Have kids they said… Parenting regret rage comic

This is a 4-panel classic rage comic meme. In the first panel, a blonde woman excitedly tells her partner she is pregnant, and the stick figure male partner responds confidently 'Ok, we got this'. The second panel uses the iconic SpongeBob SquarePants 'ONE YEAR LATER...' purple transition card to show a time jump. The third panel depicts a screaming infant completely covered in feces, with a large pile of poop next to it and feces splattered all around. The fourth panel shows both parents now rendered as enraged, exhausted rage faces screaming in distress, while the classic troll face meme appears above them asking 'problem?'. The meme jokes about the common, often understated advice to have children, contrasting the couple's initial overconfidence with the messy, overwhelming reality of caring for a toddler.

This meme originates from Reddit, shared in meme-focused subreddits with the original title 'Have kids they said…'. It is a product of early 2010s internet meme culture, combining popular pre-existing rage comic character assets, the widely recognized SpongeBob time transition clip, and the troll face meme to create a relatable joke about parenting struggles that has circulated widely across social media platforms.