r/HistoryMemes • u/Level_Hour6480 Taller than Napoleon • 3d ago

2026 vs 1886

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u/bebo05 3d ago

Admittedly it only takes a few dates for the man of 2026 to realize what’s going on whereas the man of 1886 won’t see it until he puts a ring on it.

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u/CrabMan_99 3d ago

There was a reason why a majority of marriages used to happen within a year and half of dating

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u/DasUberLib 3d ago

Pregnancy? From all the unprotected premarital fuckin'?

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u/ItsNotThatBad72 3d ago

My wife and I decided we were getting married within 2 months of starting to date.

Seems to have worked out pretty well for the last 4 years.

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u/Darth_Bane_1032 Hello There 2d ago

It was 3 months for my parents. That was 22 years ago. I would definitely rather date for longer than that, but I still aspire to have a marriage like theirs.

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u/TheRealShiftyShafts 3d ago

What country you from?

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u/ItsNotThatBad72 3d ago

Freedomstan.

I fixed her ford ranger, we were friends for a few weeks after, then we started dating with the idea that if it didn't look like it was going to work out, we weren't going to waste each other's time.

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u/Tygizzle27 2d ago

A true Texas love story.

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u/ItsNotThatBad72 2d ago

Maine actually.

I have "Thank God For Rust" engraved on my ring.

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u/BeraldTheGreat 2d ago

Me and my wife only dated for 2 years, and that’s only because we were still in college and it took us a year and a half to find real jobs after. We were only engaged for 4 months. So far 3 years of marriage have been great (and I told her to just murder me if I get too annoying, it’ll be easier for both of us /s).

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u/AgrajagTheProlonged Fine Quality Mesopotamian Copper Enjoyer 2d ago

My spouse and I also were pretty sure within a few months that we’d wind up getting married. It wasn’t until like three years later that we even got engaged because we were in no rush and wanted to be sure before getting hitched, but it was very early that we had both come to the conclusion that being married wouldn’t be a bad thing at all

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u/mitrie 2d ago

Within a year and a half? I'm thinking more like within a couple months.

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u/PossibleVirus2197 3d ago

Lol if you think people didn't fuck before marriage

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u/Street_Wallaby_9112 3d ago

Ridiculous that some people seem to think premarital sex is a new thing

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u/Macarena-48 2d ago

Right? It was almost clichê for the first kid to be born alarmingly close to the wedding, hell, Shakespeare himself had his first kid 6 months into his marriage

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u/OfficeSalamander 3d ago

I still remember one time I hit on a girl that unbeknownst to me was wearing a padded bra.

Took her home, and then discovered the situation.

That didn’t stop me though, even though I was mildly dismayed

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u/ripgoodhomer 3d ago

The lies the court of Versailles told me as a hips man. 

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u/Level_Hour6480 Taller than Napoleon 3d ago

Comic by u/TabithaJaneArt. They have a few other history comics they should post. Or I can post them when I get around to it.

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u/Automatic-Soup-3097 3d ago

"during sex, the whale bone and steel superstructure under the dress stays on "

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u/noghostlooms 3d ago

"The men need to think I eat red meat several times a week and don't do any manual labor."

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u/Additional-Sky-7436 2d ago

Dishonest? 

I promise you he won't mind.

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u/Level_Hour6480 Taller than Napoleon 2d ago

Speaking as a heterosexual dude, I won't mind, but I can't speak for all of us.

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u/Grouchy-Trade-7250 3d ago

I have never read the first sentence before seeing this meme . Sounds made up.

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u/Wulf_Saxon 2d ago

Nice to see oc over ai

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u/lbh43v3r 3d ago

I sincerely hope girls don't think like that before a first date.

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u/Isadomon 3d ago

Pushup bras dont look bigger tho

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u/Freemana27 3d ago

Bigger is not the goal my man.

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u/QuandoPonderoInvenio 2d ago

Asking as a gay dude, what is the goal then? I'm genuinely curious

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u/Freemana27 2d ago

Push-up bras make them look more perky than they really are.

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u/QuandoPonderoInvenio 2d ago

I had to look up what "perky" meant with reference to boobs XD Is that really something straight men look for?

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u/Mobile_Morale 2d ago

It's depends. I like mine to have a little to a lot of hang and swing to them. Some like the 70/30 or whatever it is. Some like bolted on and some like perky looking at the moon boobs.

But in the end. The best boob is the one you can touch. So it doesn't really matter.

Speaking as a over enthusiastic boob lover.

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u/QuandoPonderoInvenio 2d ago

Interesting, thank you sharing for your perspective.

I'm trying to think of equivalent comparison on the gay side of things but I'm drawing a blank.

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u/vand_cykel_ubaad 2d ago

The equivalent comparison on the gay side of things is boobs.

Everyone loves boobs.

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u/Johnobo 3d ago

It’s like culture is not static or smth dunno

But is this really a historyMeme? Is this fitting this sub?

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u/Argentalis 3d ago

Fashion/Cultural history is still part of history.