25+ Family Photos That Went Hilariously Wrong

This article appeared in thefashionball.com and has been published here with permission.

In the good old days, embarrassing family photos were banished to dusty photo albums. But we've uncovered some hilarious, awkward pics for your viewing pleasure. We'll meet freaky babies, punks, goths, human reindeer, and angry bulls charging brides and grooms. Plus, a genuinely terrifying Bert, Ernie, and Big Bird to give you nightmares. So sit back, relax, and prepare yourselves to feel genuine pity for these poor folk!

Ugly Christmas Sweaters

This couple was showing off their best ugly Christmas sweaters when... well, to tell the truth, we have no idea what's going on here. We've got two theories. The first is that she sat on something she shouldn't have; like a rogue Christmas Brussels sprout.

The second theory is that in the 10th of a second, while the camera shutter snapped, she realized she made a mistake marrying her husband and spending the last 20 years with him and was running to the nearest lawyer's office to file for divorce.

BaseBrawl

This proud family wanted to photograph an important baby moment but ended up with more than they bargained for. They explained, "While taking some touching photos of my baby sitting up for the first time, his brother and cousin decided to join the photo."

Bro and cuz are having a right old backyard scrap in the background. In fact, you could say the two boys are having a base brawl! Since the baby is being introduced to baseball, we're gonna go ahead and call him Babe Ruth.

I Want Daddy

At first glance, this photo seems to suggest that the little kid just doesn't like his mom. But putting our Sherlock Holmes deerstalker hat on, we think we've worked out why he doesn't want his mother anywhere near him, and the reason is pretty distressing.

Mom took her son to her local salon and asked the hairdresser to give him the same haircut as hers. No wonder he looks so unhappy. You'd be, too... if it happened to you!

Baby Sitter

When this family placed an advertisement for a babysitter in the local newspaper, they were surprised when this small fluffy dog showed up at the door. But everything soon made sense when the dog proceeded to sit on their baby.

There's also a baby's eye view of this incident, but we thought it better not to show that angle. In an ironic role reversal, when the same family advertised for a dog sitter later in the year, a baby showed up at the door. True story!