToker @sarah_arnaud posts a follow-up rules video that later passes 708,000 views[2].
2026-07-24
TikToker @lenikoppkopp posts a "things I don't care about my partner doing" video that draws 8.6 million views, shifting the trend's phrasing[4].
2026-11-09
TikToker @carlyxspam posts a parody listing absurd allowances including extra "outside time" for her boyfriend, reaching 4.6 million views in four days[5].
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