Your kids forget your birthday. You remind them. They hand you a “World’s Best Dad” mug that you bought last year. You still post the gift on Facebook like it’s the greatest moment of the day. This meme uses the four panel clown makeup format to show the process. Each panel adds more makeup, and by the last one, you’re fully committed to pretending everything is fine.
The text in the meme walks through the whole situation. First panel: they forget. Second panel: you remind them. Third panel: they give you a gift you bought yourself. Fourth panel: you pretend it’s meaningful and post it online anyway. It’s simple and honest. Anyone with kids understands how this happens all the time, heck even I forget when exactly my parents birthday is sometimes, luckily my siblings, and Facebook remind me.
You can send this meme to other parents or post it on your timeline when you want to laugh at how your birthday went. No explanation needed.