That Moment When You Realize That Your Parents Were Cooler Than You (80 Pics)

If you’re one of those people who can’t help but feel nostalgic about the times past, then these photos will be right up your alley. Because here we have vintage shots of parents who were absolute badasses in their youth. Internauts from all over the world are sharing the finds from their family albums depicting their parents doing the stuff of movies and looking cool AF while at it. Maybe there are even cooler shots laying in your family’s old photo albums? Don’t hesitate to share those in the comments! (h/t: boredpanda) #1 My Mother When She Was A Tank Instructor In 1984. Image source: danabre #2 My Mother Skateboarding Barefoot In California In 1974. Image source: jsparks117 #3 Late 1960’s, My Dad. Image source: cherrycherries #4 My Dad Sculpting A Bust Of My Mom 1980s. Image source: JankyTango #5 My Mom At 16 Yrs Old With Her Camaro In 1975. Image source: MorganGanem #6 A Friend Of My Father’s, Telling Off A Klan Member. Auburn AL, 1985. Image source: ohdaviing #7 My Dad Being Infinitely Cooler Than I’ll Ever Be (1980) Image source: TheMasterOfDonuts #8 My Dad, Taken For Surfer Magazine. Peru, 1977. Image source: fyrebrahnd #9 My Dad Skateboarding At Hyde School 1982. I Think He Was Cooler Than Me. Image source: targat2 #10 My Dad Wasn’t Famous, But His Moves Were Pretty Cool (1977) Image source: -lilsebastian #11 I Found A Photo Of My Dad Cooking A Barbecue On Top Of A Moving Submarine. Image source: shanbuscus #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. Image source: godllub #13 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. Image source: smashingmellons #14 My Dad In Saudi Arabia In The 70’s Working As A US Military Contractor Diving In The Red Sea. Image source: urs1ne #15 48 Beers And A Unicycle. My Dad In The Early 80s. Image source: skeleton-spotted #16 My Dad In The 70’s Doing What He Loves. Father To 4 Boys. More Man Than Myth Or Legend. Image source: Reallybadat #17 My Mom When She Lived In Alaska With Her Husky Puppy, Okie. Image source: tonyjefferson #18 My Moms Selfie Before It Was Cool (1989) Image source: cmajorlips #19 My Mom And Dad On Their Wedding Day – 1980. Image source: ohfuckdood #20 My Dad Teaching Math In Southern California (Late 70’s/Early 80’s) Image source: iCollectSausage #21 My Mom Skating With A Broken Wrist In The Late 70’s. Image source: thestrokesfan1988 #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. Image source: ILikeBlazing #23 My Dad In Alaska, Circa 1980. I Hope To Be Half The Man He Is One Day. Image source: TrenchcoatTechnocrat #24 Mom Wasn’t The Pilot, But She Was A Tech On The F-4 Phantom Back In The 80’s. Image source: Saintdavus #25 My Mom Winning The Pie Eating Contest By Beating All The Boys, 1950. Image source: Talking_Head #26 My Dad In France Is The ’70s (Ryan Gosling Might Need A Paternity Test) Image source: eluviane #27 My Mom Working At Nasa, 1974. Image source: sumthingabout #28 Me Looking Up To My Fighter Pilot Dad In The Late 1980’s. Image source: DatingPuppy #29 My Father In 1982. When I Asked Him What He Was Doing In This Photo, He Said, “Shooting An Album Cover. Duh” Image source: PatternedCollar #30 My Dad And His Cousins, Back In The Day. I Don’t Think The Cool Gene Was Passed Down To Me. Image source: FrenchyVonRichter #31 Mom’s ‘Garden’ 1980’s. Image source: Whisky_taco #32 My Mother And Father Being Young And Awesome On Santorini Island, Greece, 1985. I Was Conceived There. Image source: GallowBoob #33 My Dad And Uncle At Their Joint Wedding, 1970’s. Image source: 19RolandOfGilead19 #34 My Cool AF Dad At 19 (1973) Image source: bryanpool51 #35 Dad In 1969. I’d Love To Know How This Happened. Image source: tashimcgee #36 When My Dad Was 16, He Entered His Name In A Drawing, For What He Thought Was A Sports Jacket, At A Local Shoe Store. The Drawing Was Actually For A 1967 Shelby GT500. He Won. Image source: reddit.com #37 My Friend’s Dad Trained Seals In The Navy. This Was What His Everyday Job Looked Like. Image source: reddit.com #38 My Mom Thinks She Is So Hardcore In Her Fleetwood Mac Tank Top At Age 18, 1982. Image source: Andreaaa20 #39 My Mom Circa 1986. Image source: Captain_Chewbacca #40 My Girlfriend’s Dad After Flipping His ’73 Mustang On The Highway. Image source: an_ugly_barnacle #41 My Mom Being Infinitely Cooler Than I’ll Ever Be… Without A Saddle (Late 70s) Image source: -trisarahtops- #42 My Dear Mom In The 70s With Her German Shepard And Manta. Image source: kylkim #43 My Dad And His Pet Monkey In Vietnam, 1966. Image source: matthewlarn #44 My Dad At Marching Band Practice, 1985. Image source: DrGirlfriend93 #45 My Mom Bought A New ’63 Corvette On Her Own At Age 20. She Owned Her Own Hair Salon In Midland, Tx. #46 My Mom Looking For Her Prom Date 1969. Image source: CarlosSpicyPeep #47 My Dad When He Was 17 In A Small Village In The Netherlands, 1981. He’d Meet My Mom A Year Later. Image source: Pim-hole #48 My Dad Was A Legit Ski Instructor In The 1970’s. Image source: TheMeanderthal #49 My Father Got Drunk With Some Friends And Caught A Record Breaking Tuna In Newfoundland, 1972. Image source: ItsMedusa #50 Apparently My Dad Used To Ride 3 Wheeled Unicycles In Parades. Image source: Slidenasty #51 My Bad-Ass Mom In 1979. Image source: noeatnosleep #52 My Dad, The Fbi Agent, At A Bahamas Airport, Late 1960s. Image source: xoferMD #53 My Dad Giving A Thirsty Bear Some Soda Sometime In The 50’s. Image source: melissamarie86 #54 Found This In An Old Shoe Box At My Dad’s. It’s My Parents, 1990. Image source: pru13 #55 My Dad In Hawaii, Late 1970’s. Image source: JesusCriminy #56 My Dad In Northern Montana, 1989. Image source: hank01dually #57 Here Is A Bad Ass Picture Of My Dad From The 80’s. Gatorade In The Can Doing A Control Burn. He’s The Shit And My Hero. My Grandfather Was A Firefighter Too Rip. The Real Heroes Are Firefighters, Cops And All Military! Image source: BeanerMcBean #58 Came Across This Photo Of My Dad In The 70’s With His Mustang And I Had To Share It. Image source: malpup #59 My Dad And His Fox Patricia (1987) Image source: ManwithPrinciples #60 My Dad Claims That’s “Oregano” Above My Mom. 1978’ish. Image source: emilyMartian #61 My Dad And His Firebird In The 80s. Image source: BicBoyBryan #62 My Dad In 1971. Image source: Kaziklu_Bey #63 My Dad When He Was A Surfer Dude Sleeping On The Beach For 3 Weeks With Only A Sleeping Bag, Somewhere In The Southern Europe, 1989. Image source: Elisabot #64 My Dad Squaring Off With A Cheetah, 1979. Image source: ERRN1987 #65 My Dad The Undercover Cop In The 1970’s. Image source: Dont_Jersey_Vermont #66 My Mom Lounging On A Car (1980’s) Image source: noeatnosleep #67 Mom In The 80s. Image source: jvttlus #68 My Dad In His 20s. Image source: xxdragonslayer97 #69 My Cool Mom With Her Firebird. Sometime Around Early 80’s. Image source: Pianogirl8888 #70 My Mother At The Weiser, Idaho Fiddle Festival, 1973. Image source: tomakin1217 #71 My Dad, Kicking Back With A Cup Of Coffee, 1988. Image source: OG_Lee #72 My Mom When She Was 20 At The End Of 60’s. #73 My Mother, 1968. Image source: Wincal308 #74 My Dad Shortly After Arriving To Australia From Vietnam In The 80s. Image source: PastaStupid #75 My Dad Back In The 1980’s Definitely Not In The Us Military. Image source: spacesticks #76 Dad In ’80s, Italy. #77 My Step-Dad Is Convinced He Was The Coolest Guy In The 80’s. Image source: IAmTheLiquor9 #78 I Just Found This Photo Of My Dad In The 80’s. Apparently He Was Quite The Ladies Man. Image source: reddit.com #79 My Dad Refused To Take Off His Shades During Wedding Ceremony (1978) #80 My Parents In 1977. Image source: vallco h/t DeMilked Support ViraScoop by doing your Amazon shopping through this link.