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Plot twist: the distracted boyfriend meme had an update

A tweet has gone viral after it brought to the wider community the surprise ending to a story we all thought we knew – that of the “distracted boyfriend” meme. Here’s how the drama played out, according to @_conradsleet‘s very popular post.

It starts with the familiar image …

And continues by showing us that Distracted Boyfriend remains distracted despite proposing to the woman we can only assume is called “Pissed-off Girlfriend.

It looks like they live in a really small town, too, because the distraction turns up a lot

Including here, where it looks like she’s the girlfriend, but let’s not muddy the waters – it’s clear that the women have clicked.

The boyfriend is an also-ran …

Just an anecdote about exes for the engagement party.

Or the wedding.

Mope all you like, dude. You blew it.

The images had been posted some months ago to an apparently now deleted post on Facebook by someone named “Dash”, but it was clear that the distracted boyfriend’s karma was news to a lot of people, like these.

But @electricpunany was distracted by an important detail.

So, the moral of the story is either “Don’t be a creep.” or “Buy more shirts.” Maybe both.

Source: Conrad Images: Conrad, courtesy of Antonio Guillem