45 Times In-Laws Stole The Spotlight In The Funniest Ways

In-laws get a bad rap, but not all of them are nightmare fuel—sometimes they’re just plain funny. As a married person, I’ve lucked out with in-laws who make me laugh more than cringe, but I know that’s not everyone’s experience.

These funny pictures capture the highs, lows, and hilariously awkward moments of marriage and in-laws, proving family life is never boring. Whether you love them or just survive them, these are guaranteed to make every married person nod (or laugh) in solidarity.


1. “My Sister Used To Have A Mean Husband That Treated Their Son Horribly, 4 Years Later I Can Say Her New Husband And My Brother In Law Is Pretty Awesome Just By What He Puts In My Nephew’s Lunch Each Day”

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2. “My Brother-In-Law And His Friends Won Their Office Costume Contest”

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4. “Mother-In-Law Bought These To Embarrass Me. It Didn’t Work”

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5. “My Brother-In-Law Helping His Buddy Dobby Look For The Brain Cell”

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6. “I Thought I Had Put Socks On My Son This Morning. Turns Out They Were Gloves. My Mother In Law Sent Me This”

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8. “My Sister And Brother-In-Law Won A Trip To Iceland And Left Yesterday. My Mom And I Are Watching Their 6 Month Old Son. This Was The First Email/Status Update We Sent Them”

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9. “When Your Japanese Father-In-Law Gets Adopted By Your Peruvian Familia”

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10. “My Mother-In-Law Cherishes All Of The Photos I Send To Her Digital Photo Frame. She Tells Me That She Checks For New Pictures Every Morning. I Just Added This One”

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11. “My Dad Does The Fake Handshake Routine Every Chance He Gets. My Brother-In-Law Finally Got Him Back”

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12. “When Your Son-In-Law Is A Magician, It’s Hard To Not Get Super Excited”

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13. “Stand Down Everyone. My Brother And Sister In-Law Have Already Won Halloween”

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14. “Every Year My Family Does A Secret Santa And Secret Satan And My Brother-In-Law Has Had Me For Satan For The Past Four Years Straight”

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15. “My Future Mother-In-Law Did Not Understand Why I Brought This Icicle Into The House, Or Why I Was So Happy About Him”

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16. “The In-Laws Gave Us A Bunch Of Corn From The Garden To Bag And Freeze. My Wife Left Me In Charge Of Labeling The Bags Saying ‘Be Sure To Label The Bags Clearly So We Know What’s In Them.’ She Was Not Impressed”

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17. “My Brother In-Law Made His Cat A Maze Today From Office Work Boxes”

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18. “My Brother In Law Broke His Neck, But Not His Christmas Spirit”

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19. “My Grandfather In Law Was Pretty Proud Of His Knot Placement On My Son’s Rocking Lion”

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20. “Wife Pointed This Out Before My Bike Ride Today. I Believe My Father-In-Law Is The Culprit”

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21. “My Brother-In-Law Is A Mechanic And Sent Me This Picture Today”

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22. “She Was Sad It Wasn’t Her Birthday, Father In-Law Came Through”

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24. “My Son-In-Law Is A Tattoo Artist. He Decided To Have My Grandson Wake Up To A Little Surprise”

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25. “My In-Laws Are Strange People”

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26. “My Sister-In-Law Made My Dad A Birthday Cake”

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27. “My Dad In Law Invented This Hummingbird Helmet. He Calls The Feeder In The Back ‘The Tickler'”

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28. “My Sister In Law Left These Outside My House Last Night So They Would Greet Me When I Left For Work”

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29. “Mother-In-Law Gave Us This At Our Baby Shower. I Made It Better”

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30. “My Mother-In-Law Paints Landscapes. I Thought They Were Missing Something… So I Took A Photo Of Her Canvas And”

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31. “Got Married Yesterday. My BIL Bought Us Our Wedding Cake”

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32. “My Father-In-Law Bird Watching In Central Park”

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33. “I Got My GF A New Bike Helmet, My Brother-In-Law Got Her A Drake Face-Print Balaclava And Now She Looks Like A Custom Video Game Character”

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34. “I’ve Been Buying The Bee Movie Whenever I See It Available For $4 Or Less To Give To My Brother In Law For Ever Holiday Ever”

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35. “Had To Take A Moment To Appreciate The Father-In-Law’s Neatly Stacked Skip”

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36. “When The Waiter Accidentally Spills An Entire Glass Of Ice Water Down Your Back And Your Brother In Law Just So Happens To Have His Camera To Capture One Of Your Finest Moments”

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37. “My Father In Law Is A Contractor. This Is Him Installing A Mirror”

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38. “So I Got My Sister In Law For Secret Santa, I Got Her A Barn Door Shelving Unit. Only Took Three Hours”

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39. “My Brothers Father-In-Law(6’6″)working In Angola With His Crew”

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40. “My New Brother-In-Law Got Us A Wedding Present, Engraved With A Personal Touch”

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41. “Got The Danny Devito Life Size Cutout For My Brother And Sister-In-Law. Scares The Hell Out Of You When You Forget He’s Standing There”

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42. “We Had A Photo Booth At Our Wedding. I Think My Brother In Law Doesn’t Understand How Photo Booths Work”

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43. “My Father In Law’s Mouse. Close Up Of The Little Snow Globe/Gravel + Tractor Part”

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44. “My Father-In-Law Baked Cookies For Me”

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45. “Father-In-Law Just Sent Me This From Vegas, Mother-In-Law Told Him, ‘We Loved The Fast And The Furious.'”

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When he's not doomscrolling Twitter or writing for Pleated-Jeans, Nate Armbruster writes jokes—and then tells them on stage as a stand-up comedian, where he can watch audiences (hopefully) laugh in real-time.