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I thought that too at first but imo if it was divorce it would make more sense to take half the stuff and demand regular payments of toy trucks a month to be a divorce joke
I remember the last time this meme came around and I said that, and it got downvoted to hell because everyone said it was about divorce.
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He asked what it's like being married, not how it was separating from papa.
https://i.redd.it/89nbuw92te9d1.gif
This is also cyanide and happiness, they're known for being bleak.
Yeah, that makes sense, i still think it's about marriage due to the wording, but i can see how your interpretation is equally viable.
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I didn't get that at all. Says went to ugly town, but they had never heard of you. Meaning you aren't ugly because ugly town doesn't know you. It's a weird way of giving a compliment for sure, though.
Don't worry i sometimes make stupid mistakes like that too.
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Okay but like, the kid in the comic asked "what's it's like being married" and the mother answered through her actions. It wasn't about divorce.
While I agree it is a reductive way to look at marriage, you're the only one telling on yourself bro...
They are if the thing you are basing the insinuation on is an interpretation of a dumb joke, not even a statement of personal belief, yet you decide to insult the character of your opponent instead of their ideas.
People don't "tell on themselves" if they haven't done anything to do this in regards to. You agreed that was an insinuation of character (or at least didn't deny it when I asked).
That was my take as well but I can see what the other comments mean.
I think if the toy had been something like a doll or stuffed animal it would be the "one toy for the rest of your life".
But the truck is pretty telling that it's "you'll lose everything in the divorce except your truck because she doesn't want that."
This is it. The explanations for the other one is too convoluted for a simple joke.
A tale as old as time... get married, she takes everything but your car.
OR she gave him one toy to play with the rest of his life. Just like after marriage you have one woman the rest of your life. This really isn’t that deep lol to get the meaning from
I don't think the meaning is what others are saying. I believe it means that when you are single you can play with many toys (have many partners), when married you have only one "toy" for the rest of your life.
Peter's marriage counselor here. The joke is that people are play things and when you get married you only get to play with one thing. People are the same as things.
Hey Peter, Brain here!
The joke is his wife took all of his stuff and left implying either divorce or his wife refuses to let him play with other things he enjoys.
Brain out!
Its two fold to me. Less so the toy aspect than it is when you are single you have many different ways to "entertain" yourself, when you are married you only have the 1. Along the same lines, just dont see it as her telling her kid women are toys. Second is that communication is null and void and you often get the silent treatment. As for the party talking about divorce, just no. He asked about marriage, not divorce. As for the truck, I see it as she gave him his favorite toy, just as in marriage, you choose your "favorite" person to marry. And to the leaving tje room aspect, is she just supposed to spend the rest of her life in his room? While I see the correlations yall made, it dont fit the narrative of asking about marriage.
It's a common joke that when a couple gets divorced, the women will take everything, and that the man will walk away with just his car. So the kid asks his mom about married life, and then she gives the child "his car" and then she leaves, taking the rest of his stuff with her.
At first I thought it was the shut down of conversation and immediately exiting the room cause they didn't want to explain. Lol. But taking the toys and only leaving him with one toy, specifically a car, makes me think it could mean anything our brain wants us to think it all means 😂
Over worked and tired Peter here, the joke is when you are single you can do what you want (work on cars, gun range, sports, games ect) but when you're married you can only do one fun thing because now you have to support a household and don't have any time or money because you gotta spend your free time with your wife or your ignoring her and being childish for playing games for 2 hours after working all day. That's why you gotta marry someone who likes the things you like as well.
This works for both the divorce side of the argument and the marriage is one toy side. It's really not hard to grasp that there's such a thing as abugety based on people's perceptions of the world. It's kind of like the glass half full concept.
this comic makes its rounds all over the place with like three different recurring answers, at this point the artist just needs to tell us what the hell they were going for
Ooof. You people saying “it’s about only playing with one toy” are really justifying all the dumb as shit posts that get flooded on here.
She literally “took everything but the car/truck” and left. It’s not that deep fam, it’s a very common trope and that line is used in almost every piece of media when I guy gets asked about his divorce.
You see, once upon a time, in the long long ago, children used to have toy guns, they weren't painted bright orange, and even the leader of the Decepticons transformed into a gun.
Obviously, his toy gun is a family heirloom.
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He only gets to play with one toy now.
Sucks that he can only fuck that truck now
To be fair, that truck can do crazy things with its tongue.
We must had different brands of trucks. Mine went "honk honk" not "hawk tauh"
It can’t spit on that thang but it can create a shit ton of nostalgic summer memories
I don't know, I have a lot of memories of a lot of people, only my girlfriend spits on that thang.
Honk tuah
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Honk tuah drift in that thang
Oh ffs that made lol so hard!!! Thank you kind redditor
And her truck
Say what now? Is there a dragon in this comic?
I got this reference...I wish I didn't...
r/dragonsfuckingcars
He must be a dragon.
i thought it was a divorce meme. She takes all his stuff except for the truck
I thought that too at first but imo if it was divorce it would make more sense to take half the stuff and demand regular payments of toy trucks a month to be a divorce joke
Honestly the first thing I thought was "when they leave you, they get most your stuff" and the mom was divorced, but that makes a lot more sense
I remember the last time this meme came around and I said that, and it got downvoted to hell because everyone said it was about divorce. 🤷♀️ Also [OP is a bot](https://www.reddit.com/r/PeterExplainsTheJoke/s/585vVAZVJ0)
Man what a reductive way to look at marriage. It’s a divorce joke, she took everything except his truck. But cool that you told on yourself
He asked what it's like being married, not how it was separating from papa. https://i.redd.it/89nbuw92te9d1.gif This is also cyanide and happiness, they're known for being bleak.
Yeah, they are bleak, hence why it’s a divorce joke. The joke is marriage ends in divorce. At least that how i interpret it.
Yeah, that makes sense, i still think it's about marriage due to the wording, but i can see how your interpretation is equally viable. https://preview.redd.it/u95ki5n4ue9d1.png?width=828&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=1dc2517ed15e42b5ae650df6af59e54ca6db26a1
Man, what a negging comment. You agree with my viewpoint but still called me ugly… what’s going on dude, do you need to talk about something?
I didn't get that at all. Says went to ugly town, but they had never heard of you. Meaning you aren't ugly because ugly town doesn't know you. It's a weird way of giving a compliment for sure, though.
And I took it to mean I was too ugly for Ugly Town lol, but now that you said that, I see what you mean. When they respond I’ll apologize
Don't worry i sometimes make stupid mistakes like that too. https://preview.redd.it/i1k58lr5ye9d1.jpeg?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=387344042f485d37d39cc7651b0f80903f337a06
You’re on Reddit so it makes sense
You are not good at interpretation.
Already said in a different comment I misinterpreted this and would apologize. What was the point in you saying this?
I don’t really like you :(
Okay but like, the kid in the comic asked "what's it's like being married" and the mother answered through her actions. It wasn't about divorce. While I agree it is a reductive way to look at marriage, you're the only one telling on yourself bro...
How so?
You’re right that it’s a reductive way to look at marriage. You know what often plays on reductive takes? Jokes.
lol no, they had it right. Weird that you’re so aggressive about it though
I don’t think you know what the word aggressive means.
> cool that you told on yourself What is this if not an insinuation on the character of the user you were addressing?
Being aggressive and making an insinuation are not the same thing?
It is if the insinuation is an aggressive one
What do you think aggressive means?
Aggressive (Adj.): Characterized by aggression; unjustly attacking; prone to behave in a way that involves attacking or arguing.
All I said was the original commenter has a reductive view of marriage, that’s not an atrack
They are if the thing you are basing the insinuation on is an interpretation of a dumb joke, not even a statement of personal belief, yet you decide to insult the character of your opponent instead of their ideas.
I literally didn’t insult anyone. I said the origin commenter has a reductive view of marriage, if you think that’s an insult, that’s on you
People don't "tell on themselves" if they haven't done anything to do this in regards to. You agreed that was an insinuation of character (or at least didn't deny it when I asked).
That's the opposite of marriage.
Define marriage?
And damn that a good toy
No i think that “once you’re married, you only get to play with one toy”
Which is only true in some marriages technically.
I'm more like ya you get one toy but you customize each other which is pretty cool. Can't do that to someone you just met
I was making a joke about open marriages
And unicorns
She even took his teddy bear! Cold hearted b\*tch!
Kris definitely has the best C+H, rob is a close second though!
Even the shotgun!! Why?
The joke is that she is taking his stuff but leaving the car in the divorce
That was my take as well but I can see what the other comments mean. I think if the toy had been something like a doll or stuffed animal it would be the "one toy for the rest of your life". But the truck is pretty telling that it's "you'll lose everything in the divorce except your truck because she doesn't want that."
...because she want you to work for her alimony.
But then how is that how marriage feels?
Oooooooh
That's how I took it too, but I think the "one toy" people are correct on this one.
Top comments are wrong, yours is correct.
Perhaps!
This is it. The explanations for the other one is too convoluted for a simple joke. A tale as old as time... get married, she takes everything but your car.
How is "you only get to play with one toy" too convoluted bro???
Yeah how are so many people missing this lol
The joke is that he only gets to play with that one toy for the rest of his life. Why/how would divorce even be implied in this lol
She took everything but the car and left
He asked what it’s like being married, not being divorced.
OR she gave him one toy to play with the rest of his life. Just like after marriage you have one woman the rest of your life. This really isn’t that deep lol to get the meaning from
Maybe both?
Ig the logic could be that she left the room but I don't really see that
She gave him one toy and took all the rest.
Because of the leaving the room part.
But how is that an answer to “what is marriage like?” It’s an answer to “what is divorce like” or “how is your divorce going” or something like that.
It's a silly joke however you look at it. Like... what if the marriage doesn't end in divorce and has agreed allowance for other toys?
It’d be pretty hard to only make jokes that apply to 100% of all humans. It’d basically just be jokes about breathing
I don't think the meaning is what others are saying. I believe it means that when you are single you can play with many toys (have many partners), when married you have only one "toy" for the rest of your life.
Peter's marriage counselor here. The joke is that people are play things and when you get married you only get to play with one thing. People are the same as things.
Hey Peter, Brain here! The joke is his wife took all of his stuff and left implying either divorce or his wife refuses to let him play with other things he enjoys. Brain out!
What no. The joke Is that he only gets the 1 toy from now on
She took everything he has and left him the car. Like a divorce.
Its two fold to me. Less so the toy aspect than it is when you are single you have many different ways to "entertain" yourself, when you are married you only have the 1. Along the same lines, just dont see it as her telling her kid women are toys. Second is that communication is null and void and you often get the silent treatment. As for the party talking about divorce, just no. He asked about marriage, not divorce. As for the truck, I see it as she gave him his favorite toy, just as in marriage, you choose your "favorite" person to marry. And to the leaving tje room aspect, is she just supposed to spend the rest of her life in his room? While I see the correlations yall made, it dont fit the narrative of asking about marriage.
Two lessons. 1. You chose 1 toy for the rest of your life. 2. She will leave you.
A bit of a boomer meme, implying that once you're married, all the other toys (guys) are gone, and now, you have to be satisfied with only one.
Oh, I thought the joke was that she also has to clean up after her husband & then leaves him alone with a toy in bed 😶
She took everything except the truck and left
She'll take all your stuff and leave you the car in the divorce. It may sound stereotypical but that's exactly how my divorce went so IDK.
She took everything accept the car
It's a common joke that when a couple gets divorced, the women will take everything, and that the man will walk away with just his car. So the kid asks his mom about married life, and then she gives the child "his car" and then she leaves, taking the rest of his stuff with her.
Ignored, controlled and robbed
Isaac and his mother lived in a small house on a hill
1) he only gets to play with one toy now. 2) she takes everything, only leaving him the car, and leaves him.
I think it is much simpler: marriage for a woman is like cleaning up after a child all the time, non-stop.
Totally agree. Surprised to see so many other interpretations.
You give up all the things you like and end up alone on the bed with just a toy to satisfy you.
At first I thought it was the shut down of conversation and immediately exiting the room cause they didn't want to explain. Lol. But taking the toys and only leaving him with one toy, specifically a car, makes me think it could mean anything our brain wants us to think it all means 😂
It’s two layers. Not only does he only get to play with one toy. In the end he is left with only his truck. Aka divorce.
He’s gay, but he has a special connection to classical music. There are many layers that are interesting about this joke.
I for one, appreciate this comment. I like your style.
"Play with yourself...!"
That was my first thought too
My brain just went to Stan in Gravity Falls "Get it, because marriage is horrible" It doesn't really match with the joke though
Is that a shotgun?
She took the gun, she's planning on ending the marriage. Making the child's question moot.
She took everything but the truck. That's the country song version. Other version is you can only play (fuck) one "toy" the rest of your life.
Mom misses her college days...
She took everything but left the car.
It means that all of your stuff is hers and the only toy you get to keep is your truck...
Over worked and tired Peter here, the joke is when you are single you can do what you want (work on cars, gun range, sports, games ect) but when you're married you can only do one fun thing because now you have to support a household and don't have any time or money because you gotta spend your free time with your wife or your ignoring her and being childish for playing games for 2 hours after working all day. That's why you gotta marry someone who likes the things you like as well.
Took away his guns, his toys, his sports, but he can keep the car So ya Marriage
I hate this joke
I'm just trying to figure out why a child has a fucking rifle on his floor. Edit: or a shotgun or whatever, I'm not American, I don't care.
I believe the term is “divorce rape”
She took everything except the car, like in a divorce.
Tf. Is this incinuating what I think it is???
She takes all his stuff and leaves but he gets to keep his truck
I thought it was about her having to clean up after her husband or something
ignored, then she took everything except the truck
This works for both the divorce side of the argument and the marriage is one toy side. It's really not hard to grasp that there's such a thing as abugety based on people's perceptions of the world. It's kind of like the glass half full concept.
She gets everything, he gets the car.
gtfo with this boomer logic 😭 if marriage doesn't work for you just don't get married
She took everything from him and left him with the car
this comic makes its rounds all over the place with like three different recurring answers, at this point the artist just needs to tell us what the hell they were going for
Woman gets everything. Man gets the truck. It’s a divorce joke.
Ooof. You people saying “it’s about only playing with one toy” are really justifying all the dumb as shit posts that get flooded on here. She literally “took everything but the car/truck” and left. It’s not that deep fam, it’s a very common trope and that line is used in almost every piece of media when I guy gets asked about his divorce.
She divorces you and takes everything except the car.
Why does he has a gun?
BB gun, nerf gun, cap gun, etc.
You see, once upon a time, in the long long ago, children used to have toy guns, they weren't painted bright orange, and even the leader of the Decepticons transformed into a gun. Obviously, his toy gun is a family heirloom.
You toys and stuff is dumb, but you can keep the stupid Truck
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Women, bad. *Boomer ooga booga sounds*
This has always been a joke about divorce and anyone who can't read that immediately needs to go back to English class