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Awkward Family Photos

As I sometimes reveal here, there is something universal about the awkwardness of family.

About a week ago, two childhood friends launched a site to document as much. The results — in the vein of LOLCats and Stuff White People Like — are hilarious:

The Choker: “This is what happens when your male role model is both a priest and a gym teacher.”

choker

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My Two Dads: “You may use your calculator for this equation.”
(Favorite comment: “I am very confused by this. Is the guy in the front right like a neighborhood computer guy who helps them out sometimes?”)

dads

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Family Tree: “Even the tree felt this one was awkward.”

tree

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Check out the full, awkward archive here.

But a word of caution: Some of these will give you nightmares. Or at least the.. uh… willies.

Thanks to Megan Cordero for flagging this site.

Filed Under: Family History, Humor, Pop Culture Tagged With: awkward family photos, family, Family History, Humor, photos

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  1. Todd Randolph says

    May 15, 2009 at 6:08 pm

    the tree shot made me jealous. I can never get my shirts that gleaming white.

    Reply
  2. Todd Randolph says

    May 15, 2009 at 10:08 am

    the tree shot made me jealous. I can never get my shirts that gleaming white.

    Reply
  3. Christian Gulliksen says

    May 15, 2009 at 6:24 pm

    Anyone else think the girl in “The Choker” looks like the Molly Ringwald character who can’t believe she’s stuck in this family?

    Reply
  4. Christian Gulliksen says

    May 15, 2009 at 10:24 am

    Anyone else think the girl in “The Choker” looks like the Molly Ringwald character who can’t believe she’s stuck in this family?

    Reply
  5. Rick says

    May 15, 2009 at 7:33 pm

    Great photos. Only problems I see is that I am very likely to do something like these.

    Reply
  6. Rick says

    May 15, 2009 at 11:33 am

    Great photos. Only problems I see is that I am very likely to do something like these.

    Reply
  7. Ann Handley says

    May 15, 2009 at 10:21 pm

    @Todd : LOL

    @christian: Yes! And like the comments said, she was smokin’ hot 25 years ago! (Hard to believe, but there you go.)

    @rick Absolutely.. we all have these lurking in a box somewhere…

    Reply
  8. Ann Handley says

    May 15, 2009 at 2:21 pm

    @Todd : LOL

    @christian: Yes! And like the comments said, she was smokin’ hot 25 years ago! (Hard to believe, but there you go.)

    @rick Absolutely.. we all have these lurking in a box somewhere…

    Reply
  9. Anonymous says

    May 16, 2009 at 12:58 am

    Oh, Ann, these are hilarious; no doubt fodder for a bestselling Xmas gift book…for the family member who has everything. Kudos to your friends for brilliant concept and sure-to-be monetized execution.

    Reply
  10. Helen Klein Ross aka AdBroad says

    May 15, 2009 at 4:58 pm

    Oh, Ann, these are hilarious; no doubt fodder for a bestselling Xmas gift book…for the family member who has everything. Kudos to your friends for brilliant concept and sure-to-be monetized execution.

    Reply
  11. Alan Wolk says

    May 16, 2009 at 1:58 am

    I had seen this earlier in the week and intended to spend about 90 seconds perusing it. 45 minutes later… OPP (other people’s photos) fascinate us.

    Reply
  12. Alan Wolk says

    May 15, 2009 at 5:58 pm

    I had seen this earlier in the week and intended to spend about 90 seconds perusing it. 45 minutes later… OPP (other people’s photos) fascinate us.

    Reply
  13. Dusan Vrban says

    May 16, 2009 at 5:55 am

    I love the title on two dads. 🙂 But above all, there’s always the combination of photo and title/comments that makes it special…

    Reply
  14. Dusan Vrban says

    May 15, 2009 at 9:55 pm

    I love the title on two dads. 🙂 But above all, there’s always the combination of photo and title/comments that makes it special…

    Reply
  15. Julie Roads says

    May 16, 2009 at 11:47 am

    I want this to be my next job – both the finding of the photos and the writing of the captions. By the way – where did you find that fantastic ‘retweet’ plugin! Love it.

    Reply
  16. Julie Roads says

    May 16, 2009 at 3:47 am

    I want this to be my next job – both the finding of the photos and the writing of the captions. By the way – where did you find that fantastic ‘retweet’ plugin! Love it.

    Reply
  17. Anonymous says

    May 16, 2009 at 8:12 pm

    @Christian, …the girl in “The Choker” *does* look just like Molly Ringwald, from Pretty in Pink.

    These were all great. Some of the ones on the site are even better…

    I just joined the Fan Club on Facebook–what a fun site.

    Reply
  18. Peg Mulligan says

    May 16, 2009 at 12:12 pm

    @Christian, …the girl in “The Choker” *does* look just like Molly Ringwald, from Pretty in Pink.

    These were all great. Some of the ones on the site are even better…

    I just joined the Fan Club on Facebook–what a fun site.

    Reply
  19. Ann Handley says

    May 18, 2009 at 1:36 am

    @julie Check out Tweetmeme.com — simple plug in for WordPress or other blogging platforms.

    @peg Thanks for the heads up on the Facebook page! Everyone, check it out:
    http://www.facebook.com/pages/AwkwardFamilyPhotoscom/103280435790?v=wall&viewas;=580240608

    (I gotta say, though.. that tiger photo on the site totally depressed me, as I said in the comments.)

    Reply
  20. Ann Handley says

    May 17, 2009 at 5:36 pm

    @julie Check out Tweetmeme.com — simple plug in for WordPress or other blogging platforms.

    @peg Thanks for the heads up on the Facebook page! Everyone, check it out:
    http://www.facebook.com/pages/AwkwardFamilyPhotoscom/103280435790?v=wall&viewas=580240608

    (I gotta say, though.. that tiger photo on the site totally depressed me, as I said in the comments.)

    Reply
  21. Roshan says

    May 19, 2009 at 4:59 pm

    Hilarious. I would kill myself if my family wanted to pose in such pics.

    Reply
  22. Roshan says

    May 19, 2009 at 8:59 am

    Hilarious. I would kill myself if my family wanted to pose in such pics.

    Reply
  23. Bdot says

    May 22, 2009 at 3:19 pm

    Ann,
    I checked out the site. Only one thing I can say is
    I’m glad to see there isn’t a family gathered around the family bush.

    Reply
  24. Bdot says

    May 22, 2009 at 7:19 am

    Ann,
    I checked out the site. Only one thing I can say is
    I’m glad to see there isn’t a family gathered around the family bush.

    Reply
  25. Gavin Heaton says

    June 3, 2009 at 10:18 am

    It was with some trepidation that I went to that site last week. I just didn’t know if some stray photo had slipped through my grasp. Luckily there are no Heaton family snaps to be seen – at least none that I will admit to!

    Reply
  26. Gavin Heaton says

    June 3, 2009 at 2:18 am

    It was with some trepidation that I went to that site last week. I just didn’t know if some stray photo had slipped through my grasp. Luckily there are no Heaton family snaps to be seen – at least none that I will admit to!

    Reply
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    June 3, 2009 at 3:40 pm

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    June 3, 2009 at 3:41 pm

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  31. Amy says

    November 6, 2009 at 9:15 am

    Oh my!! The pictures are hilarious. Nice topic.

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    h-c-g…

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