“This is me, in the awful probably homemade dress with my Dorothy Hamill haircut, the day my mom and stepfather got married. Clearly, I am thrilled. And so is my brother.”
(submitted by MeLaina)
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Oh sad! And hilarious. I think most of us can relate to this one on so many levels.
there’s a note on the door…what does it say? OH! It says “No Solicitors or step children, please.”
No body wins this one…the dress is just….
I had a very similar dress that my mom bought me to wear to someone’s wedding. Ugh. I didn’t want to wear it, so I crumpled it up and hid it in my closet. Then, when it was time to go – oh no – my dress was too wrinkled to wear and we didn’t have time to iron! I got to wear something else instead.
Haha! “Fried Green Tomatoes” moment.
Wish I would have thought of that!
I can feel the pain.
I would love to frame this and hang it on my wall. This is a real work of art. 
Me too, Starbelly! I love this photo! It’s *real* Americana. It’s the portrait of America Norman Rockwell forgot to paint.
I love this Photo, because it represents very America YES !
Agree! And I know what her brother was thinking from pers. exp.
I’d like to see a pic from 5 yrs. later, with one of them in a Mohawk and Judas Priest tshirt!
Ah, the memories…
Thanks for posting this MeLaina!
The dress, the hair, the pose, the PAIN, the brother. THIS is a truly awkward photograph! Congratulations! You should win a prize!
agreed.
I want your little brother to be my little brother. That is the best reaction to an unwanted step father I have ever seen.
The little brother in the background – hilarious. Her expression – priceless! I get the sense she is a total tomboy who is none to pleased to be in anything resembling a dress, much less one with a waterfall of lace….
Lol, this is so cute and funny, God bless you!
We can always look to children to display honesty and not try to pretend how they really feel!
This picture is priceless
“It was another beautiful day in Stepford…”
They told the brother they wanted a picture of *just* his sister, and the door was locked. So he made himself “invisible”. Also, I had this dress in the late 80s. Can’t say that store-bought it looked any better.
My guess is that they were caught playing hide-n-seek.
The little brother has been told to count to 100, so mom will have a minute to snap this pic before the girl makes a break for it.
I wonder what the note on the door says.
This snapshot just breaks my heart. Please tell me you survived the stepfather intact.
My mom died when I was 14 & my sister & bro were only 3 & 4. Dad dated alot later
on, but never remarried, which selfishly I’m thankful for. He’d lost his mother when he
was young, and later told me that’s why he never remarried, because of how it would
affect us “kids.” He’d been through it himself, and couldn’t bring himself to do that to
us. It’s really very traumatic…I don’t think alot of newly single parents really under-
stand how it affects the children.
Not everyone has bad step parents. My step mom is amazing and i love her very much. I know that if I ever married someone with kids, i would be the same kind of step mom. Makes me sad that your father never found love again.
THANK YOU. I made a comment separately on the issue but did not realize I could reply. I won’t repeat it all, but not all step-parents are evil
Also it is a REALLY hard job, and a thankless job (being a parent is a thankless job, but being a step-parent even more so!), yet we do it out of love. Because trust me, if we didn’t love our stepkids as much as our spouse, there is no way we could stay in it.
My dad dated a lot and my mom got remarried a few years ago. I never and still don’t get along with my step father because we have differing opinions but I have many friends with step parents who the love just as much as their biological parents.
Mom! Mooooom! It’s my turn to wear the dress but Sissie says I can’t have it. Make her give it to me, Mom. C’mon! It’s myyyyy turn!
Hahaha!excellent
I feel for you MeLaina, I had the “Dorothy” haircut from ages 3-7… until I was brave enough to tell my parents that I hated it.
kind of sad but funny.
Even more sad…thousands of women are still wearing the Dorothy hamill.
This is just so sad.
I have a similar picture of myself “thrilled” in a hideous dress on the day my own mother married my step-dad. They have since divorced and he later passed away. I have all kinds of memories of the 8 years they were married, but I will always look at that picture and think, “Yikes! What a day!!” Lol
my mother would love that dress. She 72. What does that tell you?
YES!! Ah wow. I too had the Dorothy Hamill haircut and pretty much THAT dress. Tho mine had an 18-inch “H” embroidered on it.
there’s something a little blair witch about this pic
Exactly what I was thinking! The last few seconds of the movie…
Aside from the story, I got a very ‘Samantha Micelli’ (Alyssa Milano on ‘Who’s the Boss’) – “I’m NOT wearing a dress” vibe from this pic!
The Dorothy Hamill was a short bowl-cut ~ it flared out perfectly when she twirled on the ice. This style looks feathered and too long. The only thing worse than a Dorothy Hamill is a failed Dorothy Hamill. My condolences.
yep, I was hoping someone would point out that this is NOT a Dorothy Hamill haircut. This hair in this pic is clearly a late-80s-early 90s short haircut with feathered bangs.
Great pic, though.
Is the kid banging his head on the door?
I think he might be peeing.
I was going to say…
That’s what I was thinking. I just wanna squeeze them both!
You stole it from me!! ARRRGHHH!!! lol I can just hear him. Every three seconds.
BANG!…….BANG!…..BANG!
What’s with Billy, dear?
He doesn’t want me to get married.
Oh, should we postpone this thing?
BANG!! BANG!! BANG!!!
No….he’ll be ok.
BANG!
I seem to remember my Heart family mother doll wearing a similar dress.
Amidst the splendor of the awkwardness, I can’t help wondering what the note pinned to the door says…
This picture makes me so sad.
Most re-marriages end in divorce bc she gets with some guy you KNOW isn’t going to treat her any better than the jerk she just divorced.
I am always EXTREEMLY suspicious when a man wants to marry a woman with children, especially a very beautiful little girl like this one.
Women need to be cautious- is it you he’s after? Or your children?
Do your children seem ‘uncomfortable’ around him? It could be they have picked up on a bad vibe you have overlooked.
Bonnie-you need to lighten up. Not all men are pedophiles or are after their wives’ children. I know of many stepfather and stepmother relationships that are nurturing and loving. Also, it’s spelled EXTREMELY.
That is the creepiest but also saddest comment i’ve read so far.What twisted mind!
It’s really unfortunate that this photo takes you to such a dark place
You do have a point Bonnie, tho this is not really the best place for heavy therapy…
Would you be less suspicious if the little girl was hideous? Just saying…
Aww, I think it’s cute pic.
Thanks to Disney movies, Step-Mothers are always assumed evil. Now, I had a step-mother that I was not too fond of (though as an adult looking back I think it was part her and part me, when as a kid it was all her fault, of course), but I am now a step-mother myself and I think I am pretty darned cool. Perhaps it was because we waited 3 years to get married when their mom got remarried months after, so the kids had time to get to know me. Who knows. But while I love this photo and this whole website for its awkwardliciousness, there were just too many anti-step-parent comments for me to keep my mouth shut
Only as an adult have I realized how impossibly difficult it must be to be a step-parent.
True.
Mom says, “That is enough Peter! If you can’t say anything nice about your sisters dress then go stand with your nose touching that poop brown screen door!”
Peter says, “But I was just repeating what she said!!!”
i saw the pick and the little boy reminded me of the ending of “Blair Witch”.
Oh man, that reminds me of when my Father married his most recent ex-wife. There’s a picture of me as a ten-year-old aggravated little girl stomping off when they were trying to take pictures of myself and my step-sister.
I didn’t like her then. 11 years of marriage and 1 divorce later and I still don’t like her.
Sometimes the kids *ARE* right!
Is your brother beating his head against the door?
Girl, I am SO with you on this! My dad’s been married 4 (FOUR!) times, my mom was his first. Three stepmothers I have had. That’s why talk like Yoda I do.
If the lace on your dress resembles a haircutting apron, you might be from 1990.
lmao, your little brother cracks me up!
and your facial expression is priceless:)
Dear MeLaina, that was me, and my little sister, the day our dad married our step-mom. I agree this is a work of art, like American Gothic. I feel your pain on that day. Happily it appears you and we as well, have lived to tell the story!
Hope they weren’t leaving you guys outside for their “honeymoon”…lol
Is the boy’s head o.k. from all the banging?
This picture made me laugh/cry involuntarily. Awesome photo, with flawless, wry description. Like lots of people, I’ve been there… thanks Mom.