That’ll Do
April 15th, 2010
A rare example of father-daughter PDA.
(submitted by Drew)
That’ll Do
A rare example of father-daughter PDA.
(submitted by Drew)
the idea of kissing your dad on the lips is not awkward, it’s sweet–especially because this little girl looks to be one 2! It’s the set up of the photo, it doesn’t look like a spontaneous peck. So we have heads tilted, dad positioned on the ground, what appears to be a ingering posed kiss and mom “pulling her away”. Hilariously awakward.
I’ve always kissed my parents on the lips… I’m 42 and still do… I kiss my kids on the lips as well – to say good night or good morning, when they get home from school… I’m sorry, but I find nothing wrong with it…
Hands-down the most awkward photo I’ve ever seen on this site.
Or anywhere.
im 36 and kiss my mom, gma, uncles and aunt on the lips and they all kiss each other. if something like that makes someone uncomfortable, its their mind that is warped! not all physical contact is sexual.
Yep. That’s awkward already. Squirming in my seat as I type this.
This is awkward from the clothing to the kiss to the mother’s expression. I think if the mom was laughing it would be easier to take b/c it would seem not so common, for them. Head cocked sideways……strange but they are sitting awkwardly to begin with. I hate “posed” photos anyway. My kids kiss my wife and I on the lips and cheek. Usually, if we kiss on the lips……we don’t hold it long enough for a photo to be taken!! It is just a quick peck and then usually followed by a hug.
So much serious discussion – far more awkward than the photo itself.
Closed mouth, who cares!
I think this is sweet not awkward at all
Kiss pictures are always wierd because it captures forever that single second when you close your eyes and look like you are mackin’. Case in point, my sister’s wedding photo that could have been a sweet candid except it was taken in that exact second. Very awkward father/daughter wedding makeout session.
First of all someone said the kid is 4?– no way the kids about 2 years old. Secondly the moment was not awkward but the photo/set up is. The way the frame was captured it looks like a romantic scene from Gone with the Wind..
lmao! So true! I would say if she isn’t two she is on the beginning end of three.
Finding this picture awkward, or decreeing that no children should kiss their parents on the lips, is like finding breastfeeding in public offensive. If YOU’ve got sex on the brain, you need help, but leave the rest of us out of your sordid worldview. This is just a sweet and wholesome scene – like a mom nursing her baby.
One of the nicest photos I ever saw of one of Canada’s prime ministers showed him (age 60 or so) kissing his dad (age 80 or so) on the lips at a public birthday party for the latter. So warm and human!
Thank you for that comment. i couldn’t agree more!
People actually think this is NOT awkward??? Wow…
People actually think this IS awkward??? WOW!!! People who are looking at this picture and think “romantic” have serious issues. It is a sweet, innocent kiss between father and daughter, Nothing more. If you can’t imagine innocent affection between parents and their children without it being “sexual”, then please do us all a favor and don’t breed.
yeah its not awkward , just an open expression of threeway love between a child and her parents…in the woods…away from pying eyes…..
anyone who wants to know how it is awkward- imagibe being the photographer….yeah..that feeling…thats awkward….
That’s kind of a sweet moment.
I hate myself when I reveal meaningful human emotion.
This one isnt awkward. It looks like the mom is a little left out, like it would be a nicer pic if she wasn’t in the shot, but I think its a cute pic of daddy and daughter. I’m an adult and I still kiss my dad on the lips, and I love seeing my baby girl grap her daddy and give him a big smooch on the lips too! I feel really bad for all the kids out there that aren’t “allowed” to kiss thier mom and dad. Talk about a way to f***up a child’s future relationships!
If my daughter is any example, I’m assuming mom grabbed her arm because when the photographer indicated the little girl should kiss her daddy, the little girl probably threw herself back at him. My daughter does this. She’s 5.
For the record? My MIL has never kissed any of her kids. Ever. It confuses the heck out of my daughter when she goes to give grandma a kiss and grandma makes her rub noses instead. We won’t even discuss the impact it had on her own kids. Thus, I find it hilarious when my daughter dodges the nose rub and plants a big smacker on grandma.
I don’t encourage it, but if grandma doesn’t like it, she’s on her own to explain it.
As for the moment? Definitely awkward frozen in a pic.
What makes it awkward is that the kiss is forever captured in that pose. It was probably a quick peck.
IMO, obviously, most of the people that think this is “awkward” or “creepy” don’t have kids. If they have kids then, I’m sorry for them. Yes, the clothing choice isn’t the best (they should all be dressed in the same style outfit) but I think the photo is cute. I’m sure the little girl was just giving her Daddy a quick peck, just like most families do. This is the only photo on the site that doesn’t seem like it should be here, to me. IMO, the one thing I find creepy is how there are so many minds in the gutter….
Alright, I know there was a phase where I gave a quick peck to my parents on the lips, but for those who insist it’s not awkward at all……the reason it’s mostly awkward for me I think is that their heads are tilted in a way which inadvertently seems “romantic” and not like a parental peck….I understand their positions are such that a regular obviously platonic kiss would be impossible, but it would not be awkward at all if the kiss was on the cheek.
I’m sure they are wonderful folks and everything, but this picture is very difficult for me to look at–it is definitely painfully awkward.
THIS. It’s the head tilt that makes it akward to me. The head tilt makes it seem more romantic and less parental. The way she’s leaned back into him also doesn’t help. If they were facing each other head on and hte kiss was saptured in a profile of both of them sideways, I’d think it’s sweet. But this is like an engagement photo pose IMO, that’s the awkward part. Kissing your kids on the lips isn’t awkward, but posing like *this* while kissing your kid on the lips is, IMO.
What happened to the bride and groom in the pool pic?
Yeah those were some of the best comments this week.
I think maybe it was taken down cause the photographer was promoting his website.
Ahhh that makes a lot of sense.
Thanks for this – I was having a twilight zone moment. I KNEW something was missing but couldn’t tell what. Too bad – it was definitely awkward – now that I recall it my neck hurts.
wha?
I guess I don’t get why this picture is supposed to be awkward. Its just a nice picture. You can’t even kiss your kid? Man, our society is so puritanical sometimes. Glad mine are grown. Must be tough to raise kids in such an uptight society..
Cascading dress code.
I agree that this is an awkward photo. However, I think it was more in the pose and the way it was shot. I kiss my kids on the mouth all the time and kiss my parents on the mouth and see nothing wrong with it.
It looks awkward because as the lines says PDA, they look like they are smooching for a lack of a better word, a simple kiss on the cheek would have been better.
Is that the Vulcan lip lock? Dangit….sorry….wrong picture.
Good one!
Unfortunately, I was one of the UNoriginal commenters on that previous photo. It was a humbling experience.
To me this is completely awkward and strange.
“Hey, save some for me!”
haha thats exactly what i was thinking!
Sweet? Not strange? Not awkward? Really people? Are you looking at the same picture I see? Wow! This SCREAMS awkward…..
We all kiss on the lips in our family… looks like a sweet ‘daddy’s girl’ moment to me. Maybe it’s a culture thing.
I can see where some people might find this a cute picture and see nothing wrong with it. But I have to say that the way they have their heads tilted…well, it’s just a little too much.
I think if the picture was just a close up of the dad and daughter’s face, it would be cute. But when you add all of the elements together – dad in a baseball style t-shirt and sneakers, mom watching in on the action, the tilted heads, the softened edges of the photo and the little girl being the only one that is all dressed up – I don’t know about anyone else, but the more I look at it, the creepier it gets.
Kissing your daughter is not strange BUT capturing like this, at that moment, makes it feel like the kiss is lasting forever. That’s creepy.
That’s it. That’s what the problem is here. It just feels odd to be “watching” it, despite the cute kid, the obviously sweet family, etc.
And who in the world made a rule that you can’t kiss your folks on the lips? It’s certainly a newsflash to my entire family.
I haven’t heard of that either – I think it is a little odd that people think its odd. It isn’t like one would be sucking face – I mean really! I feel like saying, “it’s a peck, get over it.”
I love how the mom is grabbing her arm.
Inappropriate head-tilting makes this awkward!
OMGS I totally LOL’ed on this one. And yes it is the awkward head tilt and closed eyes. I totally kiss my son on the lips and he kisses all his family on the lips and I dont’ see the problem. People are way to freaked out by innocent things.
I agree; what’s awkward with that? I think the caption is inappropriate. I kiss my children on the lips all the time.
When your children are in their 30s, would you kiss them on the lips?
I kissed my kids toes when they were little… or their armpit to tickle them… so you do things differently when kids are under a certain age. I wouldn’t kiss my 30 year old son’s armpit or foot.
im 36 and kiss my mom, gma uncles and aunt on the lips and they all kiss each other. if something like that makes someone uncomfortable, its their mind that is warped! not all physical contact is sexual.
Hell, yes. Same as I still kiss my own parents hello and good bye, now that I’m in my 30′s.
I kiss my daughter on the lips too, but I don’t I close my eyes and take my time. Because it’s a still photo it seems more intimate.
If his eyes were open it wouldn’t look as odd.
my opinion
parent-child lip kisses have always made me feel awkward.
*cheek
It’s definitely strange. The sentiment is there, just a bit weird.
This was an accidental shot. I KNOW it was. This happened to me with my father 2 years ago. I’m 47 and he’s 72. I went to kiss my dad on the cheek and he turned his head and WHAM…the most awkward photo ever taken in our family!! When I saw the photo, I was mortified, my family was hysterical, and the photography studio put it on their website. OMG!!!
It needs to be on this website!
Carabug: Send photo to AFP. Immediately.
why is it not on AFP ?
yes, send it!
I beg of you, please submit this photo. It was taken for a reason, possibly to grace this website.
Totally agree! Happened to me, too. When I was about 5, my Mom took an Easter picture of me and my Dad. She said to look up and him and grin, and for him to smile and lookback down at me. We’re both hams, and were being silly, making faces at each other. When we got the picture back from the developers (early 80s, mind you), it looked like we were about to kiss! Really, though, I think it’s one of my favorite pictures, knowing the back story. It just shows two goofballs having fun being silly, and it kind of backfiring. I think this is just a case of poor positioning. That said, why is the baby all dressed up, and her parents in jeans? That confuses me greatly.
Is that you in the photo two days after that one? It’s hysterical, regardless. If that is you, the AFP audience thanks you from the bottom of our cold, cackling hearts!
“cold, cackling hearts” hysterical!!
I too have an awkward daddy-kiss photo! I have to find it! I’m surprised to see how many people out there in AFP land have one! Maybe a new category…?
Mine was taken at camp in the 80′s – I was a teen (AWKWARD!), dad and mom visiting. We both look like we have mouths open going in for a kiss – its HILARIOUS!! I must find it – I had the urge to destroy it many times but its too funny…
it’s awkward because there is no sense of cohesive fashion. kid’s in a prom dress, dad’s in a screened tee.
Yeaaahhh…no. That’s not why it’s awkward. Wow…
Kissing your dad isn’t awkward, it’s sweet – might look weird because it’s a still photo, but I don’t see anything wrong with kissing a parent. Sorry.
It’s really just the positioning. I have an adorable pic of my husband and our two year old daughter kissing, but it was a much closer shot of their profiles and you can clearly see the childish puckers on both of them. This photo is far enough away that it almost looks like the kiss is one that would be shared between two adults. Plus, with her looking to the side and him looking down…it’s just sort of a classically romantic pose.
Well said.
Um… Its just such an intimate looking kiss.. Im feeling awkward looking at it..
OK.. that makes me a bit uncomfortable..
How is this gross? They’re family and they love each other. It’s cute.
Why do parents do these “fancy” pictures and yet they look like they have on regular every day clothes but the kid is dressed to the nines?
I think this is bizarre and creepy, and the look from mom… just ODD
I don’t like this!
So, that’s how it is in this family…..
LOL! Ferris Bueller quote!
Nicely done. I sneak in a little Ferris every chance I get.
I don’t think it’s weird at all to give your daughter a quick peck on the lips, although I don’t do it personally. But this pic makes it look like a lip-lock. Mom’s expression of not being entirely comfortable with the whole deal isn’t helping…
How is this awkward?
How is it NOT awkward?
I think it would be fine if their heads were straight….maybe.
His daughter is kissing him on the lips. Most parents would never allow thier children to pucker up and plant a kiss on the mouth. It falls within the “Don’t call your parents by thier first name and don’t kiss them on the lips” rule.
While this photo is awkward, you are the strange one for stating that most parents would never allow their children to plant a kiss on these mouth. I have NEVER heard of this supposed “rule”. This girl looks to be roughly 4ish. That is an age where kids commonly kiss their parents on the lips.
I am thinking that you have zero kids.
Correction: “allow their children to plant a kiss on their mouth”.
We have two children who do not kiss their parnets on the lips.
Thank you, Jason!
If I had parnets, I wouldn’t be embarrassed to kiss them on the lips.
I wouldn’t even be embarrassed to kiss my parrots on the lips.
And, I would even kiss my parents on the lips…
XD
(There’s a Dr. Seuss book in this somewhere…)
I agree that is it odd to think most parents would never kiss their kids on the lips. Everyone I know kisses their kids on the lips. Its an expression of love. The picture does seem odd though because most parents/kids just give a quick peck. The picture makes it seem long lasting.
BINGO! It’s the way the heads are tilted and just as you said, how the picture makes it seem long lasting. It may not seem awkward for your kid to kiss you on the mouth….but this PICTURE is definately awkward! By the way…has anyone ever noticed how the word “awkward” is kinda awkward by itself???
Yes, the word awkward is very awkward. I wish there was a better synonym but really there isn’t. its awkward to spell, say, and look at. but i love it!
Umm I have NEVER heard of that rule. Babies kiss their parents on the lips.. Where have you been? Haha
it’s not really the “on the lips” part that is the strangest part – it’s the way it’s done. If Mom wasn’t there and it was done in a more “cutesy” way or SOMETHING…this is hard to look at. My 5 year old son and I kiss on the lips all the time, so that’s not the awkward part, it’s the whole set up of the picture.
My daughters are 26 and 21 and they STILL kiss me and their Dad on the lips. Get a grip.
I agree…
I’ve been an adult for quite a long time and I still kiss my mother on the lips.
what stuck up and conservative parents did you have???? anyway, if you believe this, then you’re missing out on some wonderfully cute kisses.
I find this comment way more awkward than the photo (although the photo is certainly awkward- it’s the position of the kiss, which was a mistake).
I know plenty of children who kiss their parents on the lips. Quick pecks, to be sure, but lip-kisses nonetheless.
That is absolutely ridiculous, Jason. Unless there’s tongue involved (eww), then there is nothing wrong with giving a peck to your parents on the lips. I, too, have always kissed my mom, aunts, grandmas on the lips. But it’s not like we smooch for 30 seconds or anything. But I grew up with an affectionate, caring family. It sounds like this is YOUR hang-up, not society’s.
And the picture is a little awkward in the way that the subjects are positioned, that’s all. Otherwise, it’s a sweet picture.
My four year old son kisses close family on the lips. So do my nieces (5 and 8). When I was little, I always kissed my parents, siblings and my grandma on the mouth, too.
I think Mommy looking on is a little awkward. Too freudian!
C’mon. You know it’s awkward.
My son just turned 7 and I am willing to take any kisses he will give to me! It won’t be too long before he is too embarrassed for that!
I think this is sweet, not strange.
Mom is so jealous!!!
Don’t quite know whether to go ‘Awwwwwww’ or Ewwwwwww’.