Couples may think they know everything when it comes to their significant others, but some secrets lie hidden away in dusted childhood photographs that when unveiled, reveal their partners in all their dorky and cringe-worthy youthful glory.
A group of online pranksters are revealing the most hilarious childhood recollections of their partners in a Bored Panda thread, to reminisce the adorable, miniature, and prepubescent version of their loves.
The thread reveals a tickling flashback to times of punk angst, mullet hair cuts, heavily posed photo shoots, and impeccable fashion sense.
Groovy guy: One wife said ‘My husband is going to kill me for posting this’ and revealed his throwback photo in a purple tie dye top, a choppy mullet, and a first place trophy
Teenage angst: Wives shared flicks of their husband’s peak punk moments at Homecoming in 2003 (left) in eyeliner, skirt and fishnet tights and playing in an emo band in 2006 (right)
Age is but a number! One husband declared his wife looked like ‘a 60-year-old woman as a child’ (left) and another said in fourth grade his spouse was a ’40-year-old receptionist’ (right)
Hat’s off! It’s no secret that fedoras were a major trend sported in the most important of photos from one husband’s prime dance career (left) to one man’s high school senior photo (right)
Can it get any worse? The caption for this image, shared by one very cheeky man, simply said, ‘2003, crimped hair, wife beater, such cringe’
No explanation needed! The man behind this picture simply said it showed his girlfriend as a ‘pretty bad*** child’
Strike a pose! One husband showed off his karate kicks in 1997 and another shared a similar far off posed look while dressed in aviator’s garb ‘trying to look cool’ when he was 13
Cheese! This duo shares unique vintage haircuts died at the tips and with voluminous bangs and throwback glass frames from the heyday of the 90s
Mullet season! A girlfriend shared this snap of her boyfriend from 8th grade rocking a chain and sweeping bangs (left). One woman’s husband rocked a similar look in high school (right)
What a trend: Two different women shared these pictures of their significant others, revealing a rather disturbing trend for child photography in the 80s
Risky business! The woman who shared this image admitted that her husband ‘told me if I ever showed anyone this picture of him on stage at a Star Trek convention… he would divorce me’, but she boldly insisted she was ‘calling his bluff’
Sisterly love? According to the man who posted this, the picture depicts his girlfriend and her slightly stunned younger sibling – who was perhaps a bit baffled by the large gap in her front teeth
One too many? ‘My husband on his second (or third) birthday,’ one woman captioned this image, before joking that he may well have been ‘drunk on chocolate’ at the time
Grinning ear-to-ear: These ladies flaunt their dorky smiles to show their passion for basketball (left) while holding two trophies and an Aaron Carter album in 2002
Hair care 101! One husband described his wife as a ‘pilgrim, futurist and fabulous’, pictured in 1987 (left) and another spouse praised his soccer loving wife for her epic hair perm (right)
Awkward: One man revealed that his girlfriend had actually donned a real dog’s choke collar as a choker necklace during her rather over-the-top goth phase
Before and after! One husband displayed the drastic difference between his wife as a child (left) with blunt bangs and chubby cheeks to her radiant smile today (right)
Wow: One woman gleefully shared a series of incredibly cringe-worthy, and rather diverse, pictures that actually served as her partner’s senior portraits
Dynamic duos: Two sisters pose for a hip shoot in 1991 (left) with crimped hair and funky headbands while a pair of pals don Korn T-shirts and dyed blond hair in 1999 (right)
Celeb baby! One husband found this throwback photo of his wife that looked uncannily like the character Froggy from Little Rascals
Lil Einsteins: One girlfriend gave an intense reaction to Doves Don’t Cry that played on her Walkman in 1986 (left), revealing a very odd outfit in the process – while another woman also showed off her other half’s unique sense of childhood style
Break it down: One man shared a picture from his wife’s ‘hip-hop dance performance in the early 90s’, showing off her incredibly garish costume in the process
Emo rebellion: One boyfriend admitted he had ‘awkward years’ captured left with spiked hair and eyeliner tears while one girl had a similar phase with shadowy cemetery photos (right)
Hulkamania! The woman pictured in this childhood photo actually shared it herself, revealing that her boyfriend said she ‘looked like a baby Hulk Hogan’
Strike a pose! 90’s photo shoots gave these teens a glow for one woman’s senior photos (left) in 1993 and one Backstreet Boy lookalike’s head shot in 2002 (right)