Brothers
An American Privilege
“This is a school assignment I completed when I was six years old. I blame my artistic choices on my five older brothers, and I was under the impression that ‘voting’ meant cheering your leaders in battle. The best part is that this was published in the school year book.”
(submitted by Ariel)
Maroon 5
“My mother must have ransacked the Sears catalog to purchase these Sears Tuffskins maroon denim outfits (with white top-stitching) for all five of us kids. She got matching outfits for herself and Dad, who aren’t in the photo. Then we all went to Six Flags Over Georgia, where we were mistaken for – on multiple occasions – either a gospel group or a a country music band. As the eldest child (12) and only girl…I was completely mortified and spent most of the day dragging 20 feet behind my family. Flash forward 44 years and it is now my brothers’ and my most ‘precious’ (and totally hilarious) memory! Embrace the awkward!”
(submitted by Pat)
Snacktime Strife
“My six-year-old daughter scribbled this note about her little brother, then stuffed in my hand an hour after she had a snack. It reads: ‘It’s just that everyone pays attention to Jay, not me so no one pays attention to me, so people don’t feed me that much.’ She was apparently starved for more than just attention.”
(submitted by Sara)
The Goose
“These are my husband and his siblings. His sister in pink just goosed my husband. The look on his face is hilarious. His sister on the other end…I’m not sure why she has that look. LOL.”
(submitted by Amber)
Sheet Chic
“The three oldest Chewning children have always been eccentric. One of their favorite hobbies was to wear blankets and sheets in an artist manner. The original photo captures perfectly the personality of each individual. After reuniting over the holidays, they realized that no one really ever changed.”
(submitted by Sarah)
Anarchy
“Can’t explain anything about this picture of my grandfather with my little brothers as I was away at college. Apparently everything went straight to hell once I left home–maybe wearing clothes became optional. My mother must have taken this…I have no idea what she was thinking.”
(submitted by Hillary)
Skinny Dippers
“Every year for swimming my brother and I take a family photo for the team pictures, but this year the crop job and my hair made it look like we were naked.”
(submitted by Caitlin)
Ringbearer Malfunction
“My brother’s bomb-disposal-robot ringbearer got a little too interested in me.”
(via source)
The Mummy
“This is a photo of my younger sister, (mummified), my older brother, (proud as ever), and me (“I didn’t do it”). My favorite part of this picture is how, even though you can’t see my little sister’s face, you can tell she is smiling in a very “TA-DA!” way, and I can only imagine how proud she was to be our model. I don’t remember when this was taken, but I can look at the craftsmanship in the placement of the streamers, and the excellent color blocking techniques, and I know that’s my fabulous work – my brother must have been the project manager/supervisor. My siblings and I have talked about recreating this picture for our mom now that we are all in our 20’s, but it has been really hard to drum up this collection of oddly specific t-shirts.”
(submitted by Meredith)
