Psychologist and popular TikTok creator Baby Ras has set the internet on fire after posting a 22-point “Future Husband Application Form” that demands total submission, daily PowerPoint updates, and even a surname change to Mr Wanjiru ahead of her planned 2025 wedding.
The 29-year-old content creator, whose real name is Mercy Wanjiru, uploaded the tongue-in-cheek yet deadpan list on Wednesday evening with the caption “Applications close 31st December 2025. Serious candidates only.”
Among the most talked-about demands:
- The man must be “very submissive” and ask permission before leaving the house.
- Communication must include long paragraphs, voice notes, Excel charts tracking his feelings, and “smoke signals if Wi-Fi fails.”
- He must cook and clean daily (“not once in a while for content”) and the food must always be Michelin-star level.
- He will take her surname and be introduced as Mr Wanjiru at all functions.
- He must be a complete virgin who has never held a girl’s hand, have zero female friends, and hand over all salaries, M-Pesa PINs, and phone passwords on wedding day.
- Should he fail to sire a son, she reserves the right to “import a proven striker” without discussion.
- Cheating is instant grounds for replacement “like a burnt chapati.”
- Baby Ras delivered the list while sitting in a mock interview setup wearing a wedding veil and holding a clipboard, occasionally pausing to sip tea dramatically.
- “Emotional intelligence is non-negotiable. If he cries when Arsenal loses, bonus points. If he argues when I say no, automatic disqualification,” she stated.
Reactions poured in instantly. Comedian Crazy Kennar stitched the video pretending to apply while crying, “Aki Baby Ras si uniue tu mapema!” Churchill Show’s MCA Tricky posted a skit kneeling with a CV begging for the Mr Wanjiru position.
Women flooded the comment section with “Finally a realistic list” and “Where was this energy when I was dating broke boys?” while men countered with memes of running away or boarding flights to Dubai.
Critics are now calling the list “witchcraft in bridal form”. Psychologist Dr Chris Hart reveals, “We are seeing young women weaponise humour to push back against years of unrealistic wife material checklists. It’s satire, but the applause shows how tired many are of double standards,” he explained.
Baby Ras later clarified in a follow-up live session that the list is 70 percent comedy and 30 percent “non-negotiable standards”.
She revealed she has already received over 12,000 DMs from hopeful suitors, including one engineer who sent a 48-slide PowerPoint titled “Why I Deserve to Be Mr Wanjiru” complete with Gantt charts of proposed cleaning schedules and meal plans. “Three guys have changed names to Mr Wanjiru at Huduma Centre. Kenyan men are down bad,” she laughed.
Baby Ras says shortlisted candidates will face a cook-off and emotional intelligence exam in January. “If you can’t make chapati round and cry during Titanic, keep your salary,” she warned.
Whether the list remains comedy or becomes Kenya’s most controversial bride price ever, one thing is clear: Baby Ras has turned the tables on traditional marriage expectations, and the entire country is here for the drama.
