People Are Using Gifs To Express Their Relationship Status And We Are All Dying (Alone) Of Laughter

If you had to describe your relationship status with a GIF, which one would it be?

Okay, thought of it? Because this is just what people have been doing for a while now — on Twitter, that is. Apparently, the whole idea is to share a single, solitary gif that represents your relationship. Of course, this gif could be cute, melodramatic, sexy, sweet, or just plain…sad.

And all we can say is, wow, relatable. It’s kind of hilarious that there are so many people hopping on board the relationship-gif train, especially because it can be hard to summarize a whole entire relationship into one little image.

It all started when a user, Jay, via @LifeOfJay98, posted the tweet:

“Post your relationship status using ONLY A GIF.”

Whether they meant status — as in single, polyamorous, married, dating, sex only, engaged, etc. — or relationship vibe, who knows, but the answers that people delivered are truly hilarious (and sometimes heartbreaking). And this single tweet, as simple as it is, has already amassed 235 retweets and 2.6 thousand likes. 

It’s amazing how Twitter can really manage to bring people together through such a simple statement or question, that is when people aren’t fighting and insulting one another.

And we just can’t help but wonder: What would your gif be?

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Of course, you’ve got married couples — the people who are just married and totally happy. You can tell by the tweets:

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And then there are the people who are the first date. #LeslieKnope.

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Uh-oh. Looks like someone got out of a hot mess of a relationship recently.

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And psst: you’re running from a huge explosion, we hope you got out okay.

This is pretty yikes.

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Are you saying your ex is a tiny little rodent? Yeah? Got it.

Then there’s the bad dates of the bunch.

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We’ve all felt like we had to literally jump out of a moving car (or have a friend call us to as with an “emergency.”

What do you think this means? Yeah, probably not good.

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Awww, no! We hope this girl’s heart heals pretty soon.

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There’s nothing like sitting in bed, heartbroken, eating a bunch of chocolate. We’ve all been there.

There were some super sad tweet gifs, of course.

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Like this guy on a swing set. All alone. Ah, guy. It’ll get better!

The winner? This tweet, which is a gif stating, “Alone! And loving it.”

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We love it. In a society that values couples, it’s nice to see someone who is so proud of being alone.

No relationship should feel like a gladiator’s game.

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Or a Sisyphisian task. Don’t let yourself be so unhappy!

Wait, this is the winning gif. Because Rihanna.

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Fries before guys, anyone? Maybe just this user, but girl we feel.

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This 19-year-old wins the whole thing LOL.

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Single and LOVING it is such a mood. Enjoy it.

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This Twitter user stole a love scene straight out of The Notebook. Sounds like someone in in love!

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Physical intimacy may be a little overrated for this couple? Or maybe they’re just super in sync.

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You’d be lying to say kids don’t totally overhaul a relationship… case and point:

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Every girl navigating her early twenties can relate to this one.

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It seems this person is in love with the pizza deliveryman.

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This Twitter user wants us to pay attention to their ring finger.

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The face you make when someone asks why you’re single.

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We’re going to leave this on a high note, because everyone should end up with their best friend.

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In the end, we all know there’s more to any relationship than a single picture.

We just hope, no matter what you’re going through or feeling, that you are taking care of yourself — married, single, or broken up.