Kate Hackett
A few years ago TERRIBLY awkward family photos made the rounds as the Internet’s delight-of-the-month.
The trend kind of subsided, but obviously there were plenty of weird pics to share, so the good folks at awkwardfamilyphotos did us all a solid and put together an Instagram account full of these ridiculous pictures.
So laugh now, my friends, because in 20 years…
All your selfies are going to be snickered at by The Kids.
1. “My parents in high school… I’m not sure what is going on here.”
2. “After we had just finished 2 hours of wedding photos.”
3. “My parents on their wedding day, Vancouver 1986.”
4. “The chainsaw was the neighbor’s Christmas present. It’s funny because my mom is smiling even though my dad looks kind of like a potential serial killer.”
5. “Despite the doom & gloom depicted in the picture, four kids & 28 years later, we’re still together.”
6. “My sister is the one who has wisely chosen not to participate in this smooch-fest.”
7. “My husband and I wanted to take a Christmas family photo with our dog Rylee, but he kept wandering off. When we got home our photographer called us and said, ‘I found where Rylee was.”
8. “I photographed my sister-in-law’s wedding (my husband’s sister). I knew the window overlooked a part of the hotel’s roof, but I didn’t notice the workers until after I snapped a few pictures.”
9. “We were having a great time at my wedding.”
10. “My parents leaving their wedding reception for their honeymoon road trip in a VW van. 1971.”
11. “Here’s my Mom and Dad in September 1970. Credit to the photographer for the special effects pre-photoshop.”
12. “This is a photo of my Ma and Pop out on a date in the ’80s. My mom must have followed the instructions on my father’s shirt because 9 months later I was born!”
13. “When the preacher said ‘Kiss the bride,’ my four-year-old decided to put a finger in my butt.”
14. “I was going through the pictures when I saw I totally blocked my husband out with my big hair. Then a good friend of mine pointed out the bush in the background looks like a demon.”
15. “We had the worst wedding photographer in the world. I think this says it all.”
16. “Dad was sure the church photo would only be taken from the waist up.”
17. “My favorite picture of my parents. Them on their wedding day, 1991.”
18. “Found this version at my grandma’s. If anyone in the family had broken up with a significant other, she had a Sharpie ready to joyfully remove the offending partner.”
19. “They encountered a black metal band during their engagement shoot.”
20. “My parents’ wedding photo taken in the early 60s with my mother wearing pan-stick makeup. My mom just looks SO happy, doesn’t she?”
