About
POV: We’re Cavewomen and I’m Telling You About My Ex, also known as the Cavewomen Trend, Cavegirls Trend or Talking Like a Cavewoman Trend, refers to a series of videos, a part of a TikTok[1] trend, in which women talked like a cavewoman (or a cavegirl) when telling a story about their lives. The aforementioned POV[2] catchphrase[3] was the most common caption for the videos, in which the female TikToker told a story about their ex-boyfriend or husband while speaking like a cavewoman. The dialect involves using “me” in place of “I” and other possessive, first-person pronouns, among other humorous simplifications of speech meant to sound primitive.
Origin
On September 26th, 2025, TikToker @em.brdly shared a video of herself with the caption, “POV: we’re cavewomen and I’m telling you about my evil ex.” She talked like a cavewoman in the video, meaning that she talked in a simplified form, replacing the “I” pronoun and other first-person possessive pronouns with “me.” The video was posted as a reply to a comment on a precursor, since-deleted video, likely following the same premise. Over 10 days, the video received over 587,000 likes.
@em.brdly Replying to @aaron me think me might be oversharing … but me think it funny! #evilex ♬ Clair de lune/Debussy – もつ[4][5][6]
Earlier that month, on September 7th, TikToker @tiny_tobasco posted a skit about a conversation between two cavewomen, paired with the POV caption, “POV: The cave girl you think mean but she girl’s girl.” The video received over 376,400 likes in a month.
@tiny_tobasco She gives so freely #cavegirl ♬ original sound – Ansley[7][8][9]
Video skits in which the premise relied on talking like a cavewoman were also shared before 2025.
For instance, on August 11th, 2024, TikToker @jennajennajenn shared a video about a beauty pageant mom from 10,000 B.C., in which she spoke like a cavewoman with an American Southern accent. Over one year, the video received over 173,800 likes.
TikToker @jennajennajenn then posted a similar skit on September 16th, 2024, about a Pick Me Girl[10] from 10,000 B.C. Over one year, it gained roughly 201,500 likes.
@jennajennajenn Replying to @I’m Married OOPS me just one of guy #pickme ♬ original sound – Jenna Hall[11][12][13]
Spread
On September 29th, 2025, TikToker @tiny_tobasco added to the trend and tagged @em.brdly. She showed herself telling a similar story in a cavewoman cadence, paired with the caption, “POV we’re cavegirls and me tell you about my ex and my revenge.” Over one week, the video received over 102,300 likes.
@tiny_tobasco Me love this trend!!! Inspired by @em ♬ original sound – Ansley[14][15]
On October 4th, TikToker @p1nkb0ww0 shared a video of herself “talking about my date to you” as a cavewoman, gaining over 183,100 likes in two days.
@p1nkb0ww0 boy eat my POP CORN LMFOAO #creatorsearchinsights #fyp #viral #cave #piercing ♬ Piano famous song Chopin Deep deep clear beauty – RYOpianoforte[16][17][18][19][20][21][22]
On October 5th, 2025, TikToker @mydrafts475374 shared a video following the same premise as the original, paired with the caption, “POV: we’re cavewomen and I’m telling you about my evil ex.” The video received over 137,900 likes in a day.
@mydrafts475374 please someone laugh at this #fyp #foryoupage #cavewoman #storytime #ex ♬ Chopin’s Nocturne No. 2 Original Song(813987) – East Valley Music[23][24][25][26][27][28][29]
Various Examples
https://www.tiktok.com/embed/v2/7557119994560040223[30]
https://www.tiktok.com/embed/v2/7557049380101000461[31]
https://www.tiktok.com/embed/v2/7555653200045509919[32]
https://www.tiktok.com/embed/v2/7556509071470316830[33]
Search Interest
External References
References
- ^ TikTok (knowyourmeme.com)
- ^ POV (knowyourmeme.com)
- ^ catchphrase (knowyourmeme.com)
- ^ @em.brdly (www.tiktok.com)
- ^ evilex (www.tiktok.com)
- ^ ♬ Clair de lune/Debussy – もつ (www.tiktok.com)
- ^ @tiny_tobasco (www.tiktok.com)
- ^ cavegirl (www.tiktok.com)
- ^ ♬ original sound – Ansley (www.tiktok.com)
- ^ Pick Me Girl (knowyourmeme.com)
- ^ @jennajennajenn (www.tiktok.com)
- ^ pickme (www.tiktok.com)
- ^ ♬ original sound – Jenna Hall (www.tiktok.com)
- ^ @tiny_tobasco (www.tiktok.com)
- ^ ♬ original sound – Ansley (www.tiktok.com)
- ^ @p1nkb0ww0 (www.tiktok.com)
- ^ creatorsearchinsights (www.tiktok.com)
- ^ fyp (www.tiktok.com)
- ^ viral (www.tiktok.com)
- ^ cave (www.tiktok.com)
- ^ piercing (www.tiktok.com)
- ^ ♬ Piano famous song Chopin Deep deep clear beauty – RYOpianoforte (www.tiktok.com)
- ^ @mydrafts475374 (www.tiktok.com)
- ^ fyp (www.tiktok.com)
- ^ foryoupage (www.tiktok.com)
- ^ cavewoman (www.tiktok.com)
- ^ storytime (www.tiktok.com)
- ^ ex (www.tiktok.com)
- ^ ♬ Chopin’s Nocturne No. 2 Original Song(813987) – East Valley Music (www.tiktok.com)
- ^ https://www.tiktok.com/embed/v2/7557119994560040223 (www.tiktok.com)
- ^ https://www.tiktok.com/embed/v2/7557049380101000461 (www.tiktok.com)
- ^ https://www.tiktok.com/embed/v2/7555653200045509919 (www.tiktok.com)
- ^ https://www.tiktok.com/embed/v2/7556509071470316830 (www.tiktok.com)