Behind The Awkwardness
Love Tap
“This is my older sister and my father. She got boxing gloves for Christmas and thought it would be a good idea to challenge our father. From the picture, you can see the he accidentally won that challenge. And don’t worry, nobody was hurt :)”
(submitted by Danielle)
Christmas Pig
“Cubans butcher and eat a pork on Christmas eve. This is my grandpa making me pose with the remains of dinner while he talked to it! He was a big joker. I was horrified.”
(submitted by Maria)
Married On The 4th Of July
“This is my older sister Angela’s wedding. They were wearing the hats because our mother said they made everyone look elegant. My sister had a 4th of July wedding because she is a redneck at heart and that is the reason of the red, white, and blue flowers and streamers. Oh, and one of the flowers girls had just puked.”
(submitted by Terri)
Out Of The Picture
“My grandma wasn’t too happy when my dad and my step-mom got divorced. She decided the best way to handle it was to cut her out, literally. I am the one to the right feeling a little left out.”
(submitted by Amber)
Spit It Out
“Seemingly unaware that me (the baby) was about to spit up, my sister (yes, she looks like a boy, pre-donny osmond I suppose) holds that completely straight face through the whole picture…even with the wet stickiness on her arm. I guess my mom should have tried harder to burp me before they took pictures.”
(submitted by Megan)
Pretty In Pink 5
“In the fall of ’85, when I was a junior in high school, a new, slick student asked me to go to Homecoming. I was smitten and immediately said yes. After my mother bought me a rather expensive (and fluffy) dress, the slick boy of my dreams asked someone else and dumped me. I was embarrassed and heartbroken. A few days later one of the nicest and most popular seniors in the entire school asked me to go to homecoming in the hall. While it was painfully obvious that he had been roped into it by a parent or my bigger brother, I agreed to his self-sacrifice. We ended up double-dating with one of the girls in my class and her senior boyfriend, and I had a wonderful time. He even kissed me good night, in that polite, “you weren’t a bad pity day” sort of way that good guys do.
John, wherever you are, you were my red-headed knight in shining armor. And sunglasses. So no one knew it was you who was with me. I bet you turned out wonderfully.”
(submitted by Daphne)
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Swiss Misters
“Me with my two brothers in 1968. We just moved to Switzerland where my father got a good job with a much better salary than before. So we were showing off a new bicycle, a new scooter, new clothes, and my mother’s impeccable sense of fashion.”
(submitted by Gautier in France)
Macho Man
“This is my little sister in costume for her dance routine to the Village People’s “Macho Man” song. The sad part is, someone put a lot of effort into creating this monstrosity, and what’s worse, made her wear it.”
(submitted by Celia)
Deep Cover
“My wife was rushing me to get ready for graduation. She said we are gonna be late and we have to take pictures. I had just gotten out of the shower and ran in with my cover dog (Biscuit).”
(submitted by William)
‘Til Death
“Yes, this is my engagement picture. We thought it would be cute meaning ’til death do us part, but everyone thought it meant our love was already dead.”
(Photographer:Jack Carey, Edited by Robin Simpson )
