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Stories behind 30 stock photos of unhappy couples

Slacktory's Nick Douglas captions some of the funniest stock art on the Web. 

 

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Posted on Mar 21, 2013   Updated on Jun 1, 2021, 9:03 pm CDT

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“How did she see my tattoo? I covered it with two tank tops!”

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“Sara, give up this charade, admit I look like David Bowie, and all will be well again. You could be a hero, just for one day.”

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The first night it was actually pretty cool, but now the novelty’s worn off. How did he learn to snore in dubstep?

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Duckface girl thought she’d finally found a compatible partner. But maybe he was… too compatible?

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“Every part of your genetically inferior body that touches my goddess-shell is like a thousand needles of pain.”

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What you don’t see is he’s poking her ass with his finger and pretending it’s his dick.

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“Mom and I can’t look each other in the eyes, but I’m gonna get major karma on /r/IAmA.”

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Turns out he’s a Christian. She can stay over, but only at the foot of the bed. The bed’s pure white to motivate him to keep it unstained.

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They’re not fighting, they’re just having a fart war.

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“Well what pattern wouldn’t make my legs look fat, Kenneth?”

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Months of couples counseling revealed that their sex life was perfectly fine when she took off her slippers.

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Just off-screen are each of their spouses.

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“Now you understand why I’m so skittish about anal.”

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“Aw, we sneezed at the same time! Hand me your phone, I’m Vining this. Get a sneeze ready.”

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This is definitely a pose normal people make ever.

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“It’s not you I’m mad at. It’s that some conservative blog is probably going to unsubtly use this photo in a story about the Obamas and it’ll be the only thing anyone tweets about for a week.”

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They both submitted this as their senior pic.

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“Honey, come to bed, this is not how you write a novel. Oh my god, okay, I’ll teach you tomorrow how to write a novel, Ray. Ray, whatever your personal opinion, Stephanie Meyer probably worked really hard.”

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They said you could watch “Adventure Time” with them in bed, not have adventure time. Jesus, man, it’s a kids’ show.

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“I want him to undo this ribbon, but he just wants to teach me Beyblades.”

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“Yeah, he’s making this toddler-face at me. Well I’m sorry but you’re not 911 you’re 311 so you don’t have more important calls to take.”

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She wears lipstick for their fights now. She knows it makes him think he must be wrong.

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“It’s pronounced ‘doobluh-entendre’ and tomorrow we’ll ask everyone and you will be so embarrassed.”

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“Listen, do I have to smack you? Because I really don’t want to, it makes me uncomfortable. How about if I just bring my hand real close is that… does that get you hot? Honey are you role-playing being frustrated or is this actually you?”

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“The Starbucks macchiato is not a real macchiato.”

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“Golly gee, how did I get myself into this mess?” asked Spunky Serena, childhood TV star. “I’m already a month late on rent, and the john stiffed me! But if I get a ‘pimp’ he’ll just skim off a ridiculous percentage…”

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“He’s seriously never heard of Google Finance. How the fuck is he making this much in capital gains?”

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She can’t force him to not wear his work shirt to bed. But she’s pretty sure he hasn’t taken it off in three days, and she’s gonna give up a lot sooner than he will.

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“Lifestreaming? What the hell kind of a career is lifestreaming?”

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“Oh my god, I fucked Downs Syndrome Tom Cruise.”

By Nick Douglas

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*First Published: Mar 21, 2013, 8:00 am CDT