76 Best Friendsgiving Instagram Captions and Quotes of 2023

It’s 2023, so I think we can all agree that Friendsgiving is just as important as Thanksgiving in every way, shape, and form. Right? Right. So we need to treat it with the same amount of respect when it comes to things like party planning, decor ideas, and the Friendsgiving quotes you’re going to use as your Instagram captions.

Since you’re probably going to be in a food coma in a few weeks, thanks to the absolutely delish meal that you and your buds will make for each other (or order in, no shame!), you definitely won’t have the energy to come up with your own creative caption. I mean, you could always pull a Beyoncé and just go captionless, but if you feel weird about that, this is where I come in to help.

Read on for more than 70 captions and quotes that we give you full permission to steal for your cutesy #Friendsgiving posts. You’ll see that we've got options for everything from the super-earnest friendship moments to snaps of the table spread sent from heaven. All I ask for in return is a plate of leftovers. Cool? Cool.

If you’re the head chef

  • “You’re doing amazing, sweetie.” —Kris Jenner
  • I promise I didn’t poison my friends.
  • “You’re so golden.” —Harry Styles —Me to my friends yams in the oven
  • A little Friendsgiving bribery never hurt, right?
  • “I can’t cook a Thanksgiving dinner. All I can make is cold cereal and maybe toast.” —A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving
  • “I wasn’t supposed to put beef in the trifle!” —Rachel Green, Friends
  • "My cooking is fabulous, even if the smoke alarm was cheering me on." —Anonymous
  • In the mood for food.
  • "Food is my favorite, if I share it with you then you are damn special." —Anonymous
  • People who love to eat together are the best kind of people.
  • Call me LeBron...‘cause I carried the team on my back today.


If you’re shooting for the laughs

  • It’s remarkable how long we’ve tolerated each other.
  • “True friends stab you in the front.” —Oscar Wilde
  • We may not have it all together, but together we have it all.
  • Talk turkey to me.
  • Stop, drop, and butter your roll.
  • No kitchens were harmed in the making of this ’gram.
  • Who let us plan a whole holiday unsupervised?
  • "I'm in my sweatpants! Bring on the food!" —Chandler Bing, Friends
  • Sorry, can't think of a good caption, I'm too full.
  • All gobble, no squabble.
  • I'm thankful for Friendsgiving because it's all the eating and drinking of Thanksgiving without the judgment." —Anonymous


If you took a 🔥 group pic

  • It’s giving friends.
  • Our Turks trip never made it out of the group chat…but this is close enough
  • I’m the proud Aunty of everyone’s food babies today.
  • The only thing hotter than our burnt side dishes is us.
  • A crew that makes do in the kitchen.
  • Consider this our proof of life after today’s food coma.
  • No beef, just turkey.
  • We ate that. (In more ways than one.)
  • Let’s hear it for friendship and mashed potatoes!
  • Fine Diners.
  • “No new friends.” —DJ Khaled, Drake, Lil Wayne, and Rick Ross (aka us)
  • Yes, we obviously vetted these outfits beforehand.
  • Did you catch us in the background of the Friends reunion?
  • Stuffing is the glue that holds us together.
  • The pumpkin spice(s) to my latte.
  • Squash goals.
  • Love this flock of turkeys.
  • Real friends don't let friends eat bad cranberry sauce.
  • Friendsgiving isn't a competition, but if it was, we'd win.
  • "'Friendsgiving'—like Thanksgiving, but with people you like." —Anonymous

If you wanna show off the spread

  • “It’s not too much food. This is what we’ve been training for our whole lives. This is our destiny, this is our finest hour.” —Lorelai Gilmore, Gilmore Girls
  • You miss 100 percent of the leftovers you don’t take.
  • What’s butter than Friendsgiving?
  • *entering Friendsgiving feast mode*
  • Came for the turkey...and stayed for the turkey, TBH.
  • Pies before guys.
  • There is nothing good food can't solve.
  • "The turkey. The sweet potatoes. The stuffing. The pumpkin pie. Is there anything else we all can agree so vehemently about? I don’t think so." —Nora Ephron
  • "Thanksgiving is the meal we aspire for other meals to resemble." —Jonathan Safran Foer
  • “Let her cook…”
  • Clean plates, clear hearts, can’t lose.
  • I brought the cups.
  • The official mac and cheese connoisseur has arrived.
  • Sometimes true bonding just means consuming an ungodly amount of starches together.
  • There’s not much that candied yams can’t solve.
  • This setup lasted 0.5 seconds, BTW.

If you’re feeling ~classic~

  • “There’s nothing like a really loyal, dependable good friend. Nothing.” —Jennifer Aniston
  • “Friends…they cherish one another’s hopes. They are kind to one another’s dreams.” —Henry David Thoreau
  • “If ever there is tomorrow when we’re not together…there is something you must always remember. You are braver than you believe, stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think. But the most important thing is, even if we’re apart…I’ll always be with you.” —Pooh, Winnie the Pooh
  • “You have been my friend. That in itself is a tremendous thing.” —Charlotte, Charlotte’s Web
  • So thankful to have a chosen family.
  • “I get by with a little help from my friends.” —The Beatles
  • It’s the friends we meet along the way who help us appreciate the journey.
  • "Good mashed potatoes is one of the great luxuries of life." —Lindsey Bareham
  • "Thanksgiving is a time of togetherness and gratitude." —Nigel Hamilton
  • "Friendsgiving is a feeling of gratitude." —Anonymous

If you're feeling sentimental

  • "It isn't so much what's on the table that matters, as who's in the chairs." —W.S. Gilbert
  • "A friend is someone who knows all about you and still loves you." —Elbert Hubbard
  • "The thankful heart opens our eyes to a multitude of blessings that continually surround us." —James E. Faust
  • "I love Thanksgiving because it is a holiday centered around food and family, two things that are of utmost importance to me." —Marcus Samuelsson
  • "Gratitude is the closest thing to beauty manifested in an emotion." —Mindy Kaling
  • "Thanksgiving is one of my favorite days of the year because it reminds us to give thanks and to count our blessings. Suddenly, so many things become so little when we realize how blessed and lucky we are." —Joyce Girauds
  • "Wear gratitude like a cloak, and it will feed every corner of your life." —Rumi
  • "Thanksgiving was never meant to be shut up in a single day." —Robert Caspar Lintner
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