Cool Parents From Back In The Day Proving They Were The Real Deal
Many of us are fascinated with all things vintage nowadays. From the clothes they wore to the music they listened to, some of us wish we had grown up in the ’60s. But we often forget that it was our parents who started all those trends we now love. People shared photos of their parents when they were young and it’s safe to say these parents are the definition of cool. Flip through the pages of some throwback pictures of the coolest parents out there.
“NOT MANY PEOPLE CAN SAY THEY’VE DIVED OFF A WAR SUBMARINE. MY DAD CAN.”
“MY DAD SKIPPED CLASS ALL THE TIME TO GO HANG OUT AT THE CANAL.”
“MY PARENTS ARE THAT ONE IN A MILLION COUPLE WHO MET IN HIGH SCHOOL AND ACTUALLY MADE IT.”
“MY MOM AND HER BEST FRIEND DITCHING CLASS TO GET SLUSHIES.”
“MY DAD STRAIGHT UP CHILLING AT MACHU PICCHU.”
“THEY DROVE AROUND THE U.S. IN AN OLD SCHOOL BUS.”
“MY MOTHER SKATEBOARDING BAREFOOT IN CALIFORNIA IN 1974.”
“MY DAD BEING INFINITELY COOLER THAN I’LL EVER BE.”
“MY MOTHER WHEN SHE WAS A TANK INSTRUCTOR IN 1984.”
“MY DAD, TAKEN FOR SURFER MAGAZINE.”
“I WOULDN’T BE SURPRISED IF MY MOM WAS A SPY.”
“I DON’T THINK THE COOL GENE WAS PASSED DOWN TO ME.”
“APPARENTLY MY DAD USED TO RIDE 3 WHEELED UNICYCLES IN PARADES.”
“MY MOM AND DAD REALLY PARTIED LIKE IT’S 1989.”
“MY MOM HUNG OUT WITH ROCK BANDS BACK IN THE DAY.”
“MY MOM WAS A TOTAL VAGABOND HIPPIE.”
“MY PARENT’S FIRST DATE. MY DAD SAID HE WAS NERVOUS AND TRIED TO PLAY IT COOL.”
“MY MOM DATED ADAM SANDLER!”
“MY MOM WAS A VET AND GOT US A PET LION.”
“BOTH MY PARENTS WORKED AT DISNEY WHEN THEY MET.”
“ONLY MY MOM COULD LOOK THIS COOL EVEN WITH A BROKEN ARM.”
“TODAY I FOUND OUT MY PARENTS WERE HELLS ANGELS.”
“THEIR STORY IS LIKE A NICOLAS SPARKS NOVEL.”
“MY DAD WAS A REAL-LIFE COWBOY.”
“THEY DROVE CROSS-COUNTRY IN A VAN JUST LIVING THE DREAM.”
“THAT MOMENT WHEN YOU FIND OUT YOUR MOM HITCHHIKED TO WOODSTOCK.”
“THIS IS FROM MY PARENTS’ FIRST DATE.”
“MY PARENTS LOVED CAMPING. THEY’RE BIG NATURE LOVERS.”
“MY PARENTS CELEBRATED 42 YEARS TOGETHER.”
So, like every year on their anniversary, they take out the photo albums. I love this picture of them.”
