A couple have revealed the shocking reason they received so much attention from strangers while they were on a cruise.
In a video shared on his TikTok channel, @prericky, content creator Ricky Bobby explained that he and his partner had recently been on a holiday.
One day during their time on the ship, people kept interacting with him, even physically touching him at some points.
The video features footage of him wearing the shirt, while multiple people approach.
Text superimposed on the screen explains what’s going on, from his partner’s perspective.
A couple went on a cruise, and were surprised by how much attention they received from strangers – until they learnt something surprising
It says: ‘Me: Wondering why random plp kept talking to him on our cruise…
‘They would walk by sometimes staring at us.
‘Even sometimes flirt with us.
‘They would whisper things under their breath…’
According to the video, ‘all of a sudden,’ the couple heard someone say: ‘Look at his shirt.’
According to popular culture, clothing featuring pineapples (particularly upside down pineapples) indicate that the wearer is a swinger.
Some of the people who engaged with the couple went as far as physically touching the man as they walked past
A swinger can be defined as someone who engages in group sex or the swapping of sexual partners.
Swinging is usually confused with polyamory or having an open relationships, but they all fall under the umbrella term of non-monogamy.
Unlike polyamory where people can have more than one committed romantic relationship at a time, swingers only tend to have one at a time.
The association between pineapples and swingers is thought to date back to the 90s and early 2000s.
The TikTok video ended with Ricky being ‘p*****’ and his partner laughing as ‘she knew’ the link between pineapples and swinging.
Many of the video’s viewers found the situation extremely amusing, with one writing: ‘Jus looked up what upside down pineapple means. Howling.’
A number of people responded to the video in the comments section, sharing their thoughts on the situation
Another wrote: ‘lol me and my ex didn’t know and had matching pineapple shirts on a cruise – we were like people are so nice and keep talking to us.’
Meanwhile another added: ‘I mean, I get the upside down pineapple nonsense, but none of the pineapples on his shirt were even upside down.’
A further commentator spoke about making the same mistake as the TikTokker.
They wrote: ‘I made the same mistake, I got called out by the comedian on the cruise ship during his show. The rest of the cruise I was called Mr. pineapple shirt. I had no idea…most def threw it in the trash.’
However, another was baffled that people were unaware of the meaning, with one writing: ‘How do you take the pineapple shirt on a cruise and not know.’
