Bride and groom’s dads pay for their wedding and get ‘hilarious’ thank you gift in return

Weddings are special occasions celebrated with family and friends and one newlywed couple has been praised for their ‘hilarious’ thank you gift to their dads, who paid for their wedding

Getting married is often the most significant milestone in a couple’s relationship, marking their commitment to spending the rest of their lives with each other. Many celebrate this special occasion with a wedding and these are typically family affairs with multiple relatives and sometimes friends playing an important role, from the maid of honour to the mother of the bride to the best man.

However, weddings can be costly with numerous elements to pay for so it’s not unusual for parents to step in and provide financial support. One newlywed couple’s hilarious gesture has been shared on Instagram by the wedding content creation service Content By Chanait.

The video captures the moment a Yorkshire couple gave a far from traditional thank you gift to their dads for paying for their wedding, leaving the guests chuckling.

While seated at a long table adorned with white roses during the reception, at Hazlewood Castle, between Leeds and York, the groom stands up to announce that he and his wife would like to give a little something to their dads to thank them for everything they had done for them.

He passes a silver gift bag to each of the dads and one of them opens it to unveil a mug emblazoned with the cheeky message: “I paid for my son’s wedding and all I got was this s*** mug.”

The dad looks at the mug first and lets out a laugh with a slight look of surprise before turning it towards the wedding guests in the background who found joy in the humour too and also started laughing, cheering and clapping.

The bride and groom also couldn’t help but chuckle in this candid and playful part of their big day.

Content By Chanait captioned the Instagram clip: “You won’t believe what this groom got the fathers of the bride and groom as a thank you gift.”

It has racked up an incredible 1.9 million views, 50,900 likes and more than 100 comments, so far.

Several users found the gesture very funny with plenty of laughing face emojis in the comments section of the post.

One user simply stated: “Hilarious.” Another added: “brilliant.” A third viewer shared: “My friend got his MIL (mother-in-law) a t-shirt that said my son-in-law is my favourite child.”

A third sarcastically commented: “Very thoughtful.” Someone else shared a funny story from their own wedding: “Absolutely brilliant! I remember my dad telling my now husband that he could marry me but it’d cost him 15 shillings.

“My husband, bless him, searched and found 3 five shilling coins on eBay. Each coin was dated with an important year to my parents (like the year they married etc.)

“My husband basically made his speech and then said ‘and lastly, I’d like to pay my debt to my father in law’.

“My dad burst out laughing when he opened the presentation, then he got emotional.”