Grabbing My Attention
“I’m a photographer at a Sears Portrait Studio and I conned my mother and her new husband to come get some photos made with me. I was having difficulty smiling without making the squinty-eye face. I guess my mom was getting tired of waiting on me to finally get my act together, so she reached up and grabbed my boob to make me laugh. This was the result. I couldn’t make that face again if I tried. Not surprisingly, this is my mother’s biggest and most natural smile in the whole 2 hour session! Mom’s poor new husband doesn’t even know what he got himself into…”
Love At First Hate
“My girlfriend made me a jar of ‘101 things she loves about me.’ As terrible as it may seem, I think this one is vital to a healthy relationship.”
(via source)
Big Baby
“Between his giant, hairless head and his adorable neck wrinkles, my fiance, Andrew, still looks exactly like his baby pictures. The first time I visited his parents and saw the old photos, I knew what their Christmas present would be the next year.
I scanned in the original sepia toned baby pics, and spend a day demanding Andrew recreate them. This wasn’t as fun as we thought it would be, because it involved me directing Andrew to do impossible things like “make your chin more wrinkled, but don’t tip your head down. Look towards the sun, but don’t squint and don’t frown. Giggle like a baby! No, no, not like that. Be more cute! Eyes wider but also make your neck fatter and relax your shoulders! Stay still while a smear this donut on you.” Anyway, we learned I’m bad at art directing and he’s real bad at being a baby, but the photo collage came out amazing. He’s adorable, then and now.”
(submitted by Katie)
Custody Battle
“From 1999: a divorcing couple divides their Beanie Baby investment under the supervision of a judge.”
(via source)
Earning Her Merit Badge
“My daughter had some fun with her girl scout troop this weekend.”
(via source)
Going Rogue
“We tried taking a nice family picture now that my daughter is one. She looks like she’s going to slit someone’s throat.”
(via source)
The Chaperones
‘This photo was taken before my elementary school’s annual Father Daughter dance. My sister and I are standing alongside our father on the right, our family friends are to the left, and two motherly chaperones had a little too much to drink and took it upon themselves to pose in our photo with us. It ended up looking like a polygamist advertisement. It was quite the experience & the picture just exudes awkward.”
(submitted by Savannah)
Anything You Can Do
“This is my older daughter – her sister is the one laughing hysterically on the bed. The little one had been doing ‘acrobatic’ moves jumping through the spaces on her bunk bed ladder, and her big sister thought it would be funny to try it herself. After I finished laughing hysterically and running to another room to get the camera, I did eventually help her get free.”
(submitted by Holly)
The Bond Of Love
“My twelve-year-old niece uses duct tape for her crafts. This is what my grandma bought her for her birthday.”
(via source)
An Uplifting Moment
“This is a photo of my family and me from a few years back. I’m the oldest and in the middle, youngest on the left, middle child on the right. We didn’t plan this, but it turned out to be pretty awkward.”
(submitted by Ryne)
