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”
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”
5. “My Brother-In-Law Helping His Buddy Dobby Look For The Brain Cell”
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”
9. “When Your Japanese Father-In-Law Gets Adopted By Your Peruvian Familia”
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”
11. “My Dad Does The Fake Handshake Routine Every Chance He Gets. My Brother-In-Law Finally Got Him Back”
12. “When Your Son-In-Law Is A Magician, It’s Hard To Not Get Super Excited”
13. “Stand Down Everyone. My Brother And Sister In-Law Have Already Won Halloween”
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”
“For those who don’t know, Secret Satan is exactly the same as Secret Santa except the gifts are played for laughs. We’ve been doing both for years.”
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”
“That is HUGE! I like that icicle. That’s a nice icicle.”
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”
17. “My Brother In-Law Made His Cat A Maze Today From Office Work Boxes”
18. “My Brother In Law Broke His Neck, But Not His Christmas Spirit”
19. “My Grandfather In Law Was Pretty Proud Of His Knot Placement On My Son’s Rocking Lion”
20. “Wife Pointed This Out Before My Bike Ride Today. I Believe My Father-In-Law Is The Culprit”
21. “My Brother-In-Law Is A Mechanic And Sent Me This Picture Today”
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”
25. “My In-Laws Are Strange People”
26. “My Sister-In-Law Made My Dad A Birthday Cake”
27. “My Dad In Law Invented This Hummingbird Helmet. He Calls The Feeder In The Back ‘The Tickler'”
28. “My Sister In Law Left These Outside My House Last Night So They Would Greet Me When I Left For Work”
29. “Mother-In-Law Gave Us This At Our Baby Shower. I Made It Better”
30. “My Mother-In-Law Paints Landscapes. I Thought They Were Missing Something… So I Took A Photo Of Her Canvas And”
31. “Got Married Yesterday. My BIL Bought Us Our Wedding Cake”
“To be fair, we breed/sell insects, but how many people can say they had a cockroach cake at their wedding? We loved it. My grandma didn’t.”