AboutWhat does the meme depict?

The 'Distracted Boyfriend' meme, also known as 'Man Looking at Other Woman,' features a stock photo where a man, walking with his presumed girlfriend, looks back to check out another woman passing by. The girlfriend appears visibly upset by his actions, glaring at him disapprovingly. This meme is often used to represent someone getting distracted by a newer or more appealing option, with text labels usually applied to each person to make humorous comparisons.

OriginWho did it first?

The original 'Distracted Boyfriend' image was taken by photographer Antonio Guillem and first appeared on the stock photo website iStock here on November 1st, 2015, described as 'Disloyal man with his girlfriend looking at another girl.' The meme first gained popularity when it was used in a Turkish Facebook group, although the exact date of this event remains unclear. On January 30th, 2017, it saw further recognition from a post on the Facebook page Prog Düşmanlarına Verilen Müthish Cevaplar which humorously captioned the image with Phil Collins looking towards pop music, while prog music is personified as the disapproving girlfriend. The same day, inspiration was drawn from another political meme page, 'Siyasettin,' to create further iterations of the meme.^[1]

Origin: 2017