Behind The Awkwardness: Petpourri

“This is a photo of my family and its menagerie (ferret, snake, cat, dog) circa 1985. Less than a year later, we added a pig to the mix, and our childhood also included at various points a goat, raccoons, iguanas, chameleons, ponies, mice, rats, too many small lizards to count and at least one bird that was killed by a ferret.

The best parts of this picture are the expression of sheer misery on my then 14-year-old sister’s face, and the averted look of embarrassment worn by Missy, the matriarch Labrador.”

(submitted by Will)

In Behind The Awkwardness • November 8th, 2011 • 5 Comments »

Behind The Awkwardness: Strange Encounter

“This picture is of my ancestor. My family would go visit Montana from Minnesota. The Montana family was much more tough than the Minnesota family including the boy in this picture. He was a tough little kid until he came around the corner and met Cindy the family monkey.”

(submitted by Heidi)

In Behind The Awkwardness • July 21st, 2011 • 13 Comments »

Behind The Awkwardness: Rockstar

“This is a picture of my wonderful boyfriend gave me for my 21st birthday of him and his two ‘sons.’ One day in August, he dyed his hair rockstar blue for a rock concert he was playing in. Two months later in October, the hair had turned from royal blue to greenish-greyish-gross.”

(submitted by Daina)

In Behind The Awkwardness • June 23rd, 2011 • 17 Comments »

Behind The Awkwardness: Pajama Party

“My grandmothers dog had fleas. Her solution was unorthodox but successful.”

(submitted by Shannon)

In Behind The Awkwardness • June 11th, 2011 • 9 Comments »

Behind The Awkwardness: Night Terror

“It was late at night and my Sun Conure was sleeping in his fuzzy hut as usual. I thought it would be cute to get a shot of him peeking out of it, but when you put a large scary flashing object in a birds cage in the middle of the night, I guess it’s pretty terrifying.”

(submitted by Kathy)

In Behind The Awkwardness • May 23rd, 2011 • 14 Comments »