As someone that doesn't have an especially strong urge to have kids anytime soon, I'm often told things like: “It's a completely life-changing experience;” “your priorities are turned upside down;” and “nothing can describe the feeling you get when you first hold your own child in your hands.”
Now, I don't doubt for a second that the act of procreation fulfills one of the most basic and fundamental human needs and brings about incredible and joyous emotions that only a parent can really understand.
However, while parenting is surely amazing, rewarding and life-changing beyond words, it can also take its toll! From the calm, romantic, fun-loving and free couples of before to the flustered, stressed and vomit-stained parents of afterward, these photos amusingly highlight some of the change that all parents go through - and even though they will surely say that it was 100% worth it - meh, I'm still not quite convinced yet.
The 'before vs after parenting pics' trend was started by forty-something Brooklyn dad Mike Julianelle, who has a popular parenting blog that shares his experiences of being the father to two crazy sons. We had a previous post covering the first batch of hilarious examples, and they were so popular that we have come back with more! Scroll down to check them out for yourself, and let us know your thoughts and stories in the comments!
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#1 From Sex On The Beach To Dead On Her Feet! This Juxtaposition Almost Makes Me Feel Bad, But The Truth Must Be Told! Also, The Baby’s Mouth Is Wide Open Too Omg
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#2 Made Our 1 Year Wedding Anniversary Picture!
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#3 The Hills Are Aliiiiive, With The Sound Of Mom Not Giving S**t While Her Toddler Chugs Soda Because At Least He’s Being Quieeeeet!
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#4 And To Think, She Used To Be The One Who Threw Up After Drinking Too Much
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#5 This Doesn’t Even Need A Caption. I Should Literally Delete Every Other Picture On This Page And Replace Them All With This And Put “Mission Accomplished” In My Bio. My Work Here Is Done. All Joking Aside, This Guy Is A Champ And A Half! Giving Us Dads A Good Name!
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#6 Actually Maximus, No, I’m Not Entertained. Thanks For Asking! (Love How The Shirt Goes From Sincere To Ironic When The Kid Shows Up!)
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#7 From Striking A Pose To Serving As Poster Board
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#8 This About Sums It Up
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#9 From “I’m On A Boat!!!” To “He’s On My Throat!!!” (This Is One Of My Favorites!)
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#10 From “Haaaaaaayyyyyy!” To “Wait! I’ve Got A New Complaint...”
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#11 From Dressed To The Nines To Asleep By Nine
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#12 Kids! They’ll Steal Your Life-Force And *literally* Suffocate You, And Somehow You’ll Still Find Yourself Smiling While They Do
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#13 From All Glammed Up To Completely Wiped Out
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#14 Honeymoon’s Over!
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#15 Parenting Gets You Into Some Sticky Situations. (These Captions Can’t All Be Winners!)
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#16 For Obvious Reasons, This Cat Has Learned To Sleep With One Eye Open
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#17 That’s Some Solid Multitasking! But Things Were Definitely More Fun When She Was The One Hitching A Ride
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#18 It’s A Jungle Out There!
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#19 Oh You Thought Running That Race Was Tiring? Parenting Isn’t A Marathon, It’s 8 Million Marathons, All In A Row With No Breaks. Good Luck!
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#20 Double Double-Fisting!
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#21 From Partying All Night To Peppa’s Windy Fall Day
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#22 From “Make It Rain!” To “Make It Stop!”
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#23 From Little Black Dress To Big White Mess. I Can’t Believe She Stopped To Take A Photo Before Incinerating That Hoodie!
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#24 The Dog Days Are Over
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#25 His Drinking Buddies Have Changed
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#26 Posing For Classy Pictures Used To Be Much Easier
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#27 From Crazy Swag To A Total Drag
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#28 Let’s Just Say The Bouquets Are Very Different
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#29 From Drinking Together To *making Drinks* Together
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#30 From Raising A Glass To Raising The Dead
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#31 To Be Fair, This Dog Seemed A Bit Unhinged Even Before The Baby Came Along. But At Least Then He Was Free!
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#32 From “Life’s A Beach!” To “Life’s A B**ch!”
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#33 It Makes Sense That This Dog’s Name Is Snorkel Because He Is Drowning (Yes I Know That Doesn’t Make Sense, Shut Up)
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#34 Messy Hair Do Care But Can’t Do Anything About It Because Kids
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#35 What’s The Opposite Of A Glow Up?
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#36 Parenthood Even Changes Your Wardrobe. This Guy Went From Wearing A Suit To Wearing His Kids, Which Is So Much More Expensive
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#37 What’s The Opposite Of A Glow Up? Oh Right: Parenthood
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#38 From Chug To Ugh
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#39 She Went From Cosmopolitans To Mudslides (I’m So Sorry)
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#40 From Hoisting A Pint To Hoisting A Pipsqueak
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#41 From Melisandre To Euron Or, If You Don’t Watch Game Of Thrones, From Princess Buttercup To Dread Pirate Roberts Or, If You Don’t Like The Princess Bride, From Lady In Red To Blackbeard
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#42 Up All Night, Sleep All Day
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#43 I Hope That Tux Was A Rental
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#44 Peace, Love And Rock ‘N Roll Are All Well And Good Until You End Up Crashed Out In A Tiny Hospital Room With A Tiny Groupie Latched To Your Chest
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#45 Look At What That Baby Has Reduced This Once Proud Man To. And The Kid Knows It Too! “No More Relaxing Dinners Out, You Eat In Bed Now And You Love It! I Own You!!!
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#46 From Charlie’s Angel To Toddler’s Desktop
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#47 One Of These Precious Commodities Is Fragile, Expensive, And Occasionally Explodes Into A Big Mess All Over Your Clothes. The Other Is A Huge Bottle Of Champagne
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#48 From Badass To... Badass!
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#49 She’s Not Laughing Anymore!
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#50 Every Once In A While, Parenthood Is A Major Improvement
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#51 Glasses Used To Be His Cutest Accessory
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#52 Lifting The Wine Glass Was A Lot Easier
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#53 It’s Yours Truly! Who Needs Faceapp When You Can Just Have Kids?
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#54 Something Tells Me This Cat Is Not Happy About Losing The Prime Snuggle Spot!
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#55 I Can’t Tell If He’s More Shocked By His New Look Or By His New Kid
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#56 I Try Not To Post “Afters” Where The Parent Is Smiling - It’s Off-Brand! - But I Gotta Respect The Matching Shades - And The Shift From A Glass Of Wine To A Can Of Wine!
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#57 I’m Not Sure Which Situation Is More Hazardous To His Health...
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#58 From Sitting On A Throne To Becoming A Footstool
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#59 It Doesn’t Take Long For Them To Go From Cute To Crushing
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#60 From Fatigues To Fatigued. Either Way, I Wouldn’t Mess With Him
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#61 This Dapper Gent Went From Refined Af To Resigned To His Fate
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#62 From Getting Whispered Sweet Nothings To Getting Screamed Horrible Nothings.
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#63 Older Siblings Can Get Toddlered Too! Not That He Seems To Mind Trading His Mouthguard For A Tiara
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#64 Check Out That Beard Growth! Somebody’s Been Drinking Giant’s Milk!
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#65 Husbands Are A Little Easier To Wrangle For Photos!
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#66 From Fat Tuesdays To Ass Wednesdays
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#67 Once You Have Kids, It’s Probably Time To Stop Wearing White
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#68 From Da King To Dafuq?!
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#69 We Don’t Deserve Dogs. We *definitely* Deserve Toddlers
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#70 They Never Suspected That When They Found Nemo They’d Also Lose Their Dignity
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#71 From Getting Banged To Being F**ked
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#72 If I Were Breastfeeding On The Toilet, I’d Need A Pacifier To Keep From Crying Too
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#73 Look At Her Little Girl’s Face. She Knows What She Did
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#74 From Intentionally Stopping To Take In The View To Being Forced Against Your Will To Watch Some Kid-Based Nonsense
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#75 These Two Photos Sum This Account Up Perfectly. When You Have Kids You Got From Flying High To Literally Being Pinned Down. From Point Break To Your Breaking Point
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#76 The First #mancrushmonday Of 2019 Features A Dad Who Who Went From Kicking Opponents In The Face On A Regular Basis To Getting His Ass Completely Kicked, Every Day, For Basically The Rest Of His Life. By Someone He Can’t Kick Back Without Serious Consequences
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#77 His Kids Put The Crush - And, Thankfully For Him, The Plush - In
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#78 From Mountains To Streams
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#79 Something Old On The Left, Something New On The Right, And She’s Got Something Borrowed And Something Blue Right In The Middle Of Her Forehead! Thanks Kids!
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#80 He Went From King Of The World To Dazed And Confused
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#81 The Kid Is Just Taunting His Dad: “Oh You Used To Play? That’s Cute. I’m The Drummer Now.”
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#82 I’m Not Big On Stereotypes But In This Case It’s True: She Was Definitely Having More Fun As A Blonde
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#83 Don’t Worry, They’re Throwing The Kids Back
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#84 From Skydiving To Couch-Surfing. From ”free As A Bird” To “Snug As A Bug.” From Death-Defying To Life-Draining
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#85 I Assume He’s Asking For Two Vasectomies, Just To Be Safe
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#86 From A Glamorous Golden Glow To A Total Shitshow
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#87 If It’s Not Scottish, It’s Crap!
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#88 Look, He’s Got No One To Blame But Himself. Waste Away In Margaritaville For Too Long And You End Up At The Doctor’s Office!
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#89 No, These Photos Of Two Cats Snuggling On The Bed And Then Spreading To Completely Opposite Sides When A Baby Arrives Are A Metaphor For Your Sex Life
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#90 Kids Take Everything From You, Including Your Favorite Vintage T-Shirts
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#91 From A Drink As Big As Her Head To A Head Bigger Than Her Thing. I Don’t Even Know Know Which Hurt More On The Way Out
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#92 Neither Of Them Seems Particularly Pleased With This New Arrangement
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#93 He Went From Easy Riding To Sitting Shitgun
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#94 From Duck Face To Wtf Face
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#95 From Baseball To Wrestling
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#96 From Oktoberfest To No Hair Left. (They Can’t All Be Winners!)
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#97 From Hanging Out With Farm Animals To... Hanging Out With Farm Animals
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#98 From Queen Of The Wicker Throne To Being Ridden Like A Dragon
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#99 She Used To Take The Bull By The Horns, Now She’s Just Got Crabs
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#100 From Road Rage To Carpools, Er, Bikepools?
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#101 This Guy Went From “Look At Me With My Badass Bloody Mary, Take A Pic!” To “Wtf Are You Doing You Better Delete That Photo!”
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#102 From Cinco De Mayo To Sick Of My Life-O (This Would Be Funnier If They Weren’t So Happy In The After Pic. Also, Who Wears A Hockey Jersey To Cinco De Mayo?! Get It Together, White People!)
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#103 From Fun With S’mores To Fun With S’mohmygod Wtf Are You Doing You’re Gonna Burn The Place Down You Lunatic!!!
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#104 I Wonder Which Accessory Is Louder. (No I Don’t.)
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#105 They Used To Be The Stars, Now They’re Background Players
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#106 Yeah This About Sums It Up
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#107 They Went From Trying To Catch A Buzz At Disney World To Buzz Almost Needing To Catch Their Kid!
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#108 My Man’s Been Resting Precious Cargo On That Shoulder For Years! Unfortunately The New Cargo Occasionally Spits Up On It
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#109 From Raftin’ And Relaxin’ To Pretending She’s Not Watching That Kid Like A Hawk In Case She Falls Off
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#110 Honeymoon’s Over
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#111 Omg This Dog Has Been Through Hell. Welcome To The Party, Pup!
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#112 One Of These Smiles May Be Less Joyful Than The Other. No Judgment!
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#113 The Ecstasy And The Agony
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#114 Chug Chug Chug! Plus Ça Change, Plus C’est La Même Chose
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#115 You Can Practically Hear Mom Crying In That Second Pic. Don’t Judge; Like Your Kids Have Never Made You Curl Up Into The Fetal Position! Especially When They’re That Snotty!
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#116 From Hoisting Babes To Hoisting Babies. At Least He Doesn’t Look At All Sad About It!
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#117 Started At The Bottom Now We Wipin’ ‘Em
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#118 From Totally Put Together To Totally Passed Out
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#119 What Happened To My Life?
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#120 Who’s Got Two Thumbs And Can’t Wear Inappropriate Shirts Anymore?
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#121 From Sexily Posing On A Chair To Desperately Wanting To Finally Effing Sit Down For The Love Of God!
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#122 Her Saturdays Got Toddlered. The Good News Is She’ll Feel Hungover On Sunday Whether She Drinks Or Not! Yay Kids!
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#123 I’m Not Entirely Sure What He’s Waiting For In The First Pic But I Know He Wants Know Part Of What He Got In The Second One!
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#124 When Flirting Goes Wrong
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#125 Playing In The Water Used To Be Relaxing...
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#126 You’re Damn Right You Don’t Wear A Suit When You Empty The Diaper Genie. I Live In Eternal Fear Of Those Bags Ripping Open Mid-Haul
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#127 What Happened To My Life?!
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#128 From Cannibalistic To Cuddly. From Gory To Goofy.. From Zombies To Furries!
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#129 Now That They’ve Got Two Kids, That Sign He’s Flashing Is As Close As They’re Gonna Get To Any Actual Peace
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#130 From Skinny Abs To Chubby Cheeks
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#131 Float Like A Butterfly, Sting Like You Shoulda Got A Vasectomy
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#132 From Flowers In Her Hair To Messy Hair Don’t Care!
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#133 It’s Woman Crush Wednesday, So I Am Tempted To Make A Joke About The Danger That Baby Is In, But I Feel Too Bad That She Has Probably Spent A Fortune On New Bras
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#134 From Sun Bathing To Son Cradling
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#135 I Honestly Can’t Be Sure His Kids Aren’t Responsible For Both Looks
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#136 I Can’t Be Positive They’re Wearing Costumes On The Left, But I’m Gonna Give Them The B Of The D On That One. Either Way, The Outfits On The Right Are A Lot Scarier!
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#137 Used To Be Awake, Got Toddlered
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#138 From Oktoberfest To Wrestlemania!
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#139 From Slappin’ Da Bass To Nappin’ All Over The Place
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#140 Don’t Mind Me, Sleeping Beauty. You’re Just Hogging My Bed That I Paid For You Ungrateful Freeloader. No, You’re Bitter!
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