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 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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#2 Made Our 1 Year Wedding Anniversary Picture!

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#3 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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#4 Honeymoon’s Over!

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#5 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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#6 Parenting Gets You Into Some Sticky Situations. (These Captions Can’t All Be Winners!)

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#7 The Dog Days Are Over

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#8 Every Once In A While, Parenthood Is A Major Improvement

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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 For Obvious Reasons, This Cat Has Learned To Sleep With One Eye Open

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#11 From Dressed To The Nines To Asleep By Nine

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#12 From “Haaaaaaayyyyyy!” To “Wait! I’ve Got A New Complaint…”

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#13 Double Double-Fisting!

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#14 And To Think, She Used To Be The One Who Threw Up After Drinking Too Much

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#15 This About Sums It Up

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#16 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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#17 From Partying All Night To Peppa’s Windy Fall Day

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#18 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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#19 From Striking A Pose To Serving As Poster Board

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#20 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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#21 Let’s Just Say The Bouquets Are Very Different

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#22 From Drinking Together To *making Drinks* Together

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#23 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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#24 From “Life’s A Beach!” To “Life’s A B**ch!”

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#25 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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#26 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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#27 That’s Some Solid Multitasking! But Things Were Definitely More Fun When She Was The One Hitching A Ride

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#28 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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#29 From “Make It Rain!” To “Make It Stop!”

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#30 His Drinking Buddies Have Changed

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#31 It’s Yours Truly! Who Needs Faceapp When You Can Just Have Kids?

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#32 Something Tells Me This Cat Is Not Happy About Losing The Prime Snuggle Spot!

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#33 From Raising A Glass To Raising The Dead

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#34 This Dapper Gent Went From Refined Af To Resigned To His Fate

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#35 It’s A Jungle Out There!

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#36 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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#37 From All Glammed Up To Completely Wiped Out

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#38 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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#39 I’m Not Sure Which Situation Is More Hazardous To His Health…

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#40 Messy Hair Do Care But Can’t Do Anything About It Because Kids

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#41 What’s The Opposite Of A Glow Up?

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#42 From Da King To Dafuq?!

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#43 We Don’t Deserve Dogs. We *definitely* Deserve Toddlers

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#44 They Never Suspected That When They Found Nemo They’d Also Lose Their Dignity

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#45 What’s The Opposite Of A Glow Up? Oh Right: Parenthood

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#46 From Chug To Ugh

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#47 She Went From Cosmopolitans To Mudslides (I’m So Sorry)

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#48 From Hoisting A Pint To Hoisting A Pipsqueak

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#49 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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#50 Up All Night, Sleep All Day

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#51 I Hope That Tux Was A Rental

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#52 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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#53 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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#54 She’s Not Laughing Anymore!

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#55 Glasses Used To Be His Cutest Accessory

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#56 Lifting The Wine Glass Was A Lot Easier

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#57 From Crazy Swag To A Total Drag

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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 Older Siblings Can Get Toddlered Too! Not That He Seems To Mind Trading His Mouthguard For A Tiara

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#62 Check Out That Beard Growth! Somebody’s Been Drinking Giant’s Milk!

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#63 Husbands Are A Little Easier To Wrangle For Photos!

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#64 From Fat Tuesdays To Ass Wednesdays

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#65 Once You Have Kids, It’s Probably Time To Stop Wearing White

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#66 From Getting Banged To Being F**ked

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#67 If I Were Breastfeeding On The Toilet, I’d Need A Pacifier To Keep From Crying Too

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#68 Look At Her Little Girl’s Face. She Knows What She Did

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#69 From Intentionally Stopping To Take In The View To Being Forced Against Your Will To Watch Some Kid-Based Nonsense

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#70 Posing For Classy Pictures Used To Be Much Easier

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