Behind The Awkwardness
Christmas Casual
“Just a couple of newlyweds enjoying their first Christmas together!! This was over 25 years ago, we would probably need a king size sheet today! LOL”
(submitted by Jeannie)
Nothing’s Permanent
“I was pushing my brother’s GI Joe jeep up the hill. I was bent over, face down & pushing. The jeep came out from under me & I smashed my face on the pavement. To remedy the situation, my mom decided to give me a home perm. Gotta’ love the busted up face with the 70’s wallpaper & home perm curlers.”
(submitted by Helen)
Giggle Belly
“My family used to play Giggle Belly. You start by laying with your head on someones stomach. When everyone is in place the first person says ‘ha’, the person on their stomach says ‘ha, ha’ and so on. I am in the teal sweater with the acid washed jeans and 1990’s glasses.”
(submitted by Lindsey)
Chocolate Baby
“Discovered that one digitizing my grandparents slides. Must have been around the late 1960s. We are not certain about what happend prior to this photo been taken. Our hypothesis: The girl stole and eat the boys chocolate and got into trouble for doing so. Result: Girl sad, boy sad. We’ll never truly know, but this is just epic. It makes me laugh every time I look at it.”
(submitted by Judith in Germany)
The Bouquet Squat
“It was time for the bouquet toss, and after too much liquid courage… the maid of honor began to hike her dress up, and assume an athletic squat in hopes to catch the bride’s bouquet. The hiking and squatting created quite an audience of onlookers. Normally, I tend to hide my camera during moments like these. But the awkwardness was just too much! I had to take this photo. Needless to say, the maid of honor did NOT catch the coveted bouquet. But she sure had fun trying!”
(submitted by Alexandria of Alexandria Tyler Photography)
Where Sleeping Dogs Lie
“While my hubby, son, and I were playing Minecraft, my 2.5 year old daughter was playing in the playroom behind me. After a while I noticed the absence of noise, turned around, and found this sight. She had fallen asleep in the last position she had been playing in which happened to be laid out on top of my Corgi. The dog is not very intelligent and just laid there with a 35 lb toddler on top of her for what must have been 20 minutes or more. After snapping the pic I took the baby to her own bed and the dog acted like nothing happened.”
(submitted by Anna)
No Thanks
“This photo was taken at yet another un-thankful thanksgiving dinner. Or some other dinner where all four siblings were forced to squish on one side of the table to make room for their elders. You can tell our joy by the looks on our faces and the empty wine bottles behind us.”
(submitted by Mary in Canada)
Pit Stop
“Family vacation around 1974. We drove all the way to California with my father taking dozens of rolls of film. By the time we did a swing by the Grand Canyon, we were all tired. We got out of the car and this is the sole photo my father snapped of us. We spent about 3 minutes there. Long enough for my mom to finish that banana.”
(submitted by Libby)
Santa’s Little Helpers
“This is a picture of my family taken in 1981. If you could sum up my family with a picture, this would be it. That’s me crying in my mom’s lap. My brother looks like he’s having a nervous breakdown. My dad isn’t taking anything seriously and my mom looks very tired from having to put up with all of us. And the creepy Santa, well, that’s just a bonus.”
(submitted by Amanda)
The Longest Yawn
“My high school sweetheart and I were set to get married in June of 1995. I called that wedding off, then we got re-engaged and planned the wedding for June of 1996. Two weeks before that wedding I told my mom and my fiance I didn’t want to get married, but this time they would not allow it. I went through with it, but I was not happy about it. We had two beautiful children, but the marriage did not last. We were divorced 8 years later.”
(submitted by Melissa)
