20 Embarrassing Photos From Our 'Blunder' Years
Carly Tennes
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04/02/2024
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No matter what Beyoncé may have said, we did not all wake up like this.
No matter how attractive we may be in our adult years, all of us had an awkward stage, a handful of pre-teen years defined by braces, glasses, and bad eyeliner.
From bad school portraits to aesthetics that were absolutely just a phase, mom, here are 20 painfully awkward photos from our “blunder years.”
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1. “My good friend Josh showing off his sais in HS. He still says he has no regrets about this.”
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2. “In 2004 I won a contest to DJ at my very small hometown’s easy-listening radio station. I proceeded to play an hour of Evanescence deep cuts and ruined everyone’s morning commute.”
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3. “Me in 2004, when all I ever watched was Fight Club and The Matrix while blasting The Prodigy "Smack My B—h Up". So cool I had to wear two sunglasses.”
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4. “2004. Trying to take a MySpace photo while no one was at home.”
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5. “10 years ago and our first family photo, it looked like we stole someones kid.”
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6. “Thought it would be cool to make KNEX body armor”
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7. “As a 10yr old male I was a 30yr old lesbian.”
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8. "Me at 17(2010) living it up in Vegas"
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9. “yes that is my real head, no this photo was not edited.”
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10. “Mum told me to smile for the camera, I refused because I was a serious warrior “
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11. “Hawaii wasn’t ready for my ice cold sister and I in 2003.”
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12. “My mom dressed me like this so I was easy to spot when she picked me up..”
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13. “Why YES!! My vest WAS homemade! PM me for orders!!! ;)”
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14. “This is my wife's favorite photo of me.”
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15. “I spent most of my highschool career working at Sonic instead of playing sports. I thought it would be funny to wear a Sonic uniform instead of a Letterman's jacket for my senior picture. So that happened... 2001”
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16. “My wife’s school picture with her most prized possession at the time. An Evanescence CD.”
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17. “13-14 year old me during my "Eminem phase". That's a hairbrush hanging from my lamp and all of my pictures from that time are made black and grey with Gimp. Good times.”
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18. “2004 family road trip: obligatory angsty teens against picturesque backdrop”
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19. “Me in 2009, I called myself Brandon Bloodbath.”
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20. “I learned my lesson about taking a razor to my eyebrows. Big oof.”
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