Ah, dating. That nightmarish experience where we try as hard as possible to hide who we really are from someone in the hopes of coming across really cool and not seeming like a goofy idiot. But the best relationships start when you've finally found someone with the same sense of humor as you, who accepts you even when you're at your stupidest. These 30 boyfriends have staged ridiculous stunts that, yes, could be seen as irritating or attention-seeking or just plain dumb from a certain light, but also show that these must be some really fun relationships to be in!

[post_page_title]#1 This Bit Of Misdirected DIY[/post_page_title]

The girlfriend who took this picture was very excited at first because her boyfriend had said he was going to make a bed frame. She naturally assumed it was so they could sleep together in a handmade bed.

Turns out he just wanted the cat to have somewhere nice to lie down.

[post_page_title]#2 This Big Night In With The Dog[/post_page_title]

This guy was left looking after the dog for the weekend and told to send his girlfriend updates on how it was going. This was the first picture he sent.

I sure hope he allowed for at least an afternoon to tidy up before she got back. It looks like it was one hell of a party.

[post_page_title]#3 This Guy Photobombing His Own Wedding Photo[/post_page_title]

Wedding photos can be very formal, serious things, and that's understandable - a lot of money and planning goes into weddings, and you want the photos to be just right. This guy isn't bothered and has decided to just be himself.

Personally, I think all wedding photos should have this much silliness in them. I think this is great.

[post_page_title]#4 This Unusual Christmas Lights Display[/post_page_title]

This guy's wife had been getting upset that their house didn't look very festive and saying they should put some lights up. This is what he decided to install on the front of their house.

To be fair, it's hard to get around every single chimney in the world without stopping for a toilet break at some point.

[post_page_title]#5 This Inventive Use Of Candles[/post_page_title]

This guy obviously put so much time into making a tasty-looking birthday cake that he forgot to check if they had the right candles to mark his girlfriend's 39th birthday.

His quick-thinking maths is impressive, though, as he manages to find a solution just with what he has to hand.

[post_page_title]#6 This Baby's Facial Adornments[/post_page_title]

This guy was left in charge of the baby while his wife was away and was asked to send a picture of him to show he was ok.

The baby had finally fallen asleep by the time he took the picture, but he wanted to give an impression of what he'd been like up until that point.

[post_page_title]#7 This Tinder-Chat Blanket[/post_page_title]

This guy has come up with one of the most over-the-top, and one of the sweetest, anniversary presents ever. To celebrate one year of marriage to his wife, he gets their first-ever conversation on Tinder printed onto a big blanket.

There's just hope there's nothing too X-rated in there that any guests or visiting family members would object to seeing!

[post_page_title]#8 This Guy Posing With His Cat[/post_page_title]

This guy has such a close bond with his girlfriend's cat that they're able to mimic one another's expressions and do synchronized photoshoots together.

I just hope he's also this emotionally tuned-in to his girlfriend herself and not just to her cat.

[post_page_title]#9 This Car Seat Replacement[/post_page_title]

This guy had to drive his toddler to the babysitter's house, but he realized too late that his wife had left with the car seat. When she asked how he was going to resolve the problem, he sent her this...

And then turned his phone off for 4 hours. I hope she saw the funny side of it!

[post_page_title]#10 This Ill-Advised Gag[/post_page_title]

This is certainly a well-written gag and one you've got to appreciate once you get over how mean it is.

The best relationships are the ones where you know one another well enough to be this mean, I reckon.

[post_page_title]#11 This Dog Burial[/post_page_title]

This guy decided to take his girlfriend's dog to the beach for some quality time together and even went to the effort of sending her photos of all the fun they were having together.

My favorite thing about this is how utterly resigned to its fate the poor dog seems to be.

[post_page_title]#12 This Failed Family Photo[/post_page_title]

This guy was taking a family photo of his wife and daughters and told a naff "Dad Joke" to get them to smile, prompting these expressions...

Obviously, some of his family appreciate his sense of humor more than others!

[post_page_title]#13 This Toast Origami[/post_page_title]

When you're sick, the one thing you want is for someone to just kindly go and fetch you what you want. Even better if they do it and incorporate a high-effort, low-return pun into the proceedings too.

I'm having trouble working out how those pieces combine to form a whole slice. There are some extra bits unaccounted for, right? Or is it just me?

[post_page_title]#14 This List Of Reasons For Crying[/post_page_title]

Some people are just very tuned into their emotions, and it doesn't take much to set them off. This guy decided to keep a record of everything that made his girlfriend cry, and it's quite the read.

I'm with her on the videos of dogs thing, to be honest. I'm in bits if I even see a dog. Lovely things.

[post_page_title]#15 This Age-Appropriate Game Of Risk[/post_page_title]

This guy was left alone with the kids for the first time and was asked by his wife to send a picture of them to show how they were doing. This is what he sent...

Looks like all four teams have fairly equal control of the board at the moment, so the babies are doing very well for their first game.
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[post_page_title]#16 This Guy Trying To Get Out Of Shopping[/post_page_title]

Everyone's ended up having to tag along on an unwanted shopping trip at some point, whether with a parent or a partner or whatever. Not everyone has found it so terrible that they've had to resort to outside help to get out of it like this guy, though.

I wonder if he got picked up by anyone and hitch-hiked his way out of there?

[post_page_title]#17 This Incredible Christmas Outfit[/post_page_title]

This guy was told by his wife to dress up for a professional family Christmas photo shoot. I imagine she was thinking of a general smart-casual vibe with perhaps a festive twist. He was thinking of this...

It's a strong look, but hey, if you can't wear it for a professional Christmas photoshoot, there's literally no time you can ever wear it, so good on him.

[post_page_title]#18 This Gender Reveal Cake[/post_page_title]

Gender reveal parties are an odd recent fad, but the dad-to-be who went and got this cake made at least seems to understand that they're inherently a bit silly and has certainly gone with that vibe for the message.

I wonder if there were any more elderly relatives here to celebrate the imminent arrival of their grandchildren who found this less funny than others?

[post_page_title]#19 These Herb Puns[/post_page_title]

This guy decided to be helpful by labeling some of his wife's herbs. But rather than give in to boring tradition by just labeling them with their names, he's decided to incorporate some excellent puns.

I'm sure he mint no harm by it.

[post_page_title]#20 This Tree Topper[/post_page_title]

This guy's fiancee was worried their Christmas tree was a bit too serious and drab and told him to find a more fun, festive tree topper to take the edge off. This is what he came up with.

A total failure, as far as I'm concerned. This bit of King Kong is very dramatic and emotional and not funny or silly at all. What was he thinking?

[post_page_title]#21 This Goat-in-the-Bed[/post_page_title]

This picture was taken by a woman who was woken by her husband late at night texting her and saying: "Wake up or I'm bringing the goats inside!" She ignored the text and went back to sleep and then was woken by this...

There must be more context to this story that explains it. They must have had a pet goat in the garden, right? Surely. Or did the husband steal a goat? It's an odd one, this.

[post_page_title]#22 This Letter From Santa[/post_page_title]

This dad was charged with writing the letter from Santa that the kids would discover on Christmas morning but realized halfway through that there's not much point in him writing anything that specific.

A fair point well made.

[post_page_title]#23 This Sabotaged Anniversary Message[/post_page_title]

This guy's wife put the message "We Still Do" on this board to celebrate their 13-year anniversary, and posted a picture of it to Instagram before noticing that he'd added an extra word while she wasn't looking.

I hope it was a good long time before she noticed and that this picture was out there on Instagram causing maximum mischief before she realized.

[post_page_title]#24 These Stockings With Ulterior Motives[/post_page_title]

This husband, whose name is Ian, was very insistent that he and his wife's new puppy be given its own stocking on Christmas Day. She thought it was a very sweet idea, until she realized his actual reason for pushing for it.

I wonder if marrying someone whose name begins with A was simply Stage 1 of his masterplan?

[post_page_title]#25 This Burrito Girlfriend[/post_page_title]

When their classes were canceled due to arctic weather conditions, this guy decided to make a boring day in a bit more interesting by wrapping his girlfriend up like a burrito and feeding her mozzarella sticks.

She looks happy, but I do hope she was on-board with all of this, otherwise it'd be a horrific thing to be subjected to.

[post_page_title]#26 This Escaped Spider Prank[/post_page_title]

This guy played a prank on his arachnophobe wife by leaving this rather unpleasant surprise for her at the end of the day.

Fingers crossed it didn't send her into a total panic.

[post_page_title]#27 This Parkinsons Prank[/post_page_title]

This guy, after being diagnosed with Parkinson's, managed to find the funny side of his illness by sending out this as his Christmas letter to his friends.

The little sticker from his wife explaining the joke just makes it extra adorable, I reckon.

[post_page_title]#28 This Bug Prank[/post_page_title]

This guy's girlfriend had recently had a bug problem in her apartment. One night, when they were drinking together, and she had got quite drunk, he decided to do this while she had gone to the toilet.

This is one of those real "Could be hilarious or could end the relationship" pranks, so fingers crossed it went well for him!

[post_page_title]#29 This Horrific Pie[/post_page_title]

This guy was asked by his wife to cut vents in the turkey pie she was baking to let the air circulate through it. This is what he did...

It's one of the most horrible things I've ever seen. I feel like someone needs to kill the poor thing to put it out of its misery.

[post_page_title]#30 This Photoshoot[/post_page_title]

This guy grew a mustache his girlfriend really hated and was told he had to shave it off. He did, but only after saying goodbye to it with a professional photo shoot with his dog.

To be fair, in this context the mustache does look pretty good. But it's a fairly specific context, I suppose.

1. Netflix and Chill has just got a whole new meaning

2. He will always be with her, wherever he serves

3. Life goals = bacon roses

4. Crafted with love

5. This guy made an engagement ring with a quarter from the year his fiancé was born.. show off

6. Hand-crafted Harry Potter books? Urm, yes please

7. The perfect hangover spot

8. The sweetest remedy for the sighs

9. WELL, THIS IS THE GREATEST GIFT EVER, ISN'T IT?

10. Yeah, but how much do I weigh though?

11. "I lov UE"? Joking, what a lovely thing to wake up to.

12. Nice shelf! But shouldn't there be some water in that bath?

13. 7,000 post-it notes later...

14. And this guy, who is representing for the rest of us!

1. Possessive much? 

 7. Oh dear 

8. Scary 

9. Who does stuff like this? 

10. Ouch 

It's a fact that when you date within a relatively small community; any one-night stands you indulge in will inevitably come back to haunt you. However, things get even more awkward when you end up sleeping with a relative of your new romantic interest, and if you've accidentally gotten off with their parent, then you can expect major levels of cringe.

This week, a Reddit post has gone viral, after a 21-year-old guy claimed to have accidentally slept with the mum of his current girlfriend. In a hilarious post made to the subreddit TIFU (Today I F****d Up), a Redditor with the handle U/LoveNonRefundable spilt the beans on one of the most embarrassing sex stories of all time.

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He wrote:

"I live in a pretty big town, however, there are only three decent clubs so it's pretty common to bump into the same strangers every now and then. A couple of months ago, I was at this nice rock bar with a live band; drinking with a big group of work friends. I notice a blonde woman has glanced over a few times so I go up to her, make some small-talk and ask for her number as I couldn't really leave my friends. We text a little bit but nothing came of it.

"A week later, I bump into her again and we talk for longer. Decide to grab a couple drinks and I end up going back to her house to spend the night. I noticed she was a lot older (maybe around 40) than anyone else I've slept with before, and I'm 21, so pretty much double my age - but she looked good so I figured I'd learn a thing or two. All I've learnt now is how to regret more efficiently.

"I move on and forget about her. A couple of weeks ago I met a girl, 19, on Tinder. We hit it off and after a few really good dates she invites me back to her place (I live a 20min drive away). As I walk down the street, I notice it's the same one as my previous bonk. My heart sank when I watched this lovely girl turn to face me, say 'This is me!' while gesturing to the same door that I went through for a cheap one night stand. I suddenly see the resemblence [sic]. Quickly I compliment her house and ask her how long she had lived there, grasping at some flimsy straws. 'My whole life pretty much. Just my Parents, lil' Sister and the Dog' she replies.

"Everyone was home. I knew this. I had to tell her.

"She was shocked. Very shocked when she realised that I wasn't joking when I got her Mum's name right."

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He continued:

"I knew she was level-headed from our first few dates so thankfully she actually understood and didn't attack me for it. We do agree we can't keep seeing eachother (duh) but I really did like her, which can be rare for me, so it f*****g sucks.

"She didn't mention her parents marriage and I don't want to ask. I also don't know how the house was free a couple of months ago. All I know is I f****d up."

So if you're on the dating scene and want to avoid any potential pitfalls, then check out this article we penned all about the weird new trend called 'Bird-Boxing.'