About
Redditor’s Wife, also known as “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
[10] FunnyJunk – Funnyjunker’s Wife