Internet Husband

About

Internet Husband, also known as “Redditor’s Wife” or “Anon Wife”, is an image macro series featuring a photo of a woman standing in a doorway in pajamas, appearing rather distraught, while her husband is looking at a computer screen. The overlaid text typically describes the woman’s disappointment with her addicted Redditor husband, and references Internet culture in-jokes. Some of the derivatives reference other websites like 4chan.

Origin

The original image comes from a stock photo titled “Man working at computer with sad woman in background” that can be found on Gettyimages^[1] and Fotosearch.^[2] The earliest occurance on Reddit was on May 18th, 2011, in a thread titled “The door swings both ways”.^[3] The post was made as a response to another Reddit thread titled “I must admit I’ve thought of this myself” featuring the following image of a man lying awake in bed:^[4]

It was not referred to as “Redditor’s Wife” until May 20th 2011 in an image posted to the /r/AdviceAnimals subreddit. ^[5]

Spread

The blog Blame It On The Voices posted several Redditor’s Wife derivatives titled “Meme Alert: Redditor’s Wife” on May 26th, 2011.^[6] On June 2nd anotther compilation of derivatives were posted to the blog Uproxx.^[7]

Derivatives can be found on Tumblr^[8], on Memegenerator as “Anon Wife”^[9], and sometimes on FunnyJunk as “Funnyjunker’s Wife”.^[10]

Notable Derivatives

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External Links

^[1]Getty Images – Man working at computer with sad woman in background

^[2]Fotosearch – Man working at computer with sad woman in background

^[3]Reddit – The door swings both ways / 5/18/2011

^[4]Reddit – I must admit, I’ve thought this myself / 5/18/2011

^[5]Reddit – Redditor’s Wife / 5/20/2011

^[6]Blame It On The Voices – Meme Alert: Redditor’s Wife / 5/26/2011

^[7]UPROXX – 10 Redditor’s Wife Meme Variations That Have Definitely Happened IRL / 6/2/2011

^[8]Tumblr – #redditors wife

^[9]Memegenerator – Anon Wife

^[10]FunnyJunk – Funnyjunker’s Wife