25 Rib-Tickling Tweets About In-Laws for Those Painfully Familiar With That Love-Hate Relationship

You can either love or hate your in-laws—there is no in-between. For ages, humanity has been trying to figure out a way to deal with the antics of their troublesome in-laws. Very few are blessed to have in-laws who make their lives easier. They might annoy you, throw you into some awkward situation, or embarrass you in front of your colleagues and spouses but at the end of the day, they are your family.
There are times when people wonder where exactly they can vent their frustration and rant about the passive-aggressive encounters with their in-laws. A bunch of people turned to the internet to crack jokes about their in-laws and the bittersweet encounters they've had with them. Hoping unsuspecting in-laws don't stumble upon these quips, here are 25 relatable and hilarious tweets about various people dealing with their in-laws. Grab your bucket of popcorn and enjoy the list down below.
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Yet another reason I love my mother-in-law. #MotherInLaw#FunnyMugs #Mugs pic.twitter.com/llDvsnfnx9
— Jason Roer (@realjasonroer) May 26, 2020
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i hope my mother-in-law is okay pic.twitter.com/l7kS1UVkdT
— Uncle Duke (@UncleDuke1969) January 27, 2023
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My mother-in-law wore a wedding dress to my wedding. So, yeah, top that one, Twitter. #weddingfail @jimmyfallon pic.twitter.com/IjqvnXT6Ps
— Amy Pennza (@AmyPennza) June 19, 2019
4.
My mother in law just posted this article on Facebook and my mom commented on it and now my mother in law and mom are talking about sex in the comments please send thoughts and prayers. pic.twitter.com/tnqRhpMCoV
— The Volatile Mermaid (@OhNoSheTwitnt) August 9, 2018
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my father-in-law added me and my brother-in-law to a group chat where the whole thing is just pictures and discussion of burritos we’re eating. gender euphoria unlocked pic.twitter.com/HC1Lo6oua1
— Basil Kreimendahl (@BKreimendahl) August 6, 2022
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Just got the most incredible text message from my mother-in-law pic.twitter.com/5gynInm3nQ
— valerie (pottery mode) (@otter_weekend) May 19, 2020
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Me in the kitchen with my father-in-law's property pic.twitter.com/0CupF51U1r
— 22 on Hillside. (@mkhuseli_moloi) January 28, 2023
8.
Mother in law: do you have any food allergies
— Kyle 🌱 (@KylePlantEmoji) November 28, 2019
Me: I'm deathly allergic to bees
MIL: haha, well I promise you I didn't put any in the food. Now shall we sing grace?
Family: 🎶be present at our table Lord–🎶
Me, terrified: but you promised
9.
A marriage is truly consummated with the first passive-aggressive argument you have with an in-law.
— JennyPentland, GED (@JennyPentland) May 21, 2013
10.
vegetarian: i'm a vegetarian
— pat++ (@patsatweetin) January 24, 2020
every mother-in-law: so do you eat fish
11.
One time I was Facetiming a guy I had just matched with on Tinder and his mom walked in in a nightgown and curlers in her hair. When she realized she could be seen on camera she ran out of the room screaming “I hope we never see each other again!” and now she’s my mother in law.
— Eli McCann (@EliMcCann) September 2, 2020
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Secret to a successful couples therapy is to send both the mothers-in-law to attend the sessions
— Vinod Chhaproo (@Chhapiness) September 27, 2021
13.
My kids could fart and my father-in-law would be like, “Great job! Here’s five bucks.”
— SpacedMom (@copymama) August 20, 2020
14.
They say violence doesn’t solve problems, but then you tell me what I’m supposed to do when my in-laws scrape their forks on their plates?
— Arianna Bradford (@thearibradford) February 10, 2020
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Spent the last four hours cleaning the house for the inlaws and decided it would have been easier and less sweaty to just file for divorce.
— Abhorrent Housewife (@abhorrent_wife) July 2, 2014
16.
I’m trying to convince my Seattle in-laws the new travel ban means we can’t visit them this summer.
— Conan O'Brien (@ConanOBrien) June 28, 2017
17.
My mother in law, repeatedly, upon being exposed to a weighted blanket for the first time: “It’s so HEAVY”
— Hank Green (@hankgreen) December 25, 2021
18.
Winner, winner - turkey dinner!
— Sweet Momissa (@sweetmomissa) November 25, 2019
-me remembering my in-laws are too far away to come for Thanksgiving.
19.
My mother in law once told us that she had recently gone to a Seal concert, and when we all started singing “kiss from a rose”, she was like, “what song is this??? I’ve never heard this. I don’t think seal sings that song.”
— josie duffy rice (@jduffyrice) February 15, 2021
20.
"What would you like for lunch?" asks my mother in law, whilst holding what she already made me
— Vinod Chhaproo (@Chhapiness) July 9, 2022
21.
Mother in law: Why don’t you guys join us for lunch?
— Mom Jeans (@momjeansplease) February 11, 2019
Me: Today? We can’t.
Mother in law: Why?
Me: Oh, because I don’t want to.
Ha! I showed her...I think to myself as I drive to lunch at the in-laws.
22.
Einstein’s theory of relativity says time is relative. I generally experience it. When I’m drinking, three hours feels like ten minutes but when my mother in law calls me, talking to her for five minutes feels like like jogging for ten hours
— Ra_Bies 2.0 (@Ra_Bies) June 25, 2020
23.
I don’t like who I become when I’m solving my in-law’s technology problems over the phone
— The Dad (@thedad) June 1, 2019
24.
You should have been in the theater when I saw Brokeback Mountain with my father-in-law.
— One Hot Mess AK (@libbybakalar) January 31, 2023
25.
Just learned that my mother in law dated Nicolas Cage in high school
— Haley Quinn (@haley_e_quinn) July 12, 2020