Nine millennial women jumped on the TikTok trend for their pregnant single friend, poking fun at the traditionally wild maturation of single women as they approach their 40s.
Emma (@emmasamantha24), 39, wanted to give her friend Elise a fun memento of her bachelorette weekend.
The “Burning Love” trend is typically used during travel, with users “jumping” from the airport to their destination while listening to a soundtrack of Elvis hits. But a group of friends in Canada made a very different jump: they celebrated a friend’s wedding at a lakeside cottage, away from everyday life and the chores and responsibilities of motherhood.
Their epic take on the trend garnered 48,000 likes and 583,000 views, with viewers moved to tears by the tight-knit sisterhood within the group.
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Emma, the driving force behind the operation, said: Newsweek“Maintaining friendships is very important. Even if your friends don’t have kids or are doing different things, you still have to celebrate each other. You don’t have to celebrate the birth of a baby or a wedding.”
“You need a girlfriend and you should maintain that friendship no matter what. Women need friends and a support group. It’s like the saying goes, ‘It takes a village.'”
“We’ve all been friends for a long time and my friend Elise is pregnant. She was watching all the trending ‘Burning Love’ videos from the airport to the beach and sent me a video of herself jumping on her phone and I texted her that I would make it cute for her.
“We shot it all on the pier and edited it there. Of course, we had no idea it would become a talking point.”
The TikTok user said he asked everyone in the group to film themselves doing something everyday before hopping on their phones to create a masterpiece by the water.
In the first clip, Alex, a teacher and mother of two, is seen giving her kids a bath before hopping onto the pier, followed by Kim, also a teacher and mother of two, tidying up her toys before joining a friend on the pier to stave off boredom.
Next up is Laurel, a mother of two who works in advertising, who joins in by pretending to bury her daughter in the sandbox, and Rachel, a marketing worker and dog mom, makes a hilarious appearance by abandoning her poop-picking duties to join the party.
Lauren, an accountant and mother of two, packs lunches for her kids and then dashes off to the pier, followed by Melissa, a lawyer, who joins up with a girlfriend without even doing laundry.
Melissa, a teacher and mother of three, runs away from her three children and onto the scene as the women cheer her on, then Emma, a buyer and mother of two, joins her and rushes onto the scene with a bottle of wine, leaving her baby under the watchful eye of Rachel’s YouTube videos.
Finally, the show’s star, a psychologist, was filmed cradling her baby bump as she packed her belongings into the boot of her car with the help of two friends and drove off.
The video ends with the caption, “Happy Stagette Weekend, Elise.”
The girls’ group is a collection of long-standing school and university friends, with some of the women having known each other for 30 years.
Elise, who is due to give birth to her first child next month, decided to have a bachelorette party with her close friends after the wedding and before the birth.
The party was an opportunity for the group to spend quality time together, with participants staying in a cottage three hours outside of Toronto, enjoying delicious food, doing pilates and just hanging out.
Emma added: “It’s so important to maintain friendships, even if your friends don’t have kids or are doing different things.”
“It’s an excuse to hang out, go out to dinner. We love each other and we want to celebrate each other. It’s a great friendship.”
The group of nine women always show up for one another, whether it’s for birthday dinners, graduations, wedding days, or any other occasion.
“I don’t think celebrations should just be limited to weddings and the birth of a baby,” Emma said.
The 39-year-old stressed the importance of making time to see friends and including people in your life who aren’t your mom.
The friend group was touched by the overwhelming response on TikTok, saying it made their bachelorette party even more special.
“Ten years ago we might have traveled to another city, but we’ve had so many bachelor parties at the cottage that we’re all really down to earth.
“The strangest thing about this trip was that TikTok became a hot topic while we were traveling. It’s a memory I’ll never forget.”
Users were touched by the video and praised the women in the comments section.
Tessa Rose said: “This is the best thing ever!!!!!! It’s amazing how you have adult responsibilities yet still make time for the important women in your life.”
Another user commented, “Amazing to have so many friends in your 30s!”
One TikTok user thanked Emma for including her dog’s mom in the montage.
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