The Brief: A post on the subreddit r/relationship_advice about a woman whose boyfriend has a longstanding feud with a Waffle House cook went viral, inspiring memes and discussions about the story.

DEEP DIVE
Waffle House memes on Twitter reference a lengthy post on Reddit’s Relationship Advice forum wherein the OP describes issues her boyfriend has been having in which he physically fights with a cook at their Waffle House over how his eggs were cooked.
Whether it’s true or not, the post’s author explains that her boyfriend is “an incredibly nice and caring person” who loves animals and is not quick to anger “except at Waffle House.” She goes on to describe how he has repeatedly fought with a Waffle House cook over how his eggs were cooked where each time he goes, he orders runny eggs and the cook prepares them some other way. She says that “it seems like [the cook] spends the week learning new ways of preparing eggs to piss my boyfriend off” and that the two have physically fought six or seven times “like Peter and the giant chicken from Family Guy.”
Read the whole thing here:
Folks, I cannot describe how important it is that you read this r/relationships post. It's an absolute Hall of Famer.
My (29F) Boyfriend (29M) keeps getting into fights with a cook at Waffle House pic.twitter.com/w0J2mcsCjT
— This Jake Are Sick (@JakeMHS) May 12, 2020
The post was shared on Twitter where it went viral and sparked memes and fan theories about this Waffle House feud, many of which reference how Waffle Houses are notorious for hosting fights and other shenanigans.
It was the best of times, it was the worst of times. Except at Waffle House.
β Brian Moylan (@BrianJMoylan) May 12, 2020
They must not know about Waffle House. They teach you how to fight during New Hire Orientation π https://t.co/mXD0MV7FHv
— THROW IN THE TILE!! β»οΈ (@eleven8) May 12, 2020
The sky was the color of television, tuned to a dead channel, except at Waffle House. https://t.co/SD87WGWZFd
— Chad Orzel (@orzelc) May 12, 2020
I’m awake now and can’t believe this blew up. Please take my poll. Is the cook:
β This Jake Are Sick (@JakeMHS) May 12, 2020
I see the TL telling on itself en masse, because if youβve never seen a fight at Waffle House you donβt really like to eat at Waffle House
— Steven Godfrey (@38Godfrey) May 12, 2020
This is Waffle House Fight Club. The first rule of Waffle House Fight Club is: you do not talk about Waffle House Fight Club.
The second rule about Waffle House Fight Club is: you do not talk about Waffle House Fight Club.
The third rule about Waffle House Fight Club… https://t.co/3t3STQ1vs1
— Ken Fang (@fangsbites) May 12, 2020
How old is the cook? I’m thinking the cook is his dad.
β Tim β‘ (@spodlife) May 12, 2020
Update from 2021: My boyfriend (29M) has left me for a Waffle House chef (35M)
β Socially Distant Kitten (@schrodingerskit) May 12, 2020
everything iβve ever learned about waffle house feels like something another restaurant would try to pull off as edgy viral marketing
— Brandy Jensen (@BrandyLJensen) May 12, 2020
Your idea of the concept of time in relation to a waffle House is archaic. When you step into a waffle house, you enter an alternate reality, suspended in animation, a haven from home.
β Sir Bayou William III (@TheDuckMane) May 12, 2020
“Grandpa, how did you learn to do so much with eggs?”
“Well children, once i was a chef at waffle house and there was this guy…”
β Faceless Old Woman @π‘ (@d_overlord) May 12, 2020
It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife, except at Waffle House.
β AlleyRose (@kSkyeGre) May 12, 2020