24 Hilarious and Nostalgic Photos of Gen X Girls at the Peak of Their Blunder Years in the 80s

Ely Bulnes • Writer and Editor

Sep 9, 2024 4:00 PM EDT

Welcome, latchkey ladies. Kids these days have it easy when it comes to documenting their lives. Every child as young as elementary school has some kind of mobile device. While their primary purpose is communication with parents, most phones in the modern era have all sorts of extra features. It's actually pretty difficult to find a 'stupid phone' without a touch screen, internet access, and a camera. Thus, children and teens are able to snap pictures and videos of anything and pretty much everywhere and then post it online. Adult millennials are currently dealing with the repercussions of early internet and camera access - tracking down middle-school YouTube channels filled with Photo Booth videos and deleting Facebook photos from 2009.

Thankfully, Gen X doesn't have do deal with these issues. It's not like photography had just been invented or anything, but photos in the 80s were reserved for more special moments, and there was no place to upload them for the world to see. The few hard-copy photos of your blunder years could actually remain in some dusty photo album in your parent's attic - unless you choose to upload them yourself to get imaginary internet points! Enjoy a collection of home photos that capture the good, the bad, and the ugly of girlhood in the 1980s.

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Me, Buffalo Exchange, Nena & the 80’s (in LA, CA 1984)

via u/CrazyBoysenberry1352
02
So there I was...living in the 80's in a blue dress.

via u/deuceilinca
03
My mother on the left and her best friend on the right. Obviously in the 80s.

via u/stonedlurker710
04
It was the 80s and you owned lots of Aqua Net

via u/Roxannesullivan816
05
My mom actually paid money for this 80's treat!

via Reddit
06
Me. 8th Grade, 1983. Collar up because I was cool, even with those HUGE glasses...

via u/boogerslayers
07
My mom & I blundering through the late 80's

via u/Navanya80
08
New Wave party early 80s. Me on right. I am/was not a smoker.

via u/priestlyemu
09
80s Faux Rockers- at Least I'm Not in the Corey Hart Shirt

via u/johntaylorsbangs
10
13 years old in the late ‘80s. Ready for my job in middle management.

via u/jenneany
11
Late 80s Homecoming Dance. Big sleeves, big hair, plenty of ruffles, and so much cheap blue satin!

via u/Clara_Voyant
12
I Took Ballet in the 80's

via u/SWOW
13
My mom and her best friend in the 80s

via u/Liv4828
14
Wife’s family glamour shot in 80s with younger brother added in “seamlessly”.

via Reddit
15
My family kept Aquanet hairspray in business in the 80's

via u/speedycat2014
16
Big 80's hair in 1990! What was I thinking?

via u/tshowe
17
Curly hair doesn’t ‘feather’ like Farrah’s did. Also I miss that neck. Ahh the early 80s...

via u/pachecrissy
18
The 80s threw up all over this picture and I’m so proud to be a part of it

via u/dazzeland
19
My 80s hair didn’t even take a break for softball

via u/ILikeYourHotDog
20
My valley girl mom back in '80s

via u/Bobus2
21
My mom in the 80s...

via Reddit
22
80s me had it all figured out.

via u/ibiff
23
Easter in the late 80s/early 90s

via u/arrowrootapothecary
24
t was the 80s. I have no other excuse.

via u/owzleee

24 Hilarious and Nostalgic Photos of Gen X Girls at the Peak of Their Blunder Years in the 80s

Me, Buffalo Exchange, Nena & the 80’s (in LA, CA 1984)

So there I was...living in the 80's in a blue dress.

My mother on the left and her best friend on the right. Obviously in the 80s.

It was the 80s and you owned lots of Aqua Net

My mom actually paid money for this 80's treat!

Me. 8th Grade, 1983. Collar up because I was cool, even with those HUGE glasses...

My mom & I blundering through the late 80's

New Wave party early 80s. Me on right. I am/was not a smoker.

80s Faux Rockers- at Least I'm Not in the Corey Hart Shirt

13 years old in the late ‘80s. Ready for my job in middle management.

Late 80s Homecoming Dance. Big sleeves, big hair, plenty of ruffles, and so much cheap blue satin!

I Took Ballet in the 80's

My mom and her best friend in the 80s

Wife’s family glamour shot in 80s with younger brother added in “seamlessly”.

My family kept Aquanet hairspray in business in the 80's

Big 80's hair in 1990! What was I thinking?

Curly hair doesn’t ‘feather’ like Farrah’s did. Also I miss that neck. Ahh the early 80s...

The 80s threw up all over this picture and I’m so proud to be a part of it

My 80s hair didn’t even take a break for softball

My valley girl mom back in '80s

My mom in the 80s...

80s me had it all figured out.

Easter in the late 80s/early 90s

t was the 80s. I have no other excuse.

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