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What to write in an anniversary card
Mention something from your time together, then look forward: one line about the years behind you and one about the ones ahead. For a couple, congratulate them on the number.
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All my love,
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Anniversary card messages
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Warm
Funny
Short
Simple
Three things that make a anniversary card land
- For your partner, one real memory beats any quote.
- For a couple, say the number. Twenty-five years deserves to be written down.
- Not sure which year is which? The anniversary gift by year chart has the list.
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Questions
- What do you write in an anniversary card to your partner?
- A memory and a promise: something from your years together, then something about the ones ahead. "Thank you for the ordinary days. They are my favourite."
- What do you write in an anniversary card for a couple?
- Congratulate them on the number and say what their marriage shows you: "Happy anniversary to two people who make it look easy."
- What is the gift for each anniversary year?
- Paper for the first, cotton for the second, leather for the third, wood for the fifth, tin for the tenth, silver for the 25th and gold for the 50th. The full list is on the anniversary gift by year page.
Other cards
- What to write in a Christmas cardMerry Christmas. This year was better with you in it.
- What to write in a birthday cardHappy birthday. The world is better for having you in it one more year.
- What to write in a thank you cardThank you. You made a hard week so much lighter.
- What to write in a sympathy cardI am so sorry. I am thinking of you.
- What to write in a wedding cardCongratulations. Watching you two find each other has been one of my favourite stories.
- What to write in a get well cardThinking of you. Rest, heal, and let everyone else do the dishes.
- What to write in a new baby cardCongratulations. That little one is lucky to have you two.
- What to write in a congratulations cardCongratulations. You earned every bit of this.
- What to write in a just because cardNo reason. I just saw it and thought of you.
- What to write in a farewell cardI will miss our Monday coffee and your running commentary on every meeting. Go get them.
- What to write in a retirement cardCongratulations. Thank you for every year of showing us how it is done.
- What to write in a graduation cardCongratulations. I watched you work for this, and you earned every bit of it.
- What to write in a Mother's Day cardHappy Mother's Day. Everything good in me, I learned at your kitchen table.
- What to write in a Father's Day cardHappy Father's Day. I noticed all of it, even when I did not say so.
- What to write in a Valentine's Day cardHappy Valentine's Day. I still look for you first in every room.
- What to write in a teacher thank you cardThank you for a year my kid will talk about for a long time.
- What to write in a housewarming cardCongratulations on the new place. May it fill up with good dinners and loud laughs.
- What to write in a apology cardI am sorry. I got it wrong, and you did not deserve that.
- What to write in a Eid cardEid Mubarak. Wishing you a table full of family and a heart full of peace.
- What to write in a Diwali cardHappy Diwali. May your home be full of light and your table full of sweets.