40 Then-Vs-Now Photos That Prove Growing Up Can Be Pretty Amazing

#1 He’s Been Making Me Laugh For 20 Years. 2005, 2010, 2015, 2020, 2025

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#2 My Husband And I. Since March 2023, We Have Lost A Combined 250 Pounds

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#3 Kinda Proud Of My Progress. Left Is From Oct 2022. Right Is From This New Years Eve. Down 80 Pounds. From A 44″ To A 34″ And From A 3xl Shirt To An Xl. Pretty Stoked

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#4 On What Would Have Been Her 95th Birthday, My Mom Over The Years

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#5 My Beautiful Nana And Papa Married In 1960 To Today

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#6 Grandpa At 15 And 79

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Grandpa merchant marine ID after joining at age 15. Followed by a picture of him at 79.

#7 2007, 2014, 2024

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#8 I Hit 10 Years Sober Last Year! From Battling Alcoholism (30 Yrs Old) To Sober (41 Yrs Old)🤘

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#9 I Kept The Dimple And Gained A Cat

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#10 6 Weeks, 15 Years. Gonna Cross The Rainbow Bridge Next Week

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#11 My Dad In 1953 And My Daughter In 2024 Wearing The Same Kilt

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#12 My Bestie, Mig, And I In 2012 And Yesterday

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#13 Then And Now…

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I’m still hard on myself thinking I’m still a big person (dumb lizard brain), but when I really sit and think about it, I am proud of myself. I’ve maintained my lowest weight for 3 1/2 years now. I started at around 340 pounds, today I sit at around 183 pounds.

#14 Me And My Son, 2006, 2016, 2021, 2023

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#15 1972, The Year We Met And 2024

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#16 The First And Last Photo With My Jimmy (2011/2022)

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#17 Childhood Friendship 1992-Present

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We are literally ten days apart in age and have been friends since before I can even remember. A bond I’ll always cherish.

#18 70 Year Span-My Grandma Ages 18 And 88

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#19 My Dad And His Siblings In 1968 And In 2024

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#20 My Mom And Me, 50 Years Apart 1973-2023

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#21 Another Post! Get This: I Work At The Same Place Dad Did (Different Roles), 50 Years Apart (Dad, C. 1975; Me, 2025)

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#22 1995 & 2024. 25 & 19 To 54 & 48

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#23 My Grandmother At 15, 20, 35, 50, 60 And 66

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#24 My Husband And His Dad, And My Husband And Our Son

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#25 My Mom And Her Parents (1982) // Me And My Parents (2009)

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#26 My Mom At 17 Or 18 And At 83

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#27 My Parents 50 Years Marriage

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#28 My Mum And Me (1990) Me And My Daughter (2023) 🥰🥰

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#29 One Of The 1st Photos With My Maternal Grandma And One Of The Last 1985 & 2024

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#30 My Parents, On Their Honeymoon In 1941, And In Their Last Photo, In 1985. They Were Childhood Sweethearts, Meeting At Age 7 In 1923

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#31 Me At 22 And 57

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I married my high school sweetheart (married 34 years), had 4 kids, beat breast cancer and just had my 4th spinal fusion surgery almost 3 months ago. I’m a tough old bird!

#32 The First Pic Of My Wife And I Together (2004) And The Most Recent (2025). We’ve Been Together 21 Years This Month! Mid-20s To Mid-40s

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#33 Induction To Retirement

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#34 Me And My Wife (Then Girlfriend) In College In 1981 And A Few Months Ago. Married 42 Years

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#35 The Day I Was Born 69 Years Ago & Today!

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#36 My Grandad From 1941 Till 2019

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An Engineer who loved fishing, model boat building and smoking. Fortunately, he managed to quit that last one. As a kid, I thought he had been a pirate due to him wearing his hair in a ponytail and sporting an eye patch. The last photos was the last time I saw him reasonably well before his cancer settled in. He was married for 54 years, has two adopted children and had six grandchildren.

#37 Me And My Little Bro Through The Years

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#38 My Wife And I At Her High School Prom, 2009 And 2023. Married 27.5 Years Now

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#39 ❤️me & Hubby 2001 -2024 ❤️

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#40 ‘93 (14 & 16)/ ‘24 (47 & 45)

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