She cries at weddings — even 28 years after the fact.
The heartwarming and hilarious moment a Gen Z girl lets the tears flow while watching an old clip of her parents exchanging vows in the 1990s has gone viral, as the viewer realizes her mother and father “had lives” and looked “so happy” before giving birth to her.
TikTok user Kacey uploaded the 35-second-clip, showing her older sister as she sits and sobs over video of mom and dad saying their “I do’s.”
“We’re watching our parents’ wedding, and she’s crying,” she explained at the start of the post, which has racked up more than 3.5 million views.
“They were so beautiful, and they were so young and youthful and in love,” her sister wails as the camera pans from the TV to the couch.
“And then we happened,” Kacey joked.
“And we ruined them!” her sister agreed with her hands over her face. “Now they have to deal with anxious, disabled kids.
Kacey later added that she is autistic and her sister suffers from type 1 diabetes.
“Oh my God!” she continued. “They had lives before us… they look so happy.”
The post has received more than 3,200 comments, with people laughing over the video and the girls’ reaction. Many hastened to assure the stressed out siblings that they had not “ruined” their parents.
“As a dad, our kids were the start of our best life,” one user commented.
“The empathy is nice, but as a parent, I can assure you that you didn’t ruin them,” another agreed. “Our children coming GAVE us our best lives.”
In a series of follow-up posts, Kacey explained their parents have been married for almost three decades, and are very much still in love.
Kacey then turned the camera on her parents and asked them a series of questions about their marriage and parenthood.
“Our marriage is great,” their mom said in the clip, insisting their lives were “absolutely” better because of their daughters.
“I wouldn’t change it for the world,” their dad agreed. “I love being a girl dad.”
She added their parents had watched the original video and found it “very funny,” but she didn’t record their reaction.
“They love being our parents,” her sister quipped. “I was just being emotional and dramatic.”