Behind The Awkwardness: Memorial Day Special
May 30th, 2011
This Memorial Day, we remember some things and try to forget about others:
“So, I had just given birth to my first son at a local birthing center and there had been another couple that had given birth just before me there as well. The midwife told us that the couple in the other room wanted to come over to say congratulations and introduce us to their child as well. Little did I know that they would come into my room with no pants on. Even better, they both had NO UNDERWEAR ON. And from my vantage point, I could see everything. It was disturbingly awkward to say the least. I have no idea why my husband had his shirt off, but I assure you, he had his pants on. To this day I still have no idea why they were both naked from the waist down. Even more importantly, why was HE?”
(submitted by Jillian)
This photo and the comment from the new mummy, have had me laughing all day…The story is priceless, scary and hysterical funny..Thank you so much for sharing <3
This is the winner of all time – every time I look at it I chuckle!
Wonderful caption and truly unique story. I almost hate to say it, but when I first saw the photo, without reading the caption, I thought this might be a weird family photo. The men sort of resemble one another and both sport those ‘stylish’ 1980s big glasses. I thought they might be brothers, both having children at the same time.
The hat on the baby looks to be pink so I’m guessing girl, and you said you had a son. Dare I venture to say your children will find one another some day and marry? I’ll look forward to the wedding photos. They should be a hoot!
Oh thank you for this! HILARIOUS!!!! You cant make this stuff up, that was priceless..
I laughed at this till tears rolled down my face. It wasn’t so much the photo itself, but your caption. Priceless awkward moment!
I have not had such a good laugh in a long time. My jaw hurts!
This is TOOOO funny! And guys, your comments are fantastic. The one about the twin Jesse glasses sent me into spasms: I remember her show on TV in England (10 years out of date).
I can’t imagine any situation where I would be standing without undies posing for a picture in front of STRANGERS.
Jillian: thank you x
You’re welcome. Glad you did not find me as hateful as Drun apparently did.
Jillian
You are definitely not hateful. I commend you for sharing this photo… and awkward story. Drun is apparently a humorless Ahole
I’m sorry, what? How am I hateful? Do you even know me? I’d love to know how my comments are deemed hateful over an entirely awkward situation. I’m pretty sure I have at least 10,000+ people that would say otherwise.
Also I have to add that she did not “lose” her underwear. She never put any on.
I think it’s a joke. Too ridiculous to be serious.
AWESOME submission, and like others said- the story makes it work. Pretty rare the picture is the icing, and the caption is the cake.
drun, why is she a hateful person? she just could not understand why they were naked from the waist down and especially the guy?!
Maybe Drun is the guy in the picture who’s naked from the waist down!
Jillian – do you still exchange Christmas cards with these folks!?!
No I never really saw them again after this.
I’m wondering who wanted to photograph this twilight zone scene, and could steady themselves long enough to do it!
The one photo where the story behind the photo is MORE AWKWARD than the photo itself!!! Wow… just WOW!!!
My guess is that the pantless couple had a waterbirth, and that the hubby was in the tub with her but geez,….Anybody ever hear of swim trunks? Or a robe for that matter???
Have laughed uncontrollably for 5 mins with tears streaming down face.
Um, well I can tell you that I did not bleed much after my daughter due to a large tumor in the way (which ended up breaking her arm on the way out from being squished!), so maybe the other twin was up there blocking? Of course years later I had everything cut out to stop the bleeding. (Isn’t being a woman grand?)
Maybe she had a C-section and they were done stitching her up (and were gonna make her shoot out the other kid the old fashioned way).
Maybe they’re just freaks.
Its still freakin weird, no matter what, for the dude to have his weiner just dangling there. Why on earth would either him or his significant other wish for his weiner to be out when the babies where born. I mean, OK us women have to have it all hang out, but it’s kind of hard to avoid that. lol
Maybe it was their doctor who was naked and this nice new father gave up his pants for him?
And maybe the placenta had not yet come out so she was waiting and had time to kill, so why not pop around for a few friendly visits?
How was she not bleeding all over the place? After I had my daughter I was in so much pain I couldn’t even get out of bed without help from my fiance or the nurses. My fiance was cleaning up after me in the bathroom when I took my showers in the hospital! There’s no way she just gave birth.
Everyone is different, even in the way they give birth. For some people it’s no big deal.
Baahaaaaaa
No pants Lance as my mother says……
Are you stil; m,arried to that guy?
No, actually I am not. We made it 10 years before the wheels fell off. And he did finally retire his Sally Jesse glasses. He got Lasik surgery a few years after this photo was taken. We still laugh about this photo to this day. It is just so ridiculous that I still can barely believe it myself.
Oh my gosh!! I’m crying with laughter and almost peed my pants!
So, shouldn’t this have been posted for LABOR day instead! Ha! I’m hilarious…
BAAAA! Good one!
Are the guys twins? Did they get the two for one Sally Jesse special on the glasses?
Hilarious! This site is a cure for a bad day…and makes good days even better!
My dad always says that when he goes to heaven he’s got lots of questions for St. Peter when he gets there. I think this could be one of those questions -WHY.???
the woman standing just had one of her twins…
they were still waiting for the other one…
They probably had a water birth and just got out???
they were naked when they made the baby, so I guess they wanted to be naked to bring the baby into this world!
this photo and story totally cracked me up. also, it will be a really good way to embarrass their son when he reaches high school and brings home dates to meet the parents. they should frame this and put it in their hall!
Maybe your husband is shirtless because naked dad was totally starkers and you husband gave up his shirt so he’d have at least some coverage! LOL!
Okay what state was this picture taken in? They look way too familiar and I can’t stop laughing
i’m guessing texas, since the pantless dad is wearing what looks like a chuy’s t shirt
Ok I am going to say this for the people that missed my previous comment on this, the midwives told me afterwards that her husband had been NAKED for the entire birth! He only put a shirt on for me apparently. Even the midwives who are pretty much cool with anything had a solid laugh over this. They’d never quite seen anything like it. And no, it was not a water birth. It was a birthing chair birth. Bizarre through and through.
If he was only going to throw on one item before visiting you, wouldn’t you think he have chosen underpants rather than t-shirt?!
This IS the most awkward photo. You win.
Thank you for sharing this.
Um…I’ve given birth…and walking around with pants on AFTERWARDS is just not FEASIBLE. I mean, not to be grosser than the picture (which would be hard) but wasn’t she, um, leaving a trail…
UGH!!!
That is exactly what I was thinking!!! how was she walking around with no undergarments AFTER birth?!? I’m pretty sure that is impossible without being totally gross.
Maybe someone was following her with a mop and bucket.
HAHAH!
Maybe they were nudists, but obviously couldn’t be one hundo percent nakey at the hospital.
Classic awkward.
I guess it seemed ashamed to waste the semi-private room. Might as well try for baby #2!
Hey, I’m all for nudity in context but this is just bizarre! The thought of a stranger’s naked penis hovering above my head after having given birth to my child is just unbeleivably mind boggling! Definitley an awkward photo and congratulations for having the foresight to take it!
Donald Duck doesn’t wear pants either. Think about it perhaps they’re ducks?
I die. bahahahaha
I find it odd that they wanted to go visit other random strangers right after giving birth. I didn’t care to meet any other random new parents in the hospital after delivering either of my children… But then, the whole nudity thing just puts it over the top!! WHAT??!!
I have no words. That is just horrible. I understand new parents may be so stunned that they are not thinking clearly, but who forgets to at least put on underwear?
It is not about being ashamed of nudity so much, but it’s just the grossness and rudeness of it all. You don’t walk into a strangers room naked from the waist down. I wouldn’t even do that in a family member’s room.
Just makes my skin crawl.
“awkward hall of fame..” — that’s funny!
I’ve known moms AND dads who went au natural for the labor/birth when it was a waterbirth and they were both in the but, but why not put on pants before running over to greet the neighbors?!?
I’ve known moms AND dads who went au natural for the labor/birth when it was a waterbirth and they were both in the tub, but why not put on pants before running over to greet the neighbors?!?
I coached my friend who got naked all three times, no water birth, but she was the only one naked! And she got dressed after. That behavior is odd. UGH!!!!!
This is hands down the funniest photo (plus story behind it) I’ve seen in a long time. I’ve come back to it a few times now to show my friends and roommate and I laugh every time.
yes, the funniest picture of all time. had the hugest belly laugh in years.
I don’t know — when you have just given birth there’s really not much left that could phase you. The birthing centre I was at for my second child had a big bathroom with a shower and a toilet in it. The shower was a long way from the door, and there was no shower curtain. Well I had just got in the shower and was washing off all the post baby goop, and I guess in my fatigue I forgot to lock the door… of course some poor young man chose that moment to come in to use the toilet — I’m sure he was scarred for life, but I just kind of thought OK, whatever…
Also: Susan Sarandon.
Pardon this disgusting insight, but if you’ve ever had a baby, you know that you cannot, as a new mother, walk around with no underwear on…for fear of leaving a serious trail behind you. How did that work? Blarrrrgh.
Ha! That was my first thought too, having 2 kids myself. There is no way….I don’t get it.
very silly new parents too tired to know they left their pants off
What’s so weird about this? They just wanted to hang out……
Okay, so wait, is the half nekkid dude holding YOUR baby?
Looking at this picture has caused me psychological trauma, I think I may have to seek psycho therapy in order to make peace with the fact these two nut jobs walked into your birthing room HALF NAKED!!! I can only imagine the trauma you and your husband must have suffered! If you know of any good therapist, please let me know! LOL! But seriously…eewww!!
Seriously?! Nudity bugs people that much?? Don’t let my shy blushing fool you–that’s just a physical reflex. (;D)lol! Other peoples’ nudity doesn’t really bother me. I was raised Christian, but a few years of art classes (and being sexually active, of course,) tend to take some of that religious shame and guilt away.
I’m modest when it comes to my own body: in other words, I cover up. (;D)lol!
But I can really appreciate and understand why the [pants] are literally coming off in the birth centers. Can we say “Easy access,” boys and girls??!
I have yet to give birth myself, but I already know that I would want to be as comfortable as possible, and if that means bein’ half-nekked, then fine!
If anyone else gets nekked with me, I’m okay with that!
Easy access is obvious for the mom giving birth but why the dad? Was he getting a vasectomy done at the same time?
Even so, after birth women are messy, most would not want to leave a trail while they go visiting. There are feminine supplies taking up a full aisle of the grocery store because most women aren’t into bleeding all over the place.
Liz, Thank you for admitting you have not yet had a child – I had great dificulty in believing that you find this particular kind of nekkedness ok. Take it from one who has had children, giving birth is a messy thing and so is the aftermath- we’re talking full on here – not a little bit of period stuff. The fact this woman has no pants on after giving birth is not about nekkedness its about hygiene and infection control for her!. The fact that the hubby has no pants on is just plain mind boggling unless they maybe thought they could get a head start on the next baby which is even more mind boggling!
Even IF that were why he doesn’t have pants on, who in their right mind would want to have sex right after giving birth??? The doc said 6 weeks with no sex, but he really wouldn’t have had to qualify that one for me, I didn’t want anyone else’s business near mine!
I’m so glad you had the foresight to capture this incredibly awkward moment on film.
that is what i was about to write!! THANK GOD this is captured on film!!! thank you for the laugh!! tooooo funny AWKWARDLY FUNNY!!!!
Totally awkward and my son and I are laughing so hard right now! WHY was the father without pants and why didn’t he put them back on when he went to visit STRANGERS!
Jillian, this pic belongs in the awkward hall of fame! Thanks for sharing it!