Have you ever purchased a picture frame only to take home some random person’s photo with it?  Who are these people?  Do they realize that they are feigning familiarity by residing in the very frame that you will take home, put on your mantle or bedside table and cherish for decades to come?  It’s one thing to buy a new frame with the dimensions and brand names plastered over these strangers’ faces, but.. of course.. Goodwill brings photos that come with the frame to a new level.

Maybe someone has died.  Maybe a couple has broken up.  Maybe a father has left.  Whatever the reason, hundreds of picture frames wind up at thrift stores across the country with actual, non-model photos of people in them everyday.  Here is a collection of  pictures that come with the frame..

I have a feeling they didn’t live happily ever after…


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