Funny Wedding Gifts Worth Giving: How to Pick One Your Friends Will Keep

For more ideas like this one, see our list of gifts the couple will laugh at and these mugs and drinkware for newlyweds.

4. What is a funny wedding gift for close friends?

For close friends, pick a joke about the promise they just made. You were there for the dating years, so you can tease them about being stuck with each other now.

• Tease the commitment, not the person: "you are stuck with me" is warm. A joke about someone's flaws is not.
• Let both of them be in on it: if only one of them laughs, choose another gift.
• Give it in person if you can: their reaction is half the fun.

The I'm Yours No Refunds mug does this well. It reads: "I'm yours, I'm yours, I'm yours (no refunds)." It is a wedding vow with a store policy attached, and either one of them can claim it.

If you are shopping for only one of them, we have separate guides to funny gifts for the bride and funny gifts for the groom. Age changes the joke too, so there is one for older couples and one for young couples.

5. What funny gift suits a couple who tease each other?

Give them something that keeps their running joke going. Some couples argue over who loves the other more, who is always right, or who gets the last word. A gift that takes a side is one they will pass back and forth for years.

• Listen for their repeat joke: the line they say to each other in front of friends.
• Pick one item, not a matching pair: the fun is in who gets to use it today.
• Keep it short: a few words read better than a long paragraph on a mug.

For the couple who never lets the other one win, the I Love You More mug settles it: "I love you more. The end. I win." Whoever is holding it has the last word until the dishwasher runs.

Want a longer list to check your idea against? Try our five favorite picks, these trending ideas for every couple, or the gifts that make people laugh.

6. Is a funny gift worth giving to the officiant?

Yes, if a friend or relative married you. They wrote a ceremony, stood up in front of everyone and often did it for free. A small funny thank-you is one of the easiest gifts to get right, because the joke is already there.

• A friend who got ordained online: the joke writes itself.
• Give it at the rehearsal dinner or after the honeymoon: with a note that says thank you plainly.
• A pastor or priest: choose something warmer than a joke.

The Wedding Officiant mug reads: "Wedding Officiant. By the power vested in me by the internet." It only works for a friend who really did sign up online to marry you, which is exactly why it gets kept.

If a member of the clergy led your ceremony, our guide to pastor appreciation gifts is a better place to look.

7. Which funny wedding gifts are not worth buying?

Skip anything that is only a joke, anything mean, and anything the couple has to store. These cost money and leave nothing behind.

• One-time props: a ball and chain, a fake trophy, an oversized pair of underwear.
• Divorce and "game over" jokes: they read like a bad wish on day one.
• Jokes about money, weight or an ex: not funny with family in the room.
• Big decor with a slogan: if it does not match their home, it goes in the garage.
• A joke gift with nothing else: on its own it can look like you forgot the wedding.

A funny gift does not need to cost much to be worth it, because it is the extra and not the main gift. Our list of funny gifts under $30 shows how far a small budget goes, and the guide to wedding gifts couples truly love covers the real one. Add a line of your own with help from what to write in a funny wedding card.

Weddings also make their own jokes, as these funny wedding moments show, and a small funny gift can ease a hard month if your friends are still planning the wedding. The same test works later for anniversary gifts for your husband or a twenty-year anniversary: will they use it, and is the joke about them? If both answers are yes, it is worth giving. You can start with our funny wedding mugs.