{"id":2209125,"date":"2025-12-22T21:45:43","date_gmt":"2025-12-22T21:45:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2209125"},"modified":"2025-12-22T21:45:43","modified_gmt":"2025-12-22T21:45:43","slug":"exclusive-corporate-girlies-are-desperate-for-hallmark-hunks-in-real-life-to-satisfy-a-rom-com-itch-its-quite-a-fantasy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/exclusive-corporate-girlies-are-desperate-for-hallmark-hunks-in-real-life-to-satisfy-a-rom-com-itch-its-quite-a-fantasy\/","title":{"rendered":"Exclusive | &#8216;Corporate girlies&#8217; are desperate for &#8216;Hallmark hunks&#8217; in real life to satisfy a rom-com itch: &#8216;It&#8217;s quite a fantasy&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>She works in a glass tower. He works with his hands. <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/12\/19\/entertainment\/inside-the-making-of-the-perfect-hallmark-christmas-movie-aesthetic\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Cue the love story.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Wall Street power suits are getting steamrolled by steel-toe boots.<\/p>\n<p>This winter, a growing number of high-achieving city women are swapping cubicles, KPIs and Slack notifications for something <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2024\/12\/14\/entertainment\/how-to-write-a-holiday-rom-com-for-tv-according-to-the-experts\/\">straight out of a wintry Hallmark movie<\/a>: blue-collar boyfriends with calloused hands, pickup trucks, and jobs that don\u2019t involve Outlook calendars.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Think less \u201ccircle back\u201d and more \u201cI\u2019ll fix that.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><button class=\"button button--modal-trigger\" aria-label=\"Open the image in a modal.\" data-modal-image=\"37995201\"><br \/>\n\t<svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"icon-plus\" fill=\"#fff\" viewbox=\"0 0 1033 1000\" width=\"1em\" height=\"1em\"><path d=\"M380 364V0h273v355h380v290H653v355H380V645H0V355h380v9z\"\/><\/svg><br \/>\n<\/button><br \/>\n<img style=\"aspect-ratio:1.49926794;display:block\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"37995201\" width=\"885\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/12\/117514097.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Jodie Sweetin and Corey Sevier, stars of &quot;The Heiress and the Handyman.&quot;\" class=\"wp-image-37995201\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/12\/117514097.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1284w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/12\/117514097.jpg?resize=300,200&amp;quality=75&amp;strip=all 300w, 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https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/12\/117514097.jpg?resize=120,80&amp;quality=75&amp;strip=all 120w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/12\/117514097.jpg?resize=1200,800&amp;quality=75&amp;strip=all 1200w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/12\/117514097.jpg?resize=87,58&amp;quality=75&amp;strip=all 87w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/12\/117514097.jpg?resize=50,33&amp;quality=75&amp;strip=all 50w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/12\/117514097.jpg?resize=150,100&amp;quality=75&amp;strip=all 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 885px) 100vw, 885px\"\/><figcaption>In the 2024 Hallmark movie \u201cThe Heiress and the Handyman,\u201d Jodie Sweetin\u2019s rich girl ditches the high life for a flannel-clad handyman, played by Corey Sevier. This holiday season, real-life single women are pining for lives like those depicted on the saccharine channel.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Dubbed the rise of the real-life \u201cHallmark hunk,\u201d the trend has corporate women in New York City and beyond swooning over men who look like they wandered off the set of a small-town rom-com: rugged, charming and blissfully unconcerned with office politics.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module aligncenter wp-block-nypost-editor-primary-tag\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>It\u2019s \u201cSweet Home Alabama\u201d energy, minus Reese Witherspoon\u2019s love triangle and with a lot more Carhartt winter wear.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><button class=\"button button--modal-trigger\" aria-label=\"Open the image in a modal.\" data-modal-image=\"37975701\"><br \/>\n\t<svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"icon-plus\" fill=\"#fff\" viewbox=\"0 0 1033 1000\" width=\"1em\" height=\"1em\"><path d=\"M380 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https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/12\/josh-lucas-reese-witherspoon-2002-117514092.jpg?resize=120,80&amp;quality=75&amp;strip=all 120w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/12\/josh-lucas-reese-witherspoon-2002-117514092.jpg?resize=1200,800&amp;quality=75&amp;strip=all 1200w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/12\/josh-lucas-reese-witherspoon-2002-117514092.jpg?resize=87,58&amp;quality=75&amp;strip=all 87w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/12\/josh-lucas-reese-witherspoon-2002-117514092.jpg?resize=50,33&amp;quality=75&amp;strip=all 50w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/12\/josh-lucas-reese-witherspoon-2002-117514092.jpg?resize=150,100&amp;quality=75&amp;strip=all 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 886px) 100vw, 886px\"\/><figcaption>High heels meet steel-toe boots \u2014 and the sparks fly in \u201cSweet Home Alabama,\u201d starring Reese Witherspoon and Josh Lucas.  <span class=\"credit\">\u00a9Buena Vista Pictures\/Courtesy Everett Collection<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Women are openly romanticizing their lives with construction workers, electricians, farmers and mechanics, posting videos on social media that feel like the opening montage of a made-for-TV romance. <\/p>\n<p>According to one expert, the appeal isn\u2019t a <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/08\/04\/lifestyle\/gen-z-women-are-using-hinge-to-get-their-furniture-built-by-matches-for-free\/\">return to 1950s gender roles <\/a>\u2014 it\u2019s relief.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t think these women actually want to go back to traditional gender roles. I think they just want a little weight taken off their shoulders and to feel like somebody is there to take care of them,\u201d <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.courageous-intimacy.com\/about\">Dr. Jennifer Gunsaullus<\/a>, a sociologist, speaker and founder of The Center for Courageous Intimacy, told The Post.<\/p>\n<p>In pop culture,<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/06\/09\/lifestyle\/proud-trad-wife-insists-on-looking-pretty\/\"> the fantasy has gone<\/a> mainstream: Bella Hadid unexpectedly <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2024\/08\/23\/lifestyle\/year-of-yeehaw-why-cowboy-core-isnt-a-passing-fashion-fad\/\">dating a cowboy<\/a>, and Lana Del Rey marrying a \u201cnormie\u201d alligator swamp tour guide. <\/p>\n<p>And in a true-life Hallmarkian twist, a former Los Angeles marketing exec, Karinna Dvorsack, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.capecodtimes.com\/story\/lifestyle\/celebrations\/engagement\/2025\/10\/03\/karinna-dvorsack-aj-fish-hallmark-movie-falmouth-ma-fire-department\/86292322007\/?gnt-cfr=1&amp;gca-cat=p&amp;gca-uir=true&amp;gca-epti=z116256p118150c118150d00----v116256d--44--b--44--&amp;gca-ft=42&amp;gca-ds=sophi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">recently opened up<\/a> about moving back to her Massachusetts hometown last year \u2014 then falling in love with AJ Fish, a former kindergarten classmate with \u201ccrazy dimples\u201d who confessed he \u201chad a huge crush on her\u201d throughout elementary school. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe met at the right time,\u201d Dvorsack said of their renewed romance to the Cape Cod Times. They plan to wed in August 2026.<\/p>\n<p>Is it any wonder there is endless discourse bubbling up about whether modern women are secretly craving a <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/10\/14\/lifestyle\/tradwifes-top-10-ways-to-keep-a-husband-happy\/\">quieter, more \u201ctraditional\u201d life<\/a> \u2014 or just a man who knows how to use his hands?<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-tiktok wp-block-embed-tiktok\"\/>\n<p>\u201cMy favorite love trope: Busy corporate woman and domesticated blue collar man,\u201d one coupled gal <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@sierra_d26\/video\/7573473507594505502?q=corporate%20girl%20small%20town%20boy&amp;t=1765912283642\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">captioned<\/a> a recent viral video, adding that she was \u201cdeeply obsessed\u201d with her own off-the-grid beau, while another singleton wandering NYC streets <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@mistyness\/video\/7349297483408739626?q=corporate%20girl%20small%20town%20boy&amp;t=1765912283642\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">denoted that<\/a> she was \u201cin search of: small town boy,\u201d sharing: \u201cSomething about being in Midtown makes me feel like the burnt-out corporate girly lead in a romcom who needs to discover the true meaning of Christmas.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>One woman named Jenna even <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@justjenna94\/video\/7584132456484212023?q=corporate%20girl%20small%20town%20boy&amp;t=1765912283642\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">chronicled her own<\/a> eyebrow-raising, true-life rom-com arc, from \u201cex corporate girlie\u201d to divorc\u00e9e who moves back to her small-town home and ultimately falls for her brother\u2019s \u201cblue collar best friend\u201d \u2014 who is also her ex and \u201csoulmate\u201d with whom she reconnected and fell back in love. <\/p>\n<p>On Monday, she <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@justjennawenna\/photo\/7586650432894733623\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">shared that they plan to marry<\/a> in five days. She even pitched the plot directly to the network, tagging: \u201cHallmark Channel what do you say?\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-tiktok wp-block-embed-tiktok\"\/>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n\t<\/aside>\n<p>Call it a backlash to burnout, a rebellion against corporate dating, or <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/10\/13\/astrology\/life-is-a-rom-com-for-zodiac-signs-when-venus-enters-libra\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">simply seasonal cuffing<\/a> with a flannel twist \u2014 but the Hallmark boyfriend is having a moment.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>And for many women tired of glass ceilings and dating apps that feel like job interviews, the appeal is obvious: fewer emails, more elbow grease \u2014 and a love story that doesn\u2019t require PTO.<\/p>\n<p>Relationship experts say the fantasy isn\u2019t about flannel \u2014 it\u2019s about fatigue.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cVery high-achieving women still disproportionately carry the relational labor \u2014 the emotional and cognitive aspects of their lives \u2014 even when they\u2019re in relationships,\u201d sociologist Gunsaullus told The Post.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think there\u2019s a component of this that represents burnout for women.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She likened the Hallmark-hunk obsession to another cultural phenomenon fueled by exhaustion.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPart of the appeal is decision fatigue. Women were tired of making decisions and wanted somebody who knew them, understood them and prioritized them,\u201d Gunsaullus said.<\/p>\n<p>The problem? The picture-perfect fantasy doesn\u2019t always match real life.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese men represent a break from all of that \u2014 but of course, it\u2019s quite a fantasy,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-tiktok wp-block-embed-tiktok\"\/>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/sexologistshamyra\/?hl=en\">Dr. Shamyra Howard<\/a>, LCSW\/CST, AASECT-certified sex and relationship therapist at We-Vibe, agrees the trend is less about romance \u2014 and more about regulation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOne reason many women in corporate jobs are drawn to the blue-collar man is because it feels like relief,\u201d Howard told The Post.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCorporate life requires constant performance, decision-making, and emotional control. A lot of women are tired of being \u2018on\u2019 all the time.\u201d<\/p>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n\t<\/aside>\n<p>She said the Hallmark boyfriend represents something deeper than a pickup truck and a tool belt.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s not really about flannel or rural life. It\u2019s about craving ease, safety, and a softer pace after years of hustle,\u201d Howard explained.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI see this as the desire for nervous system regulation. Everything is so fast-paced now, and people\u2019s minds and systems are overloaded. It\u2019s a dream to come to a partner who induces calm, clarity and stillness,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n<p>But Howard cautioned against confusing escape with compatibility.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCareer-driven women are often always on the go and need to pay attention to burnout,\u201d she said. \u201cWhen you\u2019re exhausted, escape can look like desire,\u201d Howard said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf your career matters to you, make sure you\u2019re not looking for a partner to rescue you from a life that just needs better boundaries and more pleasure built into it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Both experts stressed that Hallmark endings don\u2019t come with a two-hour runtime in real life.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cReal relationships still require communication, compromise and emotional work, no matter the ZIP code,\u201d Howard said. \u201cEnjoy the idea, but stay grounded in reality. Choose the person, not the storyline.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>As Gunsaullus put it, the real takeaway isn\u2019t about small towns \u2014 it\u2019s about self-reflection.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe biggest question for women is what this represents emotionally: Do you need rest, less pressure, or a partner who can really step up and meet you where you are?\u201d she asked.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><script async src=\"\/\/www.tiktok.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source celebrity.land \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>She works in a glass tower. He works with his hands. Cue the love story. Wall Street power suits are getting steamrolled by steel-toe boots. 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