Awkward Family Photos - Mike Bender [14]
What kid doesn’t go nuts for the Roaring Twenties?
Unfortunately, the hand-clasp never caught on.
They did it for the nookie.
Photo Credit
Dan Smith;
Alexandra Lubman, New York, NY;
Beckie Szmania, Milwaukee, WI;
The Livingston Family, Norman, OK;
The Boyer Family, Lebanon, PA;
Bernadette Ojenda;
The Frozena Kids;
Courtney Underwood;
The Whitt Family, Cincinnati, OH;
The Hickey Sisters, Naperville, IL;
Chloe D, Norwell, MA;
Courtney Podvin;
Effendi & Zach;
Corvetti Family;
The Haas Family, Indianapolis, IN;
The Toney Family, Canton, GA;
Michelle, Modesto, CA;
Jess Sorenson;
The Wright Family, Waterloo, ON;
Carson Webb, Lafayette, LA;
Adam Stark, Des Moines, IA, via Muscatine, IA;
Elizabeth Esry;
Don Speice, Westerly, RI;
Jon and Jeff Heckel
magine if family were perfect. Our parents would be cool, reasonable, and incapable of saying anything that might embarrass us. Our siblings would be our biggest fans, let us control the remote, and always give us first dibs on everything. Our grandparents would sit away from the steering wheel, eat dinner at night, and wear sunglasses that actually fit the shape of their faces. Our cousins would be instant best friends. Our relatives would wear name tags and never have too much to drink. There would never be another awkward silence, awkward conversation, or awkward moment. Well, we must ask ourselves … is that what we really want?
Yes, probably. But let’s face it—that’s never going to happen! So we have no choice but to embrace it, and once we do, we might come to realize that the family that makes us so unbearably uncomfortable is also the same family that makes us laugh, makes us proud, and makes us feel loved. And that’s something we can all take comfort in.
The Hanscom Family, Anchorage, AK; The Long Family, Bloomington, IN; Barbara Cox, Raymond, MS; Nathan Cookson; The Beggs Family, Kansas City, MO; JennyAnn Wheeler, Olympia, WA; Yuriko Lawson; The Ryan Family, Renton, WA; The Robbins Family, Indianapolis, IN; John Kolic, Phoenix, AZ; The Lehndorff Family, Fitchburg, MA; The Smith Family, Miami, FL; Nathaniel FitzGerald, South Bend, IN, and The Hackbarth Family, Appleton, WI; The Sparks Family, Laguna Beach, CA, and The Flanery Family; Mark Bonfield, Castle Vale, UK; The Wiggs Family, Indianapolis, IN; Brenda Quinn, Brigette Krupitzer Dineen, and Kelly, MI; The Laurtich Family; The McDougal Family, Charleston, WV, Charleen Barker, Columbia, SC, Wil Foster, Indianapolis, IN, The Templeton Family, Pink, OK; The Binion Family, Houston, TX; The Treppin Family, Long Island, NY; Allison and Wendy Green, Davenport, IA; Chris and Emmy Bender, Los Angeles, CA; Kristin Sullivan, Cudahy, WI; Claire Parkinson; Shelita Thomas; Fran & Kristi, Upland, CA; Sarah Jazuk, Vallejo, CA; Julie Ziesemann (Sungazing Photography), St. Louis, MO; Becky Remiger; Kristin Schields, Baltimore, MD, Jessica Buchikos, Ocean Springs, MS, The Brooks Family, Midland, TX; Peter DeLorenzo, Glen Cove, NY; Sydney Broere, Bracebridge, ON, Jennifer McKeever, Blairstown, NJ, The Boysen Family, Winona, MN; The Topper Family, San Francisco, CA; Melissa Wygand, Wantagh, NY; Samantha Copping, St. Charles, IL, The Angle Family, LaPlata, MD, The Andres-Gleave Family, Colville, WA; V. A. Davis, Lexington, KY; S. Marcus Hswe; Amanda Bowman, Southgate, MI; Chub, Charleston, SC; Lizz Koch, Corvallis, OR; Amanda Browning, Flemington, NJ; Sarah; The Stefani Family, Lincoln, CA; Robert and Amy Ekis; Kelly Stevenson (reigning queen of the PERMullet), Madison, WI; Sarah; Betsy Lash; Robert Elwell, Schenectady, NY; Emily Garrett, Columbus, OH; Laura Napolitano, Orlando, FL; Sarah Gomez, Corpus Christi, TX; Gina and Matt Stack; Greg, Chevy Chase, MD; Speedy Mercer; B.J. Clark, Dallas, TX; Kevin, Kelly, and Nate Kemp; Tadje Family; Andew Dugstad; Nathaniel FitzGerald, South Bend, IN; Jeffrey Buck, Baton Rouge, LA; Madeline Horan, Gaithersburg, MD, Leeandra Nolting, Camarena, NY; The Preston Family, Fort Collins, CO; Joseph Ortega Flores, Manila,