Joys of family not always unmixed

Some of the weirdest moments of family life involved group photographs.

Either it's the parents trying to stage some cutesy/bizarre tableau, or it's a picture that had to be taken when someone's hair was filthy, someone else was retaining water or a third person had a giant zit on the end of their nose.

You can't win, unless you're one of those made-for-Hallmark families that always look great. But for the rest of us, there's an amazing Website. It's called Awkward Family Photos, and it's got every sort of weird family picture you can imagine.


Consider this one:

This was obviously either Dad or Mom's bright idea, one of those "wouldn't it be funny if ..." pictures that probably resulted in one or both children either killing themselves out of humiliation or running off to join the Moonies.

What could they possibly have been thinking?

It's like the parents who give their children cute names or cute initials that result in the kid being bullied from first grade through 12th.

And excuse me, but there's got to be something very very wrong with the little girl in the picture fondling daddy in an extremely familiar place.

I'd be willing to bet that no matter how odd or disabling your childhood was, it doesn't compare with this particular family.

Check out the site. There are quite a few other humorous pictures, including one that doesn't look all that strange at first glance. It's a good-looking family, with a smiling dad, a happy mom and two cute blonde girls. The only thing at all odd about the shot is that the two girls are wearing shirts in the pattern of the American flag.


The background behind the family is very nice too. It's a seaside shot that looks like it was taken somewhere in New England, as you can see.

Nice family.

Cute little girls.

The parents look a little like someone famous, I suppose. Maybe it's the dad.

Is he a movie star? An athlete?

No, he looks a little like ...

Oh, dear Lord. He is.