Minus Mom

“This is a family photo that was taken back in 2004. My Mom stepped out of frame to take off her glasses at the last second and the photographer (having had no warning that she was going to do so) kept shooting anyway. My Dad, brother, and I all had quite different reactions.”

(submitted by Kelsey) 

You Stole My Easter

‘I think I’m around 3 years old in this photo and my brother would have been around 7.  Although I don’t remember anything about what was in those baskets, I do remember being tremendously upset that my brother had stolen mine and refused to give it back. My parents still say they were basically the same basket with maybe one or two things different, but even now I’m not buying it.”

(submitted by Jonathon)

The Hands Off Approach

“My sister’s date’s epic hovering hand. The awkwardness was thick. Rush fans don’t often get dates to dances, and here it shows.”

(submitted by Sam) 

Broken Wings

“This photo is so 90s, I can’t look directly at it without getting eyestrain. I am 13-14 here, so this is about 1992. The carefully-constructed bird’s wing bangs, the big earrings, the dress-over-a-shirt combo… and this was before I knew how to tame my eyebrows, so there’s that, too. The only thing I can be grateful for is that I was not allowed to wear makeup yet. I can only imagine how that would have turned out.

I did not date at all in high school.”

(submitted by Anna)

My Mother’s Blood, Sweat, And Tears

“I think I’m somewhere around 10 in this photo, which would put it somewhere in the mid-80s. This hairstyle is the result of curlers left in overnight and a curling iron in the morning, and a lot of my mother’s blood, sweat, and tears. It is little wonder why I had no friends as a child.”

(submitted by Anna)

Digger The Dermatophyte

“The Lamisil commercial featuring the toe fungus ‘Digger the Dermatophyte’ caught my four-year-old’s eye just before Halloween. She had a great time at the party. She was so pooped that she went to bed still in costume. I have a picture the next morning with her clutching her tail! I don’t know at what point during the party the tail came off but she still had it!”

(submitted by Beth) 

The Great Escape

“We were at the Oregon coast. Our daughter wouldn’t join the pic and skipped off.”

(submitted by Lisa) 

Fight Of The Bumblebee

“This photo was taken at a Halloween party when I was about 7 or 8 years old.  The party was hosted by a co-worker of my Mom’s and she insisted that my family wear matching costumes.  My Dad was none too thrilled about this and refused for a long time.  In fact it took several beers to get him into those tights.  I don’t remember feeling one way or the other about it, but the look on my face says it all.  And the look on Mom’s face tells just how pleased she was with her grand idea.  That year my Mom decided to use this photo as our family Christmas card, which did not go over well for Dad when he walked into our family optometrist’s office and was greeted with, ‘Hey, you’re the bee guy!'”

(submitted by Carrie… who is awesome)

I Should Have Been On Drugs

“This is probably one of the worst school pictures ever. I must have been laughing when he took the picture. But why would my mom send me out like that with my hair like that, knowing that it was picture day? Everyone who sees it asks me, “Were you on drugs?”, my response was “No!”, but I should have been. I am a fairly good looking guy, I promise.”

(submitted by Marty) 

Dress Code

“My siblings were in a heated debate regarding what colors to wear for family pictures. My mom was sick of the argument so she said, ‘Just wear whatever!’….after my little brother and I showed up wearing this, she will never say that again.”

(submitted by Andy)