Now many are obsessed with vintage, from clothes to music. And anyway, who wouldn't want to live in the 60s? However, we often forget that our parents grew up at the time where we now want to be.
Internet users share photos of their parents when they were young and carefree. And it's safe to say that they were much cooler than us. Perhaps the reason for this, as one of the users said, is that "they grew up on the street and didn't know about memes."
"There were people in our time": retrophotographs of parents who are cooler than their children"There were people in our time": retrophotographs of parents who are cooler than their children
"My mom in 1984, when she was a tank driving instructor."
"There were people in our time": retrophotographs of parents who are cooler than their children
"My mom barefoot on a skateboard, California, 1974."
"There were people in our time": retrophotographs of parents who are cooler than their children
Late 60s.
"There were people in our time": retrophotographs of parents who are cooler than their children
"My dad makes a sculpture of my mom, the 80s."
"There were people in our time": retrophotographs of parents who are cooler than their children
"My mom, when she was 16, in her Camaro, 1975."
"There were people in our time": retrophotographs of parents who are cooler than their children
"My dad is way cooler than I'll ever be, 1980."
"There were people in our time": retrophotographs of parents who are cooler than their children
"A picture of my dad for a surfing magazine, Peru, 1977."
"There were people in our time": retrophotographs of parents who are cooler than their children
"My dad skateboards at Hyde School, 1982."
"There were people in our time": retrophotographs of parents who are cooler than their children
"I found a picture of my father cooking a barbecue on the roof of a submarine."
"There were people in our time": retrophotographs of parents who are cooler than their children
"Mom was in Moscow in 1975. Judging by her travel stories, I wouldn't be surprised if she was a spy."
"There were people in our time": retrophotographs of parents who are cooler than their children
"My father's first car. He bought it with his farm money. He was 11."
"There were people in our time": retrophotographs of parents who are cooler than their children
"48 cans of beer and a unicycle. My father in the 80s."
"There were people in our time": retrophotographs of parents who are cooler than their children
"Mom and Dad's wedding. The 80s."
"There were people in our time": retrophotographs of parents who are cooler than their children
"Dad teaches math in Southern California, late 70s."
"There were people in our time": retrophotographs of parents who are cooler than their children