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.”
1
“Hawaii wasn’t ready for my ice cold sister and I in 2003.”
2
“I learned my lesson about taking a razor to my eyebrows. Big oof.”
3
“Me in 2009, I called myself Brandon Bloodbath.”
4
“2004 family road trip: obligatory angsty teens against picturesque backdrop”
5
“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.”
6
“My wife’s school picture with her most prized possession at the time. An Evanescence CD.”
7
“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”
8
“This is my wife's favorite photo of me.”
9
“Why YES!! My vest WAS homemade! PM me for orders!!! ;)”
10
“My mom dressed me like this so I was easy to spot when she picked me up..”
11
“My good friend Josh showing off his sais in HS. He still says he has no regrets about this.”
12
“Mum told me to smile for the camera, I refused because I was a serious warrior “
13
“yes that is my real head, no this photo was not edited.”
14
"Me at 17(2010) living it up in Vegas"
15
“As a 10yr old male I was a 30yr old lesbian.”
16
“Thought it would be cool to make KNEX body armor”
17
“10 years ago and our first family photo, it looked like we stole someones kid.”
18
“2004. Trying to take a MySpace photo while no one was at home.”
19
“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.”
20
“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.”
