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As anyone who had access to the internet in 2017 knows, the Distracted Boyfriend Meme was one of the most popular memes of the year. In fact, it was so popular that, as far as I saw, it was the only meme to receive internet-wide recognition as a Halloween costume.
But what do we really know about these three people in the Distracted Boyfriend Meme photo? Other than the boyfriend is obviously a complete douchebag, I mean.
Welp, thanks to the internet, and more specifically one man on Twitter named Andrew J. Abernathy, we are not only finally getting the backstory to the people in photo, we are also, most importantly, getting some closure… sort of.
After discovering the stock photo while at work, Abernathy soon learned that there were many other photos featuring these people which led to a story that I am sure will soon be optioned into a feature film by someone in Hollywood.
Looking up stock photos for work and I think I found "distracted bf" girl. pic.twitter.com/pU4flzuLDT
— Andrew J Abernathy 鍾偉中心 (@ajabernathy) November 20, 2017
https://twitter.com/ajabernathy/status/932689256409124864
https://twitter.com/ajabernathy/status/932689583279607809
https://twitter.com/ajabernathy/status/932689890994720768
https://twitter.com/ajabernathy/status/932690093176971264
https://twitter.com/ajabernathy/status/932690238694141953
https://twitter.com/ajabernathy/status/932690434706591745
https://twitter.com/ajabernathy/status/932690906834198528
https://twitter.com/ajabernathy/status/932691048500953088
https://twitter.com/ajabernathy/status/932695945309024256
https://twitter.com/ajabernathy/status/932693207942561792
https://twitter.com/ajabernathy/status/932691161805983744
https://twitter.com/ajabernathy/status/932693821003124736
https://twitter.com/ajabernathy/status/932694267390255109
https://twitter.com/ajabernathy/status/932694368766644224
https://twitter.com/ajabernathy/status/932695031265275904
https://twitter.com/ajabernathy/status/932695303173607425
https://twitter.com/ajabernathy/status/932695736025845764
https://twitter.com/ajabernathy/status/932696130441408513
https://twitter.com/ajabernathy/status/932696618884845569
Wow. These two… they really need to go their separate ways. Unfortunately, according to Abernathy, it doesn’t appear that this is going to be happening anytime soon…
https://twitter.com/ajabernathy/status/932694705590226944
https://twitter.com/ajabernathy/status/932697206355890176
Maybe… just MAYBE… considering the fact that there are 30 more pages of photos of this couple someone else out there can piece together a happier story for these two kids.
And if they do, we are so here for it.
Stay tuned…