Nine millennial women took on a TikTok trend for their heavily pregnant friend's bachelorette, poking fun at how traditionally wild bachelorettes mature as you approach your forties.
Emma, 39 (@emmasamantha24), decided she wanted to give her friend Elyse a fun souvenir of her bachelorette weekend.
The 'Burning Love' trend is usually used as a travel transition, with users 'jumping' from the airport to their destination to the soundtrack of the popular Elvis track. However, a group of friends from Canada took a rather different leap: from the chores and responsibilities of everyday life and motherhood into a lakeside cottage to celebrate their friend's marriage.
Their epic take on the trend amassed 48k likes and 583K views, leaving viewers teary-eyed after seeing the solid sisterhood among the group.
Emma, the brains behind the operation, told Newsweek: "It's so important to maintain friendships, even if your friends don't have kids or are off doing different things, we still have to celebrate each other—it doesn't have to be for a baby or a wedding.
"You need girlfriends, and you should maintain your friendships no matter what. Women need friends and a support group, it's like that saying, we need a village.
"We have all been friends for a long time and my friend Elyse is the pregnant one. I had seen all these videos of the 'Burning Love' trend from the airport to the beach so I sent a text telling them to send a video of themselves jumping over their phones and that I would make it cute.
"We filmed it all on the dock and then edited there, obviously we didn't expect it to go viral."
The TikToker said she asked all of the group to film themselves doing something mundane before jumping over their phone so she could create the masterpiece whilst out on the water's edge.
The first clip shows Alex, a teacher and mom of two, bathing her child before jumping onto the dock, followed by Kim, another teacher and mom of two, tidying up toys before neglecting the boredom and joining her friend on the dock.
Next up is Laurel, a mom of two who works in advertising. She hilariously pretends to bury her daughter in a sand pit before joining the scene followed by a dog mom and marketing worker, Rachel, who ditches her poop-scooping duties to join the party.
Lauren, an accountant and mom of two, packs her children's lunch bags before sprinting out onto the dock followed by Melissa, a lawyer, who neglects doing the laundry to join her girlfriends.
Melissa, a teacher and mom of three, runs from her three children out onto the scene as the women cheer her on to be joined by Emma, a buyer and mom of two, who leaves her baby under the watchful eye of a Ms. Rachel Youtube video to leap onto the scene with a bottle of wine.
Finally, the star of the show Elyse, a psychologist, films herself clutching her baby bump as she walks away from packing the trunk of her car with the help of two friends to get her over the line.
The video ends with the caption: "Happy Stagette weekend Elyse."
The group of girls is an amalgamation of school and university friends from over the years, with some of the women going back 30 years.
Elyse, who is expecting her first baby next month, decided to have her bachelorette with her best friends after her wedding and before having a baby.
The party was a chance for the group to spend quality time together, they stayed in a cottage three hours outside of Toronto and enjoyed good food, did pilates, and hung out together.
Emma added: "It is so important to maintain your friendships, even if your friends don't have kids or are off doing different things.
"It's any excuse to hang out, go to dinner. We love each other and we want to celebrate each other, we have a great friendship."
The group of nine women always show up for each other whether it be a birthday dinner, graduation or wedding day.
Emma said: "I don't think celebrations should just be for weddings and babies."
The 39-year-old highlighted the importance of carving out time to see your friends and including non-mom friends in your life.
The friendship group were touched by the overwhelming TikTok response which they said made the bachelorette extra special.
"Maybe ten years ago we would have went on a trip to a different city but we have done a lot of bachelorettes in cottages we are all really down to earth.
"The main difference on this trip was that we had a TikTok go viral whilst we were on it, meaning we will never forget it."
Users were touched by the video and sang the women's praises in the comments section.
Tessa Rose said: "This is the best one yet!!!!!!!! Love that even with adult responsibilities they still make time for the important ladies in their lives."
Another user said: "What's impressive is having this many friends in your 30s!"
One TikTok user thanked Emma for including the dog mom in the montage.
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Lydia Patrick is a Newsweek Life and Trends Reporter based in London, focusing on emerging trends, human interest stories, and ... Read more