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Davesvette t1_ixd1gvy wrote

Matric Dance. South African. Similar to a senior prom.

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P3nguLGOG t1_ixd1jto wrote

Is your grandfather named Michael Scott?

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Little4inwilly t1_ixd2jl7 wrote

Dad keeping a look out for undesirable boys.

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_Didds_ t1_ixd2ubv wrote

She looks beautiful, but gotta say that he looks super handsome here and with a great pose and fantastic choice of colours that favour him.

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mandyama t1_ixd7kk2 wrote

That looks like it took a LOT of hairspray.

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SEND_PUNS_PLZ t1_ixddq54 wrote

Takes me back in time like a glitch in the matrics

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Saint_Matthews t1_ixdnuhr wrote

Respectfully, your mother is gorgeous 👸🏼

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mrnastymannn t1_ixdovlz wrote

Your mother was a terribly attractive woman

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Whateveryousaydude7 t1_ixdreu9 wrote

Matriculating Dance?

Because I absolutely love that and will never forget it!

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chocki305 t1_ixdu8z2 wrote

I'm getting a DJ Tanner vibe with that pretty face and big hair.

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Aunt-jobiska t1_ixdxes6 wrote

She’s lovely. Kind of reminds me of Sally Field.

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Hot-Field-7613 t1_ixe08v1 wrote

I imagine so many people accidentally lit their super flammable mullets up back then when they tried to light a smoke

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durgadas t1_ixe70tn wrote

You can rest assured that somewhere, Tawny Kitaen lives off the ego boost she gets seeing her iconic hairdo posted here on a regular basis.

Also, your mom is a straight-up dime in this photo, holy crap. That's some supermodel stuff there.

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Shoegazer75 t1_ixe8lcv wrote

An entire can of Aqua Net used to achieve that hair. I remember those days.

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Formal_Star_6593 t1_ixe9fw8 wrote

No one wants to be told that their mom is hot, so I won't say a word.

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poco68 t1_ixeapmq wrote

Not creeping on your mother, but quite a beautiful person.

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grafxguy1 t1_ixedy8a wrote

I read as Matrix Dance.

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MalHierba t1_ixeim1c wrote

I know she was rich with that necklace.

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ukexpat t1_ixf1ys6 wrote

Mom is a babe!

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starsNjars t1_ixf3wi4 wrote

So Dynasty was based on real people. I knew it

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Gromit801 t1_ixf6gd0 wrote

Your mom was Mira Sorvino?

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Theamazingchan t1_ixf8yj6 wrote

Your mother is better looking than 95% of supermodels…preposterously good looking

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Dzeav t1_ixf94rb wrote

The necklace better be fake

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saucyB52 t1_ixffsu1 wrote

ill bet he was, umm pleazd wen phfizer invented viagra

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Fredanwilma t1_ixfkkcq wrote

I can smell the Aqua Net from here

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Azulanze t1_ixg8fr4 wrote

You mother took her father to prom? I hope you are not the result.

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modern_milkman t1_ixgtrow wrote

Replying to Shoegazer75 (#620,272)

As someone who wasn't born yet then: so I guess while the hair looks soft here, it was anything but? I've always wondered how those hair styles felt like. Probably very unnatural and hard?

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Hippobu2 t1_ixh2ae5 wrote

Sry, I can't help but notice that their eyelines aren't converging. Is there a story behind it?

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dimitycat t1_ixh4ncw wrote

Replying to Davesvette (#615,825)

We called it matriculation (matric) in Australia too, up until the late 80s or early 90s depending which state you were in. I did my final year of school in 94 and we also had some formal dinner dance that had parents invited. Different times. My daughter did her final year of school last year and it was more like the American proms.

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BirdieHo t1_ixh5ef4 wrote

House of Gucci 2: The Real Story

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anasui1 t1_ixhiotc wrote

the Bold and the Beautiful, how it started

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BuyNo4013 t1_ixhqkcy wrote

Nice people, congrats! Did things turn out well for your family with the changes in RSA?

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andthatsgolfboys OP t1_ixiz700 wrote

Replying to Hippobu2 (#630,374)

Damn, that's actually a detail that I never would've noticed, but it's pretty bizarre. I assume there are two or more people taking a photo at once, although I'm definitely gonna ask if there's a specific story behind it.

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ITeachAll t1_ixj8elq wrote

Your mom was Miss Elizabeth????? OHHH YEAHHHHH

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modern_milkman t1_ixjql0j wrote

Replying to Shoegazer75 (#636,621)

Yeah, I know how extreme those hairstyles went back then. And I know they used tons of hairspray (hole in the ozone and all that).

But you know how some things look like they would feel very different from how they actually feel? It's a bit hard to describe. But I guess those hairstyles are like that to me. I objectively know they could not have felt soft with all that product in them, but somehow they still look soft to me (well, not all, but the one in this post for example). So I guess with my comment I just wanted to confirm that they were in fact not soft, but hard (or crunchy, or whatever).

And now I feel a bit weird having written so much about 80s hair...

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