Wishes, messages, and ideas for every birthday card you’ll write.
101 birthday wishes for your best friend: heartfelt, funny, short, long-distance, childhood, inside-joke. Plus one paragraph you'd actually send.
35 birthday wishes for a coworker, plus the rule that keeps them from sounding generic. From someone who once signed 41 cards in a calendar year.
38 honest happy birthday wishes for a coworker you have known under three months, sorted by how you came to know them, without faking a closeness.
47 honest birthday wishes for a godparent when godmother and godfather both miss the mark: non-binary, chosen-name, secondhand, chosen-family.
52 golden birthday messages for the year someone's age matches their birth date - sweet, funny, short, plus lines for a friend, family and coworker.
57 honest happy birthday wishes for a new friend you have known under two years, sorted by how the friendship came to be and how short the history actually is.
61 honest happy birthday wishes for a neighbour, written for the proximity-warmth relationship the high-street card aisle refuses to admit exists.
63 birthday wishes for your pet, written for the human writing the card: the long-haul pet, the rescue, the elderly one whose birthday is invented, more.
64 belated birthday wishes that acknowledge the lateness once, lightly, then move on. Sincere, funny, short, and by relationship, for any week.
66 birthday wishes for your twin: identical, fraternal, the older-by-six-minutes, far apart now, first one spent apart, plus the section for singletons.
67 honest happy birthday wishes for a childhood friend you have known since age six, sorted by where the friendship sits now, not by how long it has lasted.
71 happy birthday wishes for a mentor: heartfelt, short for a cohort card, warm-but-professional, mentor-turned-friend, former mentor, and new-mentee lines.
73 short, specific happy birthday wishes for friends signing a group card together. By how well you know them, with anchor-signature and milestone lines.
74 birthday wishes for your godfather, sorted by where you actually stand now: second dad, dads old friend, annual-only contact, funny, short, group card.
76 happy birthday wishes for your husband: romantic, heartfelt, funny, short, milestone, from the kids, and one paragraph you'd actually send. No sap.
77 happy birthday wishes for grandpa: heartfelt, short, funny, from a grandchild (young or grown), milestone, and for a card the family signs.
78 birthday wishes for your boss: professional, warm, short, funny, and for a card the team signs. Sincere, not performative, and easy to copy.
78 funny birthday wishes that actually land: lines for best friends, coworkers, family, age jokes done well, and self-deprecating wishes.
78 birthday wishes for your partner, sorted by stage: new, cohabiting, long-distance, long-unmarried, funny, short, queer-friendly, group-card lines.
78 birthday wishes for your sister-in-law, sorted by where you stand: close-as-sibling, cordial, formal, strained, new, ex-SIL, queer marriage, group card.
78 birthday wishes for your wife: romantic, heartfelt, funny, short, milestone-year, from the kids. Sincere without the greeting-card aisle.
79 birthday wishes for grandma — heartfelt, short, funny, from a young or grown grandchild, milestone birthdays, and one card from all the grandkids.
79 birthday wishes for your fiancé or fiancée, sorted by where in the engagement you are. Honeymoon-glow, mid-planning, frayed, long, plus funny and short.
79 birthday wishes for your son-in-law, sorted by where you actually stand: easy one, barely know yet, long-married, far away, queer, hard start, ex-SIL.
80 birthday wishes for your niece, sorted by where she is in life: little kid, tween, college, niece-by-marriage, great-niece, far-away, hard year, plus funny.
80 birthday wishes for your spouse, sorted by where you are in the marriage. Queer-friendly, blended-family, second-marriage, long-distance, hard-year.
81 birthday wishes for your daughter-in-law, sorted by where you stand: easy, new, long-married, far away, queer marriage, hard start, after a grandchild.
81 birthday wishes for your son, sorted by age, with two longer paragraph models and a card the whole family can sign together in one link.
82 birthday wishes for Dad, for the man who deflects compliments. Heartfelt, dad-joke, short, daughter and son paragraphs, long-distance, stepdad.
82 birthday wishes for your nephew, sorted by where he is now: little kid, tween, young adult, nephew-by-marriage, great-nephew, far-away, plus funny.
83 birthday wishes for your daughter, sorted by age (young, teen, grown), plus short morning-of texts and a card the whole family can sign together.
83 birthday wishes for your father-in-law, sorted by where you actually stand: second-dad FIL, cordial, formal, strained, new, widowed, ex-FIL, group card.
84 happy birthday wishes for mom — heartfelt, short, funny, from a daughter or son, far-away mom, a hard year, plus a group card from all the kids.
84 birthday wishes for your mother-in-law, sorted by where you actually stand: second-mum MIL, cordial, distant, strained, new, widowed, ex-MIL, group card.
85 birthday wishes for your boyfriend, sorted by stage: new, six months in, living together, long-distance, plus funny, short, and one paragraph.
85 birthday wishes for your brother-in-law, sorted by where you stand: close-as-brother, cordial, formal, strained, new, ex-BIL, queer, group card.
85 birthday wishes for your girlfriend, sorted by stage: new, six months in, living together, long-distance, plus funny, short, and one paragraph.
85 happy birthday wishes for uncle, sorted by who he actually is: second-dad, fun uncle, family-fixer, great-uncle, plus short, funny and group-card lines.
86 birthday wishes for your brother: heartfelt, funny, short, for a big or little brother, for the one who's your best friend, and for one far away.
86 birthday wishes for stepmom, sorted by where you actually stand: the one who became real mum, the mum-figure, new stepmum, funny, short, group card.
87 birthday wishes for a friend - sweet, short, funny, for a friend you reconnected with, a new friend, and a friend having a hard year. By how close you are.
87 birthday wishes for your aunt: heartfelt, funny, short, for the second-mother aunt, the great-aunt, the young aunt, plus lines for a family group card.
87 birthday wishes for your cousin: heartfelt, funny, short, for the cousin who's like a sibling, the one far away, the younger one, plus group-card lines.
88 birthday wishes for stepdad, sorted by where you actually stand: the dad who chose you, the dad-figure, the new one, milestone, funny, short, group card.
88 milestone birthday messages for 30, 40, 50, 60, 70, 80, 90 and 100, written for the actual life stage, plus golden-birthday lines and funny lines.
89 birthday wishes for your sister: heartfelt, funny, short, big-sister and little-sister versions, far away, and lines for a family group card.
91 birthday wishes for your godmother, sorted by where you stand now: second mum, parent's old friend, the cards-with-cash godmother, funny, short, group card.
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