As if we needed another excuse to obsess over the badass woman that is mom, Mother’s Day is the perfect time to reflect on all the things that make her THE Queen Bee. Sure, you can shower her with the best gifts for moms, quality time, and compliments…but what better way to profess your love for the woman who put up with your teenage angst than with a public shoutout on social media?
Now, before y’all @ me, I’d like you to consider that Instagram may be the perfect platform to publicly declare your love for your mom or any of the mother figures in your life–like your mother-in-law, grandmas, aunts, etc.! Who doesn’t love a cute photo and words of affirmation, even if she’s not on the platform (yet) or you still haven’t accepted her follower request (guilty 😗).
Whether you’re planning on posting a throwback mother-daughter pic with you in diapers, a vintage disposable shot of mom looking hot af in her 20s, or a post-Mother’s Day brunch snap, we’re giving you all the best Mother’s Day caption ideas—from the lighthearted and funny to the sentimental and sweet. Don’t forget to post something special this Mother’s Day, which, ahem, falls on May 14 this year!!
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Funny Mother’s Day Captions
- Mom, I owe you the world, but for now, here’s a feature on my IG feed.
- Happy Mother’s Day to the woman who was right about….well, everything.
- Ask if we’re sisters and she’ll Venmo you later.
- Mom, I’m sorry for all the times I forgot to take the chicken out of the freezer. I get it now.
- Cheers to the woman who gave up wine for nine months, just for me!
- Happy Mother’s Day to my knight in shining Ann Taylor!
- Mama didn’t raise no fool. (Except for maybe on the weekends.)
- I believe it was the ancient poet Drake who once said, “I only love my bed and my momma. I’m sorry.”
- If sunshine had two feet and a Costco membership, it would be this woman.
- I get it from my momma (by “it,” I mean a reality TV addiction).
- Let this be a formal apology for everything I did when I was a teen.
- Yes, it’s true, we’re the official faces of “mother-daughter goals”
- My mother’s last nerve? Yea, I’m on it!
- Whoaaa! Mama, don’t hurt ’em, now.
- I still can’t fold a fitted sheet, but you did a good job of teaching me everything else.
- Mom, I love you loads. Speaking of, can you do my laundry plz?
- I’ll always be your little girl—mostly because I’m still asking you to make my doctor appointments.
Cute Mother’s Day Captions
- In case you were wondering, I got it from my mama.
- Mom by chance, bestie by choice.
- Happy Mother’s Day to the woman who just gets me.
- I’m her number one stan. Happy Mother’s Day to a real one.
- Behind every great woman is an even greater mom.
- Bow down and show some respect to the queen, thank you.
- Not just on Mother’s Day, I’m grateful for you 365 days a year.
- Motherhood: Powered by love and fueled by coffee.
- Smart, beautiful, funny—you really are the dream mom.
- Life doesn’t come with a manual, but it does come with a mom.
- Thanks for always being right…about literally everything.
- Mom, you deserve a medal for putting up with me all these years.
- Love you, mean it!
- Thanks for loving me even during my emo phase.
- I love you, even though I’ll never accept your follow request.
- Happy Mother’s Day to the woman who stood between me and a life of bad decisions.
- I take it as a compliment when people say I’m turning into my mom because, I mean, look at her!!
- Mom, you’ve always given me the strength to face it all
- You’re more than my mom, you’re also my best friend.
- Thanks for being the mom all my friends wish they had.
- I don’t know what I did to deserve you.
- Just between us, you’re my favorite in the world.
Pop Culture Mother’s Day Captions
- Happy Mother’s Day to the Kris to my Kourtney, Kim, Khloé, Kendall, and Kylie (can’t decide). There’s no momager quite like you.
- The Gilmore Girls wish they were us.
- In honor of Mother’s Day, I’d like to remind you, she’s not a regular mom, she’s a cool mom.
- For further inquiries, please contact my momager.
- Mamma Mia (2007).
- Thanks for being the Morticia to my Wednesday.
- You’ll always be my Clair Huxtable.
- For her, Bad Moms was a foreign-language film.
- Presenting: the Lisa Bonet to my Zoë Kravitz.
- You’re my everything, everywhere, all at once.
Mother’s Day Quotes
- “To describe my mother would be to write about a hurricane in its perfect power.” —Maya Angelou
- “Acceptance, tolerance, bravery, compassion. These are the things my mom taught me.” — Lady Gaga
- “A mother’s arms are more comforting than anyone else’s.” — Princess Diana”
- “If love is as sweet as a flower, then my mother is that sweet flower of love.” — Stevie Wonder”
- “My mother is everything to me. She’s my anchor. She’s the person I go to when I need to talk to someone. She is an amazing woman.” — Demi Lovato
- “I love you 3000.” — Tony Stark, Avengers End Game
- “It’s not easy being a mother. If it were, fathers would do it.” —Dorothy, The Golden Girls
- “No one in your life will ever love you as your mother does. There is no love as pure, unconditional and strong as a mother’s love.” —Hope Edelman
- “Ain’t a woman alive who could take my mama’s place.” —Tupac Shakur
- “Sooner or later, we all quote our mothers.” —Bern Williams
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