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'Distracted boyfriend' meme responsible for amazing fan-fiction

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Everything makes sense after looking at the history the couple share.

Everything makes sense after looking at the history the couple share.

The "distracted boyfriend" meme has been an instant classic since going viral earlier this year.

People put various captions or images over a stock photo of a man checking out another woman while getting a look of evil from his girlfriend, with often hilarious results.

Okay, this is my favorite distracted boyfriend meme pic.twitter.com/lahPD5Oh0s

— Blake (@CoolHipsterName) November 8, 2017

distracted boyfriend or distracted donalson ? pic.twitter.com/F27zdb0MYU

— janie (@janiiie_bila) October 13, 2017

Thanks to photographer Antonio Guillem's publicly accessible portfolio, Andrew J Abernathy recently found multiple images of the characters from the popular meme.

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"Looking up stock photos for work and I think I found 'distracted bf' girl," he wrote.

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

In what could only be described as an act of sheer brilliance, Mr Abernathly used the images to create fan-fiction stories relating to the characters.

After being blatantly disrespected by her bf on the streets, it looks like she is also having trouble with homework. pic.twitter.com/fi0gsecpgQ

— Andrew J Abernathy 鍾偉中心 (@ajabernathy) November 20, 2017

Looks like she didn't learn her lesson and they're buying something expensive together. pic.twitter.com/BYwIB1NsDV

— Andrew J Abernathy 鍾偉中心 (@ajabernathy) November 20, 2017

OH NO GIRL THAT'S BAD NEWS. pic.twitter.com/4mRFqVa9C1

— Andrew J Abernathy 鍾偉中心 (@ajabernathy) November 20, 2017

That man is a deadbeat and you knew it! Now look what happened. pic.twitter.com/jgnZGT7JxG

— Andrew J Abernathy 鍾偉中心 (@ajabernathy) November 20, 2017

What did I tell you? He gone. pic.twitter.com/z6C0Lh0D6w

— Andrew J Abernathy 鍾偉中心 (@ajabernathy) November 20, 2017

Doesn't look like they're keeping whatever expensive thing they bought together. pic.twitter.com/EejH87Hy3k

— Andrew J Abernathy 鍾偉中心 (@ajabernathy) November 20, 2017

Things aren't looking up for her right now. pic.twitter.com/Mg4ei6Dltv

— Andrew J Abernathy 鍾偉中心 (@ajabernathy) November 20, 2017

Why are you surprised?!?! The man showed you what he was! pic.twitter.com/8CjXtH9WYE

— Andrew J Abernathy 鍾偉中心 (@ajabernathy) November 20, 2017

You better not take him back. pic.twitter.com/ct0n0QmptQ

— Andrew J Abernathy 鍾偉中心 (@ajabernathy) November 20, 2017

TBH, this is pretty egregious. pic.twitter.com/tWZkKU6PE4

— Andrew J Abernathy 鍾偉中心 (@ajabernathy) November 20, 2017

WHAT COULD HAVE TURNED THE TABLES?! pic.twitter.com/CavujTi401

— Andrew J Abernathy 鍾偉中心 (@ajabernathy) November 20, 2017

Girl. After this? Zero excuses! pic.twitter.com/dEmSH58dgf

— Andrew J Abernathy 鍾偉中心 (@ajabernathy) November 20, 2017

The red flags just piled up and piled up didn't they? pic.twitter.com/JslCA38kZO

— Andrew J Abernathy 鍾偉中心 (@ajabernathy) November 20, 2017

I HOPE THAT'S IMPENDING LEGAL ACTION BRUH pic.twitter.com/XYLYt43H2A

— Andrew J Abernathy 鍾偉中心 (@ajabernathy) November 20, 2017

This is REALLY detailed for a stock photo... pic.twitter.com/gx4Qpm7T7r

— Andrew J Abernathy 鍾偉中心 (@ajabernathy) November 20, 2017

I could spend the rest of the day on this because I've only gotten through 14 of the 44 pages these two have together. There might be an "attempted murder" photo by page 30! I'll leave on this one.

GIRL YOU KNEW WHAT HE WAS!! pic.twitter.com/PcEAJKMNHa

— Andrew J Abernathy 鍾偉中心 (@ajabernathy) November 20, 2017

By the way, I'm not kidding here. There are 40+ pages of these two living their best/worst lives together. pic.twitter.com/MOyt5tpvTB

— Andrew J Abernathy 鍾偉中心 (@ajabernathy) November 20, 2017
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