30 Awkward Childhood Photos People Probably Wish Their Parents Hadn’t Saved
Parents will throw away the manual to every appliance they own, but they still have a perfectly preserved photo of your worst haircut.
The unfair part about childhood pictures is that you had very little control over the situation. Somebody else picked your clothes and approved the haircut. Now you’re the one who has to explain why you look like a recently divorced accountant on your first day of second grade.
I respect anyone willing to share the evidence voluntarily. These people in r/blunderyears dug up their awkward childhood photos and let the internet have a look. At least now the picture gets to be funny on their terms instead of making its annual appearance when their parents have company.
1. I Show My Boyfriend One Picture From My Childhood And Suddenly Reproducing With Me Is Off The Table
2. Apparently I Didn’t Know How To Smile In First Grade
3. I Was 10 When I Realized People With No Bangs Had Grown Them Out, Not Cut Them Off
4. Here I Am Winning The “Little Miss Piggy” Award At A Mud Volleyball Tournament In 1998
I was sprayed down with a fire hose afterward and wound up with hypothermia.
5. My Friend Has The Best Awkward Childhood Photo Ever
6. This Is My Wife’s Favorite Photo Of Me
7. Glamour Photo From 1994. I Was 8 Years Old (Going On 45 In This Pic)
8. My Dad Always Thought This Haircut Looked Incredible On Me. My Mom Thought The Shirt Was Incredible. I’m A Female
9. My Family Dubbed Me “Fivehead”
My friends said, “Can you do a brainblast for us?” and “Looks like you have a lot on your mind” when they first saw it.
10. School Photo Looking Like A 60-Year-Old Librarian With My Cardigan, Turtleneck, And Thick Glasses. Date And Age Unknown
11. Childhood Me Thought This Would Look Awesome. I Can’t Believe They Let Me Take It
12. In 7th Grade, I Didn’t Have A Date To The Dance, So I Cut Out A Picture Of Brendan Fraser And Taped It To A Stick And Brought It With Me. For Real
13. Today I Completed My Master’s Degree. To Celebrate My Future, I’ve Decided To Start By Embracing My Past. I Present My Single Most Embarrassing Photo
14. I See Your Friend’s “Awkward Childhood” Photo, And Raise You Mine. Man, I Was A Looker
15. Apparently This Was The Best Photo They Could Get For My First Christmas
16. My Childhood Picture
17. Yes That Is My Real Head, No This Photo Was Not Edited
18. I Wanted Dreadlocks In High School. Mom Gave Me Braids
19. When I Met My Childhood Crush, Jonathan Taylor Thomas, My Face Was Painted Like A Clown
20. Permission Has Finally Been Granted To Share My Wife’s Glorious Childhood Perm/Greatest Soccer Pic Of All Time
21. 1994, Age 7, First Grade. My Stepdad Says I Wanted My Hair Cut That Way
22. I Blame My Mom For This One. My Sweater Wasn’t Stained, The Photo Is Just Old
23. My Uncle Being Embarrassed Of Me Trying To Sip Some Soda In Public
24. My 9th Grade “Graduation” In 2002. 3 Months Later I Was In Military School In Texas
25. All Decked Out In Eyeliner And Angst, About To Go To The Local Emo Concert (2006)
26. Glad My Wife Changed Hairstyles Since Then
27. 1995-1997 My Dear Grandpa Showed This To My Fiance The Night Before Our Holy Matrimony
28. Looking Back To My Iconic Fashion Choices
Year of the last warped tour, earlobe blowouts, Myspace, and getting bullied by the older scene kids.
29. My Boyfriend And His Mom In 1992
30. 2004. Trying To Take A Myspace Photo While No One Was At Home
