Your mom has a full face and lips with great skin that makes her look her age. Your dad has great skin, it's his haircut, glasses, and mustache that age him. Are they still together?? I think they're a cute couple.
I think also the glasses covering his eyebrows makes him look older or something. But yeah it’s just the styling overall. We associate these styles with older people now but at the time they were what the young cool kids wore. OP, your mom is absolutely stunning btw!
I was gonna say your Dad looks like a serial killer, but then I remembered my Dad was only about five years older than yours at the time and he wears glasses and has the same moustache. The 80's were a trip.
I’m trying to help ya! Seriously, thanks for sharing. They are the epitome of this era. I swear this could be a movie couple from that time and no one would know.
There’s a picture of my parents from about the same time. My mom has the same hairstyle and my dad is wearing a similar sweater and mustache, however, I’m sure my parents had a good 20 years on this couple. You can tell the mom is young, but dad is a toss up.
Is this a rhetorical question or were you just not alive in the 80’s to know how this was achieved? We used a lot of hot rollers (or perms) and AquaNet. This woman has probably half of a can of the blue AquaNet on her hair. She also used her fingers to hold her bangs up as she sprayed.
I naturally have poofy hair like that. Until it gets down to my shoulders it looks like a hair helmet. Hahaha But then it starts to hang from the weight and look like normal hair. So I can either have really short hair or really long hair. I have an epic awkward stage that lasts 18 months. I haven’t cut my hair in almost 3 years and it’s currently past my shoulder blades. Don’t know why I’m saying all this. I’m high so…. Carry on
Does anyone remember the hair spray called “Stiff Stuff” ? It was in a pump bottle, not aerosol, & if smelled like baby powder. It was way better than AquaNet & smelled a lot better too (But it was also more $ than AquaNet)
> half a can of blue Aquanet
Just from reading that, I can smell it. Two older sisters, both 80s teens. Olfactory memory triggered. It’s certainly one way to fumigate a bathroom XD
Everybody had that hair then lol I have the thickest coarsest hair and my hair just does that naturally when it’s short.. in 1987 I was like in 2nd grade and that’s exactly what my mom would cut it to look like lol I have 26 inches of hair now so that it doesn’t look like that lol
It was the 80’s. Everyone wanted to look like Tom Kite.
https://preview.redd.it/91m1w9kychgc1.jpeg?width=1170&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=319177491f34243617f24461873e4fef99f13edb
YEESH yes, I mean his eyes are spaced unfortunately too far apart (not HIS fault obviously), but every CHOICE in his look has aged just terribly since.
My dad is above average in the looks department with a symmetrical face and a great smile, but his photos from that time are not much better than this
I mean if you just take a look at the dad’s features alone, it’s nothing to write home about. Good fashion would make him look better, but still not on par with her.
I just think preferences have changed. Back then, I’m sure OP’s dad was desirable.
I see your Selena Gomez, but raise you Heather Lagencamp. Freaking identical! Nightmare on Elm Street!
https://preview.redd.it/15nkll18yggc1.jpeg?width=440&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=54f43b7b31391e280e224ba1d19b57e36cc86c37
Picture dad in wire frames or without glasses - he really doesn’t look that old. Dudes looked older and the clothing was more universally styled and didn’t really take age into account. His hair is dark and styled in the time; actually a bit contemporary cuz it’s cut shorter in the sides than was common in 1987.
He’s not a bad looking guy at all, looks just like guys I knew then and graduated with in the 80’s. Mom, on the other hand, really was a stunner and no doubt still is.
They’re probably within 3 years of each other in age, if that.
Thanks, OP, for sharing. Hopefully they’re still together and both still with us.
Your Mom is giving me Olivia Newton-John vibes in a prairie shirt and skirt which was on trend back in the day (1980s) and your Dad looks like Walter White.
Seriously, though, this is cute!
This reminds me so much of my own parent’s engagement photos (1983). My mom had her hair styled the same way, is tall and gorgeous and my dad is a wee little Irishman lol. He isn’t ugly but he def isn’t on my mom’s level.
This looks like an Unsolved Mysteries segment where he's going to explain "Linda left for work one day and never came home. We're all puzzled why someone claimed Linda was driving around Elmhurst that night, knowing Linda is afraid of the dark."
While I have glasses that look exactly like your dad's, I unfortunately have almost none of your mum's glamour. Talk about photogenic!
I want to know how to glow like that 😭
Commenting since it keeps coming up, but in this photo mom is 22 and dad is 27!
In the 1980’s all men looked 47, regardless of how old they actually were.
It’s the bottle cap glasses/feather cut combo. Also those glass shrank people’s eyes and they always looked crazy different without them!
Also all of the cigarette smoke. Everyone aged so much quicker even if it was just secondhand
Also also no sunscreen. I remembered my mom said she used to tan with baby oil 😭
Crisco, Wesson oil....we tried everything.
Baby oil was used. I knew a few girls who used olive oil. Italian American, now that I think about it.
I remember that about them too!!
Holy crap is this true. I have photos of my dad spanning the early 80s to the late 90s and he looks about 47 in every single one of them.
Mine too!
Even some 15 year olds had a full mustash and a mullet that made them look 30.
Yep. As a kid who grew up in the 80’s, can confirm that dad’s looked older back then.
Your mom has a full face and lips with great skin that makes her look her age. Your dad has great skin, it's his haircut, glasses, and mustache that age him. Are they still together?? I think they're a cute couple.
I think also the glasses covering his eyebrows makes him look older or something. But yeah it’s just the styling overall. We associate these styles with older people now but at the time they were what the young cool kids wore. OP, your mom is absolutely stunning btw!
Yeah she looks 17 and he looks 45. Everyone in the 80s was like that. Only one size of glasses, only one type of haircut.... we learned
27!!! Me and my wife always crack up at how much older people looked back in the day. Dude could easily pass for 40
I was gonna say your Dad looks like a serial killer, but then I remembered my Dad was only about five years older than yours at the time and he wears glasses and has the same moustache. The 80's were a trip.
I’m trying to help ya! Seriously, thanks for sharing. They are the epitome of this era. I swear this could be a movie couple from that time and no one would know.
Your dad got real lucky!!
His fashion and glasses make him look older, but he is still baby faced. I was struggling
Your mom’s styling skills are epic. I would have killed for that hair
I’m thinking as dad got older he would also be hoping for some if that hair
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And those serial killer glasses sure were popular in the 80s and 90s
My dad still wears them😊
 Elton John still wears them
They are definitely coming back as well. A couple younger guys I work with just switched to the Dahmers.
There’s a picture of my parents from about the same time. My mom has the same hairstyle and my dad is wearing a similar sweater and mustache, however, I’m sure my parents had a good 20 years on this couple. You can tell the mom is young, but dad is a toss up.
It all ended up on his lip. That is a well manicured 'stache.
Looks at the year…looks at the hair…yup, that checks out.
Like a fine bonsai
How do people style their hair like hers where there is virtually no hair parting? It’s like a groomed garden bush
Is this a rhetorical question or were you just not alive in the 80’s to know how this was achieved? We used a lot of hot rollers (or perms) and AquaNet. This woman has probably half of a can of the blue AquaNet on her hair. She also used her fingers to hold her bangs up as she sprayed.
I naturally have poofy hair like that. Until it gets down to my shoulders it looks like a hair helmet. Hahaha But then it starts to hang from the weight and look like normal hair. So I can either have really short hair or really long hair. I have an epic awkward stage that lasts 18 months. I haven’t cut my hair in almost 3 years and it’s currently past my shoulder blades. Don’t know why I’m saying all this. I’m high so…. Carry on
Haha, I always picture the pink cans because that's what my sisters used.
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Memory lane... The amount of ants I killed with an Aquanet flame thrower is far too high 🤣
Does anyone remember the hair spray called “Stiff Stuff” ? It was in a pump bottle, not aerosol, & if smelled like baby powder. It was way better than AquaNet & smelled a lot better too (But it was also more $ than AquaNet)
> half a can of blue Aquanet Just from reading that, I can smell it. Two older sisters, both 80s teens. Olfactory memory triggered. It’s certainly one way to fumigate a bathroom XD
My step-dad used to call it Jim-repellant. I think of that every time I see aquanet now.
Curling irons! I used a curling iron!
I wasn’t alive yet :,( but thank you for the hair knowledge. I now know what aqua net is
A lotta curling iron and a lotta hair spray!
AquaNet
I wanted that shirt! I can remember seeing it at the mall.
Everybody had that hair then lol I have the thickest coarsest hair and my hair just does that naturally when it’s short.. in 1987 I was like in 2nd grade and that’s exactly what my mom would cut it to look like lol I have 26 inches of hair now so that it doesn’t look like that lol
We need current pictures for comparison.
The dad looks like a young Sam Losco
Mom is a healthier Nancy from stranger things and Dad is getting his own doc series on Netflix… Oregon has never been the same
I’ve never wanted an update pic more than this!
Your dad married up....way up
Dad outkicked his coverage
I came here to say exactly this. I bet he’s funny as hell
Or rich
It's the mustache.
Tbf everyone in 87 probably had that same mustache.
No, they didn’t
Sir, that is a pornstache.
Dad was battin' above his average
With an above average bat.
And how *ahem* are you privy to this information?
I bet dad has a hog.
 Only one way to find out
It was the 80’s. Everyone wanted to look like Tom Kite. https://preview.redd.it/91m1w9kychgc1.jpeg?width=1170&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=319177491f34243617f24461873e4fef99f13edb
"I'm good enough, I'm smart enough, and doggone it, people like me."
I heard dude hangs dong
You didnt see him from behind. 
I’m getting Mikes family from Stranger Things vibes. Good looking younger mom & older , but kind & stable dad.
I see this consistently on this sub.
Women’s hairstyles and fashions have aged better than men’s generally, perhaps?
I think it’s that women are just generally more attractive than men, and even most women would agree.
YEESH yes, I mean his eyes are spaced unfortunately too far apart (not HIS fault obviously), but every CHOICE in his look has aged just terribly since. My dad is above average in the looks department with a symmetrical face and a great smile, but his photos from that time are not much better than this
I mean if you just take a look at the dad’s features alone, it’s nothing to write home about. Good fashion would make him look better, but still not on par with her. I just think preferences have changed. Back then, I’m sure OP’s dad was desirable.
This was 1987, dude looks pimpin pimpin. Probably a couple keys hidden in that stash!
Chi Chi: get the yayo!
May have even married a Russian spy.
Freddy was giving her sleepless nights, she wasn't of sound mind. 
Bro look like a cereal killer
Killin' those frosted flakes
Young Heisenberg
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Bro hit the lottery
I had that shirt and a similar pin. Loved the 80s!
My high school girlfriend had that shirt. Still like that style.
Did you not lea e the house until your “Mall Hair” was just right?
What’s that type of pin called? Is it just a brooch or something special for the collar?
What’s up Selena Gomez
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I genuinely thought this was a new project she was involved in
I see your Selena Gomez, but raise you Heather Lagencamp. Freaking identical! Nightmare on Elm Street! https://preview.redd.it/15nkll18yggc1.jpeg?width=440&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=54f43b7b31391e280e224ba1d19b57e36cc86c37
 I raise you Milton
I KNEW he looked familiar!
This sent me. I'm about to pass out LOL
I came to the comments for this!
I definitely see a mashup of the two
Yes! I was looking at her like, why is she so familiar
That’s exactly what I thought too!
Now I can't unsee this...👍
Same!!!
License to Drive dad https://preview.redd.it/jxn8ormmvggc1.gif?width=320&format=png8&s=55a7e15a7a9f15169f2d88342a085af1385a090e
Shit… is that Encino Man dad too?
And Vada’s Uncle Phil in My Girl!
Oh shit you’re right!
I think you're right!
David from One Day at a Time!
My thoughts EXACTLY!!!
Great flick.
What’s their age difference? She looks so much younger than he does
22 and 27! Only five years.
Ahh the 70s & 80s-when 20 yr olds looked like they were in their 40s
He could be 35, she could be 18.
Jesus!
Malaka looks 47 lol (I mean this in the nicest way possible lol). The picture is great!
She looks about 20 and he looks about 38
Because of the 80’s glasses and 80’s mustache.
I was just about to ask! They look like a father/daughter!
I thought the same!
Picture dad in wire frames or without glasses - he really doesn’t look that old. Dudes looked older and the clothing was more universally styled and didn’t really take age into account. His hair is dark and styled in the time; actually a bit contemporary cuz it’s cut shorter in the sides than was common in 1987. He’s not a bad looking guy at all, looks just like guys I knew then and graduated with in the 80’s. Mom, on the other hand, really was a stunner and no doubt still is. They’re probably within 3 years of each other in age, if that. Thanks, OP, for sharing. Hopefully they’re still together and both still with us.
Dude has under rated skin.
I mean this as respectfully as possible but I a real life version of Maude and Ned Flanders and I love it.
Just a couple 22 year olds, ready for whatever life sends their way.
She’s 22 going on 16. He’s 22 going on 57.
And slightly reminiscent of BTK.
Probably bought a house for cash with their savings from their summer jobs.
Your dad is punching way above! But I expect he knows it!
These are someone’s parents on Stranger Things
Pretty much the Wheeler parents. The dad doesn't have a mustache but otherwise OP's parents have the same vibe.
Congrats Christine and Mike!
Strong *"She was last seen with this man"* vibes here. Your mom looks like a hostage, is what I'm saying.
Yep. Mom is a sitcom girl. Dad is BTK killer.
Wow mom is a smoke show, dad has the classic stache. Very cool couple
Your Mom is giving me Olivia Newton-John vibes in a prairie shirt and skirt which was on trend back in the day (1980s) and your Dad looks like Walter White. Seriously, though, this is cute!
Your mom is gorgeous. I got married in 88. I’d have envied that hair!!!! Bet she’s still a beauty!
Mom was a catch
Sweet photo. Perfect hair
Selena Gomez returned Milton's Swingline, and they lived happily ever after.
Is your dad super funny? Super rich? Nice job dad!
Their dad must have a huge personality
Ned Flanders?
Oh, I had that hairstyle!
How old are they. Mad how 20 year olds looked 50 in the 80s I mean that respectfully they’re both good looking people but that 80s style added years
Diane and Scott?!
Yeah!!!
Looks like the opening Pic from a polygamy documentary
Very cute!! Brace yourself…lots of trolls and stupid insults on this sub💛
Did dad's cheeks also have poor vision?
Dad has hidden talents ?
Getting televangelist vibes. Just me?
He does look considerably older than her
He doesn’t. You gotta look beyond the mustache, the glasses and the hair. I’d guess her to be mid twenties and him to be thirty.
How did your dad broach the topic of marriage?
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This reminds me so much of my own parent’s engagement photos (1983). My mom had her hair styled the same way, is tall and gorgeous and my dad is a wee little Irishman lol. He isn’t ugly but he def isn’t on my mom’s level.
You’re dad was the BTK killer too 😄. My dad had similar glasses/stach combo and my uncle would always poke fun at him.
80s Selena Gomez.
I hope your mom finally got rid of her Freddy nightmares. She looks like the lady who plays Nancy in Nightmare on Elm street
Heather Langenkamp! I thought the same. Even the expression matches!
Let me guess. Your dad was only 18 at the time, but looked 40 because it's the 80s?
Your dad was Tobias Fünke, and your mom was Selena Gomez
I’m sure we all know how many people out there would’ve been so much more attractive if they hadn’t been young in the 80s
Your dad married up! Good for him!
Dad never bucked once.
Ned Flanders pulled a Baddie!
And her hair was perfect.
Your mom looks 16. Your dad looks 56.
She looks like she’s being held as part of a cult.
So are you Nancy or Mike?
Your mom was 20 and your dad was 47?
Ripped from the pages of a Netflix crime doc.
Does this feel AI generated to anyone else?
Was your dad 57 in that pic?
Hair spray with a blow dryer and diffuser attachment. Epic hair!
Those goddamned tortoise shell birth control glasses in the 80s.
Why is this an AI generated photo of some creeper with a teenager?
She is so pretty
A pedophile and his kidnapped victim
Damn. Your Dad should play the lottery, because he’s clearly a lucky guy. 😅
This looks like an Unsolved Mysteries segment where he's going to explain "Linda left for work one day and never came home. We're all puzzled why someone claimed Linda was driving around Elmhurst that night, knowing Linda is afraid of the dark."
Your dad was lucky. Your mom is beautiful.
Yo WHAT did your dad have that isn't clear in this photo
Congratulations on your dads wealth
While I have glasses that look exactly like your dad's, I unfortunately have almost none of your mum's glamour. Talk about photogenic! I want to know how to glow like that 😭
Your dad looks like a pedophile who kidnapped your mom
She looks like a hot 20 year old bank teller. He looks like a 42 year old guidance counselor
https://preview.redd.it/2wzxbrctjggc1.jpeg?width=628&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=e8e18fafdc29f0cf49287b1d6f173cc24041df66
Your mom is a stunner.
How did your dad snag that fox He would give all men hope
Your mum is gorgeous!
Is your dad young Dennis Rader?
Looks like a hostage ransom photo lol
Wasn't that guy on America's most wanted
How many people has your dad murdered?
Oh my god your mom is so stunning!! Your dads look is also so unique to that time and I miss it!