35 Of The Funniest Couples’ Pictures I Selected From My Instagram Account That Might Make You Laugh
My name is Mike Bender and I'm the co-founder of an Instagram account "Awkward family photos" dedicated to celebrating our most cringe-worthy photos. At AFP, we laugh with our community, not at them, and let's face it - we all have cringe photos!
In honor of Valentine's Day, I decided to put together some of our greatest couple's photos submissions and the stories behind them to celebrate the inherent awkwardness of amor.
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“They encountered a black metal band during their engagement shoot.”
It's not uncommon to encounter a black metal or death metal band in the forest. That's where they get their logos.
I love this! I would do the same, though I would match their look more. A nice gothic wedding dress.
I went home one weekend to see my parents and found my mother hanging up an awkward photo from my childhood. At first, I thought it was so strange that she was memorializing something so cringeworthy, but then I thought about it more and it was kind of genius.
Given that we all have photos like this, I thought what if (along with childhood friend, Doug Chernack) we could create a website where everyone could share their strange family pics and that's how AFP was born. We had no idea it would become as popular as it is today.
"My favorite picture of my parents. Them on their wedding day, 1991."
Is it just me or does the background look as if there is some ominous black clad person lurking there?
"Found this version at my grandma’s. If anyone in the family had broken up with a significant other, she had a Sharpie ready to joyfully remove the offending partner."
Oh, so this wasn't based off one of those Victorian photos where someone poses with a dead person?
Grandma is the best. Much more artsy than cutting out heads, or placing stickers over faces.
When I was a newly-wed, my siblings, new husband and I got a portrait done for our parents xmas gift. After my husband and I split and divorced, my mom still loved the picture, so she put a bandaid over my ex's face.
Grandma's got mad skills with that sharpie. You can't even tell she used it around the fingers. 🤔 I'm thinking grandma has done this a time, or two.🤣
We receive well over a hundred photos per day and since we began in 2009, have received over 1.5 million photos from around the world.
Personally, I'm a fan of anything from the '70s and '80s... I just love the clothes and the style at the time and it was the golden era of the photo studio, where families would go and embrace the most uncomfortable poses, like piling on top of other family members. Looking back, it was a gloriously awkward time.
“Dad was sure the church photo would only be taken from the waist up.”
Dad is profoundly grateful that he didn't wear his Spiderman t-shirt
I have a photo of my dad in his military dress attire, looking very dapper. The photo is of him seated, taken from the waist up. After seeing this couple's photo, and all I can imagine now is dad in fancy dress up top and shorts and trainers below 😂😂😂
This is actually super cute. I would play up the campiness with an anchor and a stuffed seagull. And a little white dog named Gilligan in matching attire.
“We had the worst wedding photographer in the world. I think this says it all.”
As a kid I thought the lyric was "Hold me closer Tony Danza". I also thought secret agent men was secret asian man.
Load More Replies...From the time our website and Instagram began, people have really embraced Awkward Family Photos. We have always been about celebrating the awkwardness rather than making fun of people. After all, we all have them and the way we see it - sharing your awkward photo is kind of a badge of honor, something to be proud of!
School photos and baby photos might be the most popular followed by family portraits and wedding photos.
"I was going through the pictures when I saw I totally blocked my husband out with my big hair. Then a good friend of mine pointed out the bush in the background looks like a demon."
I would love to see what the famous photoshop guy would do to this pic! I am sure it would be epic!
Hazgyrrd, Demon of Suburban Vegetation, laughs at your puny attempt to take a decent photo
“When the preacher said ‘Kiss the bride,’ my four-year-old decided to put a finger in my butt.”
This made me laugh. Kids always make a spectacle at a wedding I don't understand people that don't allow them to attend. At mine my ring bearer was my little 6 yr old cousin he got so nervous he his his head, bent down between the two church doors and wailed. Then his little 3 yr old brother stepped in to save the day and waddled down the aisle. It was hilarious.
For me it was a lot more expensive to have kids, I had to cut my list to the bare minimum as it was and my wedding was at night...but for the record I love kids especially when they aren't mine and I can send them home at the end of the day and have a cocktail.
Load More Replies...One of the flower girls at a friend's wedding had gone to the loo and the bottom of her dress was caught in the top of her tights. Thankfully I noticed before anyone else and got her sorted.
I’m certain she’ll feel indebted to you for decades to come.
Load More Replies...We have a new game with all of our greatest photos where players get the chance to caption the pics with famous movie lines. It's really fun for the whole family and a great way to spread the awkwardness! You can purchase the game here.
“This is a photo of my Ma and Pop out on a date in the ’80s. My mom must have followed the instructions on my father’s shirt because 9 months later I was born!”
The 80s were simultaneously a great and horrid time 😂😂😂
Load More Replies...They have surprisingly similar haircuts! His is longer of course.
Load More Replies...The 80s were certainly one hell of a fashion Renaissance...yeah...
A perm. Totally a perm. You weren't anyone if you didn't have a perm in the 80s.
Load More Replies...“Here’s my Mom and Dad in September 1970. Credit to the photographer for the special effects pre-photoshop.”
The dress is very simple and classy ❣️
Load More Replies...I love this photo. Honestly, it makes me happy every time it crops up in some list online. It's really unique and super cool!
“We were having a great time at my wedding.”
Time-travelling medieval princess has no idea why she has just married a computer repairman
She can’t possibly know or understand what she’s just gotten herself into!
Load More Replies...Haha. I was looking through the comments to see if anyone had used this quote from Henry IV. Looks appropriate. Funny
Load More Replies...they both look like they might use that knife for a different, more violent purpose!
Load More Replies...She's looking at cousin Joe. She told her mum she didn't want to invite cousin Joe, but her mum insisted, and now the nonsense she knew he'd pull is happening, and she's just hoping it won't show in the wedding video.
“I photographed my sister-in-law’s wedding (my husband’s sister). I knew the window overlooked a part of the hotel’s roof, but I didn’t notice the workers until after I snapped a few pictures."
You have to make the most of your last guilt-free opportunity to fondle a workman's nether regions
This is an old photo but it still makes me giggle every time I see it.
"My parents leaving their wedding reception for their honeymoon road trip in a VW van. 1971."
Proof that what's best is to find someone whose weird, cult-esque vibe matches your own.
Matching his-and-hers clothes were actually a fashion fad at that time.
Load More Replies...“My husband and I wanted to take a Christmas family photo with our dog Rylee, but he kept wandering off. When we got home our photographer called us and said, ‘I found where Rylee was.”
My twin sister is named Rylee 😂 & she poops a lot too. sending this to her
Load More Replies...Rylee: "Can't wait, can't wait, hope I'm out of shot but I can't wait"
This is the kind of photo my mom would frame and hang in a prominent location at home 😂😂😂
"My sister is the one who has wisely chosen not to participate in this smooch-fest.”
Is this Ireland or Scotland because there are a lot of redheads in this photo.
LOL! I mis-read your comment. I thought it said redheads in this potato! :-)
Load More Replies...Good 4 you sis. Just because a man wants to do something doesn't mean he gets to. Ur body ur choice
“Despite the doom & gloom depicted in the picture, four kids & 28 years later, we’re still together.”
They're both relieved that the bride's headdress, despite being made of toilet paper, survived the rigours of the day
And by 2020 they were ever so glad that they kept the toilet paper headdress in the attic.
Load More Replies...Both of them are thinking they should have used the money to elope on a fun adventure instead of getting shuffled around like show ponies off to the photos, then the dance, then the cake, etc.
Also she looks like she's got an attack of cystitis coming on
Load More Replies...“The chainsaw was the neighbor’s Christmas present. It's funny because my mom is smiling even though my dad looks kind of like a potential serial killer.”
"Napoleon,don't be jealous that I've been chatting online with babes..all day"
Yeah, that secret creepy smile, like, mhmm I know what I'm doing tonight.
Load More Replies..."My parents on their wedding day, Vancouver 1986."
You ever look at old photo and realize that your parents are probably cooler then you lol
“After we had just finished 2 hours of wedding photos.”
Groom's mother: "For pete's sake, David, I told you to go to the little boys room BEFORE the ceremomy"
“My parents in high school… I’m not sure what is going on here.”
I literally just had this exact same thought and then scrolled down here.
Load More Replies...You should see the lady just off camera screaming at them to give her back her shoes.
I dunno what's going on either but I simply ADORE her dress 😍
"My parents in the late 80s. They loved floral!"
The more I look at this picture, the more I'm brought back in time. The ankle bracelet under the stockings, every inch of the decor, the OUTFITS, THE HAIR... I swear I can hear the Taylor Dayne album playing in the background...
That's actually an artist that was popular in the 80's. His name was Nagel. My parents had 3 different prints.
Load More Replies...are they wearing the same shirt? like a singular shirt they both squeezed into ?
Tell me you lived through the 80's without telling me you lived through the 80's
There is so much '80s in this photo that I think it created a time warp.
It's kinda hard to tell where one shirt ends and the other one begins! :P They look really nice and happy, though, I like them, good for them! ^_^
“My parents' wedding photo taken in the early 60s with my mother wearing pan-stick makeup. My mom just looks SO happy, doesn’t she?"
Lord I used to love pan-stick make up. It was the go-to for Texas teens in the 80s. But the color match could be better.
I loved pan-stick in the 80s too. I agree though, color is a little bit off.
Load More Replies...Was she the inspiration for “The Corpse Bride”? Or did the makeup person also work at the funeral parlor and bring the wrong makeup kit?
If the makeup person brought the wrong makeup kit, the bride would look orange like my grandpa did before we had the casket closed.
Load More Replies...OMG. I'd completely forgotten all about pan-stick foundation. It came in a white case. I used to wear it and I LOVED it. Pan-stick covered every little blemish freckle, dimple, and sparkle that you naturally had on your face. I'm a former professional singer from the 1980s and it was great for stage make up.
“The only thing I know about this photo is that my parents were at a business event.”
Pretty sure the guy's father from further up (with the chainsaw) is involved somehow. XD
Load More Replies...Who's the guy hamming it up in the middle? Sorry, I'll see myself out.
I threw up in my mouth and will likely have reoccurring nightmares... wtf did I just see??? Wish I had scrolled faster.
“We were doing a newlywed photo shoot. We wanted to take romantic photos but something caught his eye while he was trying to pose."
Suddenly, Brian was struck by the sheer lunacy of marrying a headless woman
I originally thought this was a pregnancy photo but his ear is about 5 inches too low haha.
“I’ve always told my husband that he’s been smitten with me since our first date. It’s easy to understand why when we look back at our engagement pictures.”
we dont know where it came from, or why it was in a bucket, but are grateful anyway
Load More Replies...'Meanwhile, the only thing keeping ME in this marriage is overcoming the inertia to leave it.'
If Lisa Kudrow and Jim Parsons don't play these people in the biopic, I'm out
“My aunt and uncle in the mid-’80s.”
I'm trying to wrap my head around Rambo-meets Jack Sparrow Back to the Future
Polly edged away from the weapon nervously. She was under the impression that her new female owner was a nursery school teacher
In fairness, having a Kalashnikov before the fall of the Soviet Union was probably more impressive.
“My husband and I got married before everything in our area was shut down for COVID-19. Loved this photo of us with my new father-in-law in the background…on a dig.”
I don’t know where it is going but I hope it is somewhere good.
Load More Replies...LOL i misunderstood this & thought "he doesnt look kitted out for an archaeology dig?" *facepalm*
“Yes, this is my engagement picture. We thought it would be cute meaning ’til death do us part, but everyone thought it meant our love was already dead.”
Photographer: Jack Carey, Edited by Robin Simpson
I'd watch the hell out of a reality show called "The Goth and the Farmer"
Load More Replies...Right? He hates culling she hates cleaning. Somehow it works.
Load More Replies...My fiance is a metalhead but dresses like a typical dude who looks "normal": plain blue jeans, well worn work boots, heavy metal t-shirt, plain zip-up hoodie. I typically wear nothing but black: vinyl pants with tons of zippers, chains, and straps, knee high boots with a six inch platform, fishnet top, cropped skull hoodie. We're very much an odd couple from all outward appearances but inwardly have so much in common. The best part? We are still so very much in love after five years together and it's the very first healthy, equal relationship I've ever been in. He's kind, loving, and compassionate. He's never raised his voice at me or my son, much less his hand (the marriage I ended 16 years ago was extremely abusive on my ex's behalf, consisting of physical, emotional, and sexual abuse towards me and physical and emotional abuse towards our then toddler son).
Love is a prepaid tombstone. I hope their last name is Love. Reminds my of Chuck Berry who wanted a large stone for the name of his estate. He found out later it was a tombstone and was like "oh well, it works".
Why does this feel like something I would do... only in the fall and less photo effects.
“This is my parents getting hitched in Oatman, Arizona on the gallows in ’88. Yes, legally.”
Maybe they just took the terms "Swingers" and "Well hung" a bit too literally.
On the other hand, 'as long as you both shall live' suddenly became a lot more feasible.
Load More Replies...You can almost hear the ghostly cheers of the deceased as the couple said "I do"
In the UK, "jumping off the dock" is slang for getting married. It refers to the way they used to hang pirates.
I've heard of a shotgun wedding, but this is on a whole other level. Lol 😆
"Dad takes Mom to meet the in-laws, 1978 NYC."
Dad was baffled by the new girlfriend's frankness about her past. What was a "groupie" and who was Jim Morrison?
It's like All in the Family if the genders were reversed.
Load More Replies...Oh good, I thought I was the only one thinking that. Thank you.
Load More Replies...The first meeting with the parents can be quite awkward and tense.
I was lucky. Martyn's parents had all but given up on him ever getting married, and I was off my face on diazepam having just got off a plane
Load More Replies...“My aunt and uncle's family portrait from the early ’90s.”
Actually it is looney tunes, it's a Mandela effect
Load More Replies...I hope when the shoot was over the photographer said "That's all, folks!"
“My parents going for a ride right after they got married.”
Thanks for the picture for context. Without it the caption might be.... well....
“We just got married, and had no kids… just this cat skeleton, “Bones”. We decided to take him with us to our first family portrait.”
The photographer had warned them that living cats tended to "squirm around a bit"
The scapulas (shoulder blades) on that cat skeleton are in the wrong place. Unless that's not a cat and actually a tiny dragon
And yet the pet still managed to get in pooping position for maximum class.
I love cats, so what's not to like about Bones? I hope he had a long happy life. Plus they look genuinely happy with each other and of course Bones.
I was swiping through pretty quickly and i legit thought that was Luke Davidson
How do you get to have one? I mean, of course ... cats die all the time ... I know people who have their pets prepared and on display ... but a skeleton, I never saw outside of the biology collection of my school. They had a cat brain in ethanol, too, which smelled really disgusting.
“The photographer directed us to close our eyes and look relaxed. My fiance nailed it… actually, I think he fell asleep.”
That sublime moment when you're carried away by the fumes of aftershave and conditioner
He relaxed a bit too much cause that woman clearly smelled a fart
“Our wedding was held over Thanksgiving at my grandparents' church and they wanted to keep the festive decor in place for our ceremony.”
The bride drew the line at wearing a camo wedding dress but allowed pumpkin spice punch to be served at the reception
They might have needed a machete to find their way out of the decor!
“My grandmother trying to steal my dad from his new bride!”
I think it's just a pose. That's why the bride is relaxed and happy.
Load More Replies...its not intenssional- they are talking and trying to pass each others faces
Load More Replies...Some people start going grey in their 20s. And even if he was grandma's age, who are we to judge?
Load More Replies...Surely she was speaking and he is heading in for a kiss on the cheek. Right?!?! Let’s just say, right!
During the 80's, it was easy to dodge cameras. It was such a production to pull the camera out, turn it on, aim, focus, then debate on whether to waste the film or not. For those to young to remember, each roll of film had between 15-32 film shots. Not to be wasted
After Costco came to town and sold those huge packs of Kodak film for about half the price of anyone else, I went from taking fewer than 50 photos on a 2-week vacation to feeling like a professional photographer with my hundreds of shots!
Load More Replies...It is horrible for me, that I can't comment on each of these master Pieces. No I am not on Instagram. I am already a lot of Kilo gram.
During the 80's, it was easy to dodge cameras. It was such a production to pull the camera out, turn it on, aim, focus, then debate on whether to waste the film or not. For those to young to remember, each roll of film had between 15-32 film shots. Not to be wasted
After Costco came to town and sold those huge packs of Kodak film for about half the price of anyone else, I went from taking fewer than 50 photos on a 2-week vacation to feeling like a professional photographer with my hundreds of shots!
Load More Replies...It is horrible for me, that I can't comment on each of these master Pieces. No I am not on Instagram. I am already a lot of Kilo gram.
