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The generation gap is nothing to scoff at: it's freakin' hilarious.

Starting a family can be a wonderful thing for a lot of people - kids can bring you a type of love that you've never known before. However, parenting does inevitably come with its fair share of struggles that aren't widely publicized, and we think these memes and posts shine some light on that!

These edgy memes may not make your mom faint, but they're enough to make some people pretty uncomfortable. And that's why we love them. Proceed if you dare.

People often talk about what a blessing it is to procreate, to bring life into this arguably scary world. But most of us know the truth. Sleepless nights. Nonexistent social lives. Pain. Poop. These are the real joys of parenting. And these memes really say it all. 

We all have those family members or older acquaintances on Facebook who discovered memes a little later in life and just don't quite...get them. You know, the ones who love minions and the second-amendment? We can't be too mad at them for it though because meme-ing really is an art form that took most of us a bit of time to master. Regardless, here are 15 memes hilarious for their gargantuan amounts of cringe!

Nebraskan Travis Fieldgrove made some social media waves earlier this month after allegedly marrying his own daughter. Fieldgrove, who was recently released from a forgery-related jail sentence, posted a celebratory marriage announcement on Facebook. There was just one problem - the woman he had married is a woman he had raised since she was a child. 

Facebook lurkers exploded with horror and many profanities, even investigating the couple and sharing photos that support the argument that Samantha is, in fact, Travis Fieldgrove's daughter. Samantha has since changed her last name on the site, but we've found comments from just a few months ago where she refers to him as "dad." There's a lot to process here, and if you want to indulge in some more comment schadenfreude, you can visit his page to read some of the loco comments. 

Parents, we really don't know how you do it. Between getting the kids to bed at a reasonable hour every night to dealing with complete meltdowns in the supermarket, raising kids seems like one of the hardest jobs in the world. If you're thinking about reproducing but you're not quite sure about it yet, these memes will remind you of how crucial it is to be selfless in the chaotic journey that is parenting.