A lot of us are obsessed with vintage stuff nowadays, from clothes to music to generally wishing we had grown up in the 60s. We often forget, however, that our dear old parents were the ones who started all those trends we now admire.
Internet users are now sharing photos of their parents when they were young and hip, and it’s pretty much safe to say that they were about a hundred times cooler than us. Maybe it was all the psychedelic rock, Mustangs, and mullets. Maybe it was the fact that, as one user commented, they «played outside and didn’t have memes.» Either way, the days of peace and love certainly look a lot more blissful than where we’re at now.
Scroll down to take a walk back in time, and if you’ve got photos of your parents looking too cool for school, add them to our list.
#1 My Mother Skateboarding Barefoot In California In 1974
#2 I Found A Photo Of My Dad Cooking A Barbecue On Top Of A Moving Submarine
#3 My Dad Skateboarding At Hyde School 1982. I Think He Was Cooler Than Me
#4 My Dad Sculpting A Bust Of My Mom 1980s
#5 A Friend Of My Father’s, Telling Off A Klan Member. Auburn AL, 1985
#6 My Mom At 16 Yrs Old With Her Camaro In 1975
#7 My Dad Being Infinitely Cooler Than I’ll Ever Be (1980)
#8 My Mother When She Was A Tank Instructor In 1984
#9 My Dad, Taken For Surfer Magazine. Peru, 1977
#10 Late 1960’s, My Dad
#11 My Mom In Moscow 1975. From All The Stories She’s Told Me About Her Travels, I Wouldn’t Be Surprised If She Was A Spy
#12 My Dad’s First Car, A 1939 Ford. He Bought It With His Own Money That He Earned Farming (And Drove It Daily). He Was 11 When He Bought It, So This Photo Was Taken In 1948
#13 My Dad Wasn’t Famous, But His Moves Were Pretty Cool (1977)
#14 My Dad In Saudi Arabia In The 70’s Working As A US Military Contractor Diving In The Red Sea
#15 My Dad In The 70’s Doing What He Loves. Father To 4 Boys. More Man Than Myth Or Legend
#16 My Dad Teaching Math In Southern California (Late 70’s/Early 80’s)
#17 My Moms Selfie Before It Was Cool (1989)
#18 My Mom When She Lived In Alaska With Her Husky Puppy, Okie
#19 My Mom And Dad On Their Wedding Day — 1980
#20 48 Beers And A Unicycle. My Dad In The Early 80s
#21 Mom’s ‘Garden’ 1980’s
#22 So I Was Going Through Some Old Photos And I Found This. My Dad Holding Magic Johnson And Looking Incredibly Bad-Ass While Doing It
#23 Me Looking Up To My Fighter Pilot Dad In The Late 1980’s
#24 My Mom Working At Nasa, 1974
#25 My Mom Skating With A Broken Wrist In The Late 70’s
#26 My Dad In Alaska, Circa 1980. I Hope To Be Half The Man He Is One Day
#27 My Mom Winning The Pie Eating Contest By Beating All The Boys, 1950
#28 Mom Wasn’t The Pilot, But She Was A Tech On The F-4 Phantom Back In The 80’s
#29 My Dad In France Is The ’70s (Ryan Gosling Might Need A Paternity Test)
#30 My Father In 1982. When I Asked Him What He Was Doing In This Photo, He Said, «Shooting An Album Cover. Duh»
