A healthy relationship is based on honesty, truth, and respect. But sometimes, it’s about seeing the lighthearted side of life and love, as represented by the images you’re about to see.
These photos are from the “Relationship Memes” Facebook group. With over a million followers, it features funny, witty posts about being with a significant other. Many of them are very relatable, which is likely why this page has a huge following.
Scroll through this list and see which ones resonate with you the most.
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My translator brain is delighting in this. After all, we have the same German word (umfahren) for driving around something and mowing someone down. Heheh
Paradise By The Dashboard Lights. The first time I heard that song, I burst out laughing at the end.
I forget the comedian's name, but I will always remember the bit; "I wrote a poem recently about my ex girlfriend...it's called 'I Miss Her Sometimes' *clears throat* I ran into my ex girlfriend the other day. I backed up and ran into her again...I miss her sometimes"
Explain to me how these are funny. [ https://fox5sandiego.com/news/local-news/man-runs-over-girlfriend-in-ocean-beach-before-getting-shot-police/ ] [ https://www.wave3.com/story/26315504/man-runs-over-ex-girlfriend-with-car/ ] [ https://cowboystatedaily.com/2024/01/03/cheyenne-man-accused-of-running-over-ex-girlfriends-head-blames-rumors/ ]
Upvotred you. I trauma laugh, it's an instinctive reaction. A lot of us deal with the trauma that is our lives with dark humor. It helps to minimize the pain and awfulness of the world and it's headlines. By minimizing, these horrors become easier to deal and set aside so we can function. I laughed all the way thru my grandma's funeral. Twent-one years later and I still desperately miss that woman.
Load More Replies...Psychology professor Máire Ford previously spoke with Bored Panda about how romantic relationships can enhance one’s life. She explained the importance of a deeper connection with a significant other compared to a friend or acquaintance.
“For example, with a significant other we can expect a certain level of responsivity to our needs. If we need support because we are going through a hard time, we will typically find it easier to rely on those who are closest to us, such as our significant others, versus those with whom we have a more casual relationship.”
I love that I am reading this when I have been single my whole life
Hell I’m reading this while waiting for my first girlfriend to decide weather she actually likes me or not. 6 months of dating and only now she thinks to mention that she may or may not be interested in me at all.
Load More Replies...YESSS!! the only car that'll make me swoon is a van filled with croissants, cheese, sushi, nachos, cheesecake, brownie... the list goes on 😆😅
For me it would be an Ecto-1 (OG design), a BMW Isetta, or a Peel-P50
One of those little vans that pull up in a lay by and serve veg samosa and pani puri
This is sweet. Dying of laughter has to be the best way to go, even solo.
We had 24 years together full of laughter and pain and joy and everything else in-between. I have lots of fun memories, but THE best was one morning when we were just lying in bed and talking about whatever was in our heads that day, nothing special. Then I said something funny, no idea what now, and we spent what felt like the next hour just laughing. You know that breathless laugh where you think you really might keel over and die from lack of oxygen? Yeah, back and forth full body laughter. That's the memory that will keep me warm in the nursing home.
You know how sometimes you have a talk with your significant other, maybe about something another couple did, or what you saw in a store or something and you end up both realizing that the other person is still the best "fit" for you? I get goose bumps when this happens.
Right? Pictures from my then 60-year-old hubby's 16th birthday looked exactly the same minus the mustache it took him 40 years to grow, lol. Man could eat a family size lasagna and ask for dessert while I'm snacking on rice cakes over here.
Load More Replies...My wife blames me for making her gain 60 pounds since marriage! (I love to cook, she loves to eat, and snack, and snack...)
How did those two cats get so heavy in such a short time. Especially the cat on the left. I know. The owners probably feed them whatever the cats wanted.
Yea we have a cat named Lucy and she’s a year and a half old and fatter than our 6 year old cat. By like 4 pounds…
Diet food. Before it becomes arthritis from the weight and a 200 dollar a month pain shot plus expensive diet food. The pain is real
Load More Replies...Neuroscientists like Dr. Lucy Brown have been studying the human brain when a person is in love. According to her findings, the brain region activated by romantic love is the same part connected to addressing basic needs like food and water.
Interestingly, this connection between love and basic survival instincts is why love memes often resonate so deeply with people. They capture the intensity and simplicity of these emotions in a humorous way.
“It’s the area of the brain that controls things like swallowing and other basic reflexes,” Dr. Brown told the American Psychological Association. “While we often think about romantic love as this euphoric, amorphous thing and as a complex emotion, the activation we see in this very basic part of the brain is telling us that romantic love is actually a drive to fulfill a basic need.”
This was my favourite part of the pandemic, all those dinosaurs taking out the trash.
Me and boyfriend absolutely cannot be serious around each other
If you ever get too mature to stroll down the street wearing a dinosaur costume, then I feel sorry for you 😉
The pupper knows about the others. And the pupper can smell your lies, hooman.
I love the wisdom on his little face! You'll be getting lots of extra treats tonight, doglet!
Don't forget cats! *grabs a slice of pizza and dashes under the sofa to eat it*
*does double-take thinking I saw a sofa steal a slice of pizza*
Load More Replies...No. Not me. Not this pizza. I'd prefer a few smaller pizzas because the crust is the best part. Fight me
We had those same Corelle dishes as a kid. And yes, they do break into nasty razor-sharp shards of flesh-slicing nastiness.
Yes, but until that day, they were the strongest plates you owned, what's that all about?
Load More Replies...Yes, I just don't like the ham and there are too few vegetarian pineapple-pizzas :-(
Load More Replies...I worked in a Midwestern pizza place for a while. Cutting a round pizza into squares offended every cell in my East Coast body
It would be my dog's that try stealing the pizza. Furry little beggars!
Romantic feelings are much more pronounced during the early parts of the relationship, otherwise known as the honeymoon stage. For many, those emotions fade as the years pass.
However, studies show that humans are biologically programmed to stick with their partners, regardless of how good or bad things can get. As Dr. Brown explains, this is all thanks to the brain’s basal ganglia region, which is responsible for motor control.
“This is an area of the brain heavily involved in promoting attachment, giving humans and other mammals the ability to stick it out even when things aren’t going quite so well.”
My mother is a typical wife in this respect. I'm not. Mr Auntriarch is. Must be a case of Discworld genetics
My husband will quote things I said 10 years ago I can't even recall I said or why.
Load More Replies...Funny how that total recall function only works on the negative moments, while compliments and little gestures of affection land in the spam folder.
I'm sorry that's been your experience. I remember the compliments and I appreciate the gestures of affection my wife gives me everyday.
Load More Replies...Me - casually wondering if my old man ears would look like that if the barber didn't trim them when I get my haircut.
Almost certainly not. Source: Mr Auntriarch's barber is forbidden to trim his ears because I happen to like the Spock look, and they don't get any worse.
Load More Replies...According to research, long-term love also activates more cognitive areas in the brain, the mirror neuron system. It is the region that helps a person anticipate the actions of their loved ones.
“People in love have this symbiotic, synergistic connection thanks to the mirror neuron system, and that’s why we often say some couples are better together than the sum of their parts,” said neuroscientist Dr. Stephanie Cacioppo. “Love makes us sharper and more creative thinkers.”
For about a minute, oh yeah, lean your random body parts all over me, skin-to-skin action, baby, woohoo! By about the two-minute mark, I am now BOILING hot and want you nowhere near me!
Hm... No, Not for me. Our rule is not to go to go sleep while angry (at each other). It may sink in deeper which is very unhealthy for a relationship. It had to be spoken out or at least we have to say it's a patt situation, let's hug to show we love each other and accept that there is no agreement but we tried to figure it out. Also, I couldn't sleep with all this feelings and thoughts
I always find it hilarious when people talk about collusion in poker. I may share a bank account with you, you may have given birth to me, I might've let you copy off my science paper in third grade, but if we're playing Pot Limit Omaha, you are going DOWN.
I genuinely think I was an inch away from being single the night my girlfriend at the time and I played Mario Party
Whether it's on the race-track or whilst playing cards, there is no such thing as love and friendship. >:-) My ex learned that the hard way.
Oxytocin, dopamine, and phenethylamine are three chemicals associated with falling in love. According to licensed psychologist and sex therapist Dr. Rachel Needle, these chemicals function similarly to amphetamine.
“Falling in love is associated with increased energy, narrowing of mental focus, sometimes sweaty palms, light-headedness, racing heart, and a lot of positive feelings,” Dr. Needle said in an article published by South University in Savannah, Georgia.
Like the saying goes... I had a hoodie, but she took it. So I went out and bought the exact same hoodie. Fool that I am... she now has two hoodies! Oh, and all of my T-Shirts belong to her when demanded. AND, her french fries and just my french fries on the wrong plate.
There is a point when romantic love evolves into a longer-term commitment. Psychology professor Elizabeth Kane explained this process in another interview with South University.
“Romantic love evolves when one feels a sense of interdependence, attachment, and that their psychological needs are being met. Some researchers say oxytocin plays a part in the evolution of romantic love as it is released in the brain during orgasm, which contributes to the couple’s ability to bond with one another.”
Except the feline small animal also has its butt in your face.
Load More Replies...Except in our household it’s me on the edge of the bed with little or no blankets and hubby who’s all the way over my side.
My husband 😂 his pillow is in the middle of the bed, mine is next to his at the edge, it tells the whole story
No one is going to get wet butt syndrome from a cluttered vanity.
No one who actually looks before sitting is going to get it either ;)
Load More Replies...Everyone should close the lid, but barring that, everyone should put the seat down because everyone has to sit. If you s**t standing up, you have bigger issues
The seat should be down because the lid should be down. The lid isn't decorative.
There's a kid's toothbrush, so the owner of all this makeup and haircare obviously does not care about their own belongings. It's all getting knocked into the sink
Wanna get revenge? leave a small plunger in the toilet and unscrew the light bulb.
Of course the lid must be closed. Otherwise she has to go fishing everytime she knocks something over.
I've never encountered this myself, because I expect everyone to be busy, so people dont have to make excuses. But I've done it to other family members when they talk non-stop and drain my battery. Physical and cell.
Many people believe that love and fate go hand in hand, thanks to images and concepts conjured by Hollywood. Some subscribe to the idea that a relationship is a failure once the “spark” fades. But according to Dr. Needle, it’s all a myth.
“Get rid of the myth that these things should just happen spontaneously and that there is something wrong with the relationship because you are not all over each other every minute, as when you began the relationship. The truth is that you have to put in time and energy and make a conscious effort to sustain the relationship and the passion.”
My brother is a catch! Kind, intelligent, protective, silly with the kids, works hard and earns well.
Aww, that sounds like my brother. I hope your sister in law appreciates him
Load More Replies...What I want to know if how does one get to this point? Who broaches the idea that you should start wearing matching outfits? Where do you find matching outfits? I've been with my partner for 17 years this year, he's 40, I'm almost, I feel like it might be time?
The dgafs are coming Danielle, and when they arrive and are fully assembled you will know...you will know
Load More Replies...They look so cute! *puts out a bowl of pretzels* Here, soft can-openers. Who's the good kittens?
Notice the cane between his feet. He's legally blind, the brighter her dress the better for him to find her
Which, hear me out. Which could be more fun? Super secret matching outfits! Or I'm very drugged this fine morning
Load More Replies...easy to see why his shorts don't match his shirt.Only so much material was ever made.
Keeping a relationship thriving requires time and effort. Professor Kane reminds everyone of this, particularly that staying in love is also a choice.
“To be romantic is to make a choice to wake up each day and ask yourself what you can do today to let your lover know they are adored. Have fun in your romance and remember that the more effort you put into your romantic relationship, the more love you will receive in return. Be the partner that you seek and live a life filled with passion and romance.”
I feel like you've never had a jar visibly insult you by existing
Load More Replies...Arthritic thumbs, so it doesn't matter how angry I get, the jar still beats me
Load More Replies...I am quite strong and fully capable of lifting heavy stuff, however my hands are much smaller than my boyfriend hands, also when cooking hands can be wet or greasy therefore I will have hardly any grip on the lid of a jar, therefore it will cost you much more strength to open it...
Someone's girlfriends need anger management, or someone has to stop annoy them.
However, there is a flip side to being in love that isn’t often discussed. The University of Indiana conducted an experiment revealing that the mental functions of people who reported feeling “intensely in love” showed the same brain activity associated with cocaine addiction.
“Activation of areas involved in cocaine addiction may help explain the obsessive behaviors associated with rejection in love,” said researcher Helen Fisher, who led the experiment.
Just in case anyone doesn't already know : this is WILDLY illegal. Do NOT try this. A rear impact from someone -- even just a scooter or a bike -- will cave this man's skull in.
Not illegal everywhere. Just in places that have roads and motor vehicles.
Load More Replies...Ok, that's love. I can't imagine anyone in the trunk holding plants just for some pizza.
Crocs are amazing, and you can't tell me otherwise. They are literally good for anything except fashion.
Telling that to the dude on the football team who doesn't even know I exist
Our little boy loves it when my husband does this to him - pretending to eat his chin and cheeks! His uncontrolled chortles are the best sound ever!
Bp censorship is wild. Like...how do you find the middle finger offensive?
I think it's not BP. When BP censore pics there is a "censored" word in picture link. You can delete it and see original photo. :D
Load More Replies...What am I looking at here? Why does that guy have a wrench socket in his EAR?!
You'd think in this situation, though, he'd want to break free.
Load More Replies...This is how you create a toxic narcissist. I know he means well, but he's poisoning her mind.
You cant create a narcissist. They're already that way
Load More Replies...I'ts the equivalent to the toxic thoughts I have.
Load More Replies...My mom would go up to random people and peel their sunburns.
That is mean, and none of her business. If a random stranger touched my sunburn they would be lucky to walk away with a tongue lashing after a piercing scream of indignity.
Load More Replies...Ahhhh, social grooming. A cornerstone of any real relationship. This kind of comfort is only for those who really understand, and all others are just faking relationships.
Bae... as a non native English speaker, it always make me think of a sheep.
Not sure how Babe became Bae. Never used that word myself.o
Load More Replies...No one: Absolutely no one: Not a single soul on earth: Not even their mom: Me, who has been single for her whole life: mhm yep
Maybe we’ll get another gift that wipes out the humans
Load More Replies...Box AND packing peanuts! *jumps in and gets busy killing the peanuts*
My husband will be just in the basement and I STILL get mad he isn't responding.
Me with my bestie lol. She doesn’t like checking her phone.
I know the feeling. But then I laugh out loud at myself for being daft, then he wakes up says goodnight before going back to sleep. Is there a meaning in there somewhere
Okay this picture is both terrible and hilarious. Why does it even exist!
file this under "thing I'm going to hell for laughing at"
Load More Replies...I like to believe they had an argument last night and he told her "You don't have a leg to stand on"...so this morning, she's going "Hey guess what?"
I use a wheelchair and my bf walks so when we fake argue as a bit he goes up a flight of stairs and sits on the landing yo flex on me 😂 makes me die laughing every time
I I'm going to go to work now. Yes I know it's a bank holiday but even so
I like snickers. Cookies are good too but you'd have to have milk with them... What was I gonna say? Nevermind.
Not bad advice at all, if you wanna end up in court for sexual harassment.
In an actual relationship this is achieved by telling the other person to do this. It's called a request, and usually implies concent.
Load More Replies...that is what character.ai is for. or chai if you wanna get things more..you know what im saying.
This bad boy fetishisation really needs to stop. I know it's exciting, but how about considering the danger endorsing this toxic behaviour, puts the rest of us in?
Nah… he can have all the side hoes he wants, I just gotta know who they are.
I tried to say something witty but failed miserably because I have never been in a relationship. Kudos to those who have more wits than I.
I love how BP is playing fast and loose with the word "hilarious" as usual... Hilarious my a*s! (Yes, go on, censor me, I see you!)
I tried to say something witty but failed miserably because I have never been in a relationship. Kudos to those who have more wits than I.
I love how BP is playing fast and loose with the word "hilarious" as usual... Hilarious my a*s! (Yes, go on, censor me, I see you!)
