The Best Heartwarmingly Wholesome Memes and Posts of the Week (December 28, 2023)

With the Christmas food coma ever so gradually subsiding, it’s time to think about the next holiday-related milestone: our New Year’s resolutions. Famously, many of us struggle to hold ourselves to the promises we made at the beginning of a fresh 365-plus days. We tend to hold ourselves to standards that are too high, or …
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‘We NEED human connection’: Opportunistic App Developers Get Roasted for Announcing AI Girlfriend App

It’s no news to anybody that romantic relationships just seem more difficult these days. Dating apps now seem to be the best bet when it comes to finding love, but they don’t seem to make it easy. On top of that, those who do find somebody to couple up with may find that trying to …
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«I don’t have the heart to tell him»: Woman Breaks Down When Nobody Can Come to Boyfriend’s 30th Birthday, Sparks Debate About Male Friendships

Are men OK? The consensus from all kinds of far flung corners of the internet seems to be no. If there is one thing that Andrew Tate fanboys and ardent feminists agree on, it’s that they aren’t very good at this whole relationship business. This doesn’t only apply to the thorny subject of love, either. …
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Rib-Stealing Boyfriend Mooches Off a Friendly Potluck, Starting Beef When He Gets Uninvited From Future Parties

There are rules in socialized society that must be followed at all times. Please keep your pants on when you’re taking public transportation, please help old ladies cross the street, and pleasepleaseplease for the love of God bring something to a potluck when you’re asked to bring a dish.  Potlucks were invented so that the …
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Boyfriend Asks Girlfriend to Cover Bill and Tell Everyone He Paid, Sparks Debate About Money and Gender

It’s hard to know who should pay on a first date, especially between men and women. It’s nice to go even, but you also don’t want to step on anyone’s toes. I have guy friends who enjoy covering the check and see it as an expression of affection. I have other guy friends who hate …
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Avoidant Dater Advocates For Relationship ‘Expiration Date’, Sparks Debate on Committed Romance

Ask a hundred different people what they want out of a relationship, and they’ll probably give a hundred different answers. However, one of the themes that would remain a constant is that of honesty. Even those who are not good at practicing what they preach usually desire to know where they stand in the vulnerable …
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29-Year-Old Man Brags About ‘Training’ His 19-Year-Old Girlfriend Into ‘The Perfect Woman For Him’

Age gap relationships are among my favorite and least favorite pieces of internet discourse. If I’m being honest, I have been a valiant defender of some age-gap relationships on Memebase. I don’t like when slight age gaps are blamed for other obvious issues in relationships, and I especially don’t like it when people infantilize perfectly …
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Woman Claims Couple’s Toxic Relationship is Caused By 7 Year Age Gap, Ignores Girlfriend’s Glaring Alcohol Problem

Age gap relationship discourse will never die. I’m convinced that we will be sitting in the nursing home someday, debating whether it’s a power imbalance for an 89-year-old and an 81-year-old to be with each other. For the record, it absolutely is, and any couple who is that age should be ashamed of themselves, especially …
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Weird Memes That Are Weird

I feel like weirdness has been greatly destigmatized in society over the past 20 years. Either that, or we’ve broadened the definition of what it means to be weird so widely that the term has been rendered meaningless. My money’s on the latter because people will really come for you if you branch out beyond …
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25+ Crazy Stories That Drove People to Break Up with Their Significant Other

You might think you had it bad with an ex, but did you have it THIS bad? 4.8k folks chimed into this r/askreddit thread to share what made them end it with their significant other, and trust us, these stories do not disappoint.  Getting ghosted, forgetting a birthday, and even not even being down with …
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