Anniversary Card Messages

Sections on this Page

• Anniversary Messages to a Partner, Spouse, or Significant Other
• Short Anniversary Wishes
• ​Funny Examples
• ​Anniversary Poems
  
• First Anniversary Messages
• Anniversary Wishes to the Couple
• Tips for How to Write an Anniversary Message
• The Webs Best Anniversary Messages

What to Write in an Anniversary Card

Anniversaries only come once a year. Thank goodness! Right? Anniversaries are extremely important times of celebration and recognition in a relationship. It's not enough to just sign your name after the message that comes with the card. It won't reflect the close and personal relationship that you have.

As you celebrate this special day, take a moment to reflect on the incredible journey you've shared together. Express gratitude for the highs and lows, the laughter and tears, and the unwavering support you've provided each other. Your anniversary is not just a milestone; it's a testament to the strength of your bond. Incorporate these reflections into your message to make it even more heartfelt and personal.

Use the following anniversary messages to help inspire you to come up with your own words. Think about the things you love about your significant other. Include some of those specific things to make your message personal. Add a little extra to one of the following examples.

Anniversary Messages for a Significant Other, Spouse, or Partner

• I'll continue to feel grateful as you continue to love me and accept my faults. Thanks for another amazing year with you!
  
• My time with you is valuable. Today, we get to celebrate the time that we've been blessed to spend together. Thank you for your commitment and investment in our relationship.
• You deserve for me to tell you more often how much I appreciate you. Time flies when I'm having fun living life with my best friend.
• Thanks for being such a great friend, lover, and partner. Our anniversaries are a genuine time of celebration and gratitude.
• I hope that a relationship that started with cookies, a fishing trip, and a turtle can always stay pure and simple. It's still fun to flirt with you. I can always depend on you to laugh just when I give up trying to make you.  I love you.
• Happy Anniversary to the person who makes me happy!
• It has been another year. 'Time flies when you're having fun.'
• Once a year seems too rare to tell you how much you mean to me. You mean a lot!
• I appreciate your love, understanding, listening, humor, flexibility, and energy. I know loving me is hard work.
• Today is an awesome day to acknowledge how awesome it is to have you.
• I love having you as my (wife, husband, girlfriend, boyfriend). You are a blessing from God.
• When I'm around you, I know that I can be my true self. You are the only person I can say that about. Thank you for accepting me.
• I know neither of us is perfect. We will always have that in common. Thanks for being o.k. with that.
• The years get faster and faster. Maybe that is because I'm having more and more fun with you.
• I am glad that I am able to share my life with you. This anniversary marks another year of our lives that we have been blessed to have together.  Happy anniversary!
• I am glad that you let me be myself. I don't know that I could do that with anyone else without the person thinking I am crazy. Maybe I am a little crazy.
• Happy Anniversary to someone I can talk to, laugh with, cry with, and cause some trouble with.
• If we were the only two people left in the world, there would still be plenty of love to reach around the earth.
• I don't say it often enough even though you deserve it all the time. I love you!
• I think it's time to let you know that I've been dating someone, and I really love them. It's you!
• There could never be anyone to replace you.
• I knew we'd make it this long when I married you. I'm also predicting that we'll make it much longer.
• We may have had some challenges over our time together, but we have been persistent in our commitment.
• Time is a measurement that is irrelevant to the everlasting love we share.
• There's no one in the world I'd rather have spent the last year with than you.
• I am smiling on the inside because I have you in my life. This last year has been another great one. Let's do another one together.
• Although we had days that weren't perfect, I wouldn't trade any of them that I spent with you.
• You are my best friend. And we're much more than just friends.
• Forever wouldn't be long enough to be with the most important person in my life.
• It's hard to think of the right words to say to express my feelings about you. I'll have to show you instead. Actions speak louder than words.
• You are always the right person to have around at the right time. Right now, I just need you to be my anniversary date.
• I still remember our first kiss. It was magical. I was nervous. I still get butterflies in my stomach sometimes even now.
• We share many things together, but my favorite thing to share with you is my time.

Short Anniversary Messages

• You are amazing! I'm so lucky!
• I'm blessed to share another anniversary with you.
• No one but you could put up with me this long.
• I'm even more in love with you than I was last year.
• Another year has gone by, but I hope it's still just the beginning for us.
• I'm still grateful to have the most wonderful person in the world.
• You might not be perfect, but you're perfect for me.
• Let's celebrate the time we've been blessed to share with each other.
• Each year, I can't believe I keep getting more happy to be with you.
• What did I do to deserve someone so awesome?
• Our love is maturing.
• Time is much sweeter when I spend it with you.
• My love for you is timeless.
• I couldn't be happier with anyone else in the world.
• I still am, and I always will be yours.
• We belong together. That much is true.
• We will never be together for too long.
• You are proof that dreams do come true!
  

Funny Anniversary Message Examples

• It's a strange coincidence that my anniversary is on the same day as yours. We should celebrate together.
• A paper cut and lemon juice, pizza and heartburn, and you and me are just a few things that aren't supposed to go together but usually end up that way.
• Each year that goes by reminds me of how far we've come. Hopefully, we have many more years to go together. I like to think the glass is half empty.
• Hey, I didn't forget our anniversary; I'm just early for next year's anniversary. (Belated anniversary message)
• It's a good thing that you are better at forgiving me than I am at messing up.
• Sometimes I try to think about what life would be like without you. All I can come up with is a boring, peaceful life. Here's to a little conflict!
• You are my one and only. You are the one and only person who can put up with me!
• I hope that you can say that each year we are together will get a little easier. If you can't, then I hope your patience is getting stronger.
• The more time we're together, the more we seem to rub off on each other. We're practically the same person now.

First Anniversary Messages

• One year down, many more to go! Happy first anniversary!
• 365 days is just the beginning of many more awesome days with you.
• This last year is really just the first year of the rest of our lives together.
• I can't say anything more about this first year with you than, it was awesome!
• Another year like the last one would be amazing. I'm hoping for an even better year though.
  

Anniversary Poems to Write in a Card

These anniversary poems can highlight the meaning behind the time spent together as a couple.

Tapestry of Time
In the tapestry of time, our love is the thread,
Woven with moments, where happiness has spread.
Anniversary whispers of the years we've known,
A love so deep, in our hearts has grown.

Where we Belong
On this anniversary, like a vintage wine,
Our love matures, sweet and divine.
Through trials and triumphs, we've stood strong,
Together, with each other, where we belong.

Our Story
In our book together, each page tells a story,
Of shared dreams, and of endless glory.
Anniversary moments, a chapter is new,
With each passing year, my love for you grew.

Shining Moments
Like stars that dance in the midnight sky,
Our love sparkles, never to say goodbye.
Anniversary moments, like constellations above,
A testament to our enduring, timeless love.

Eternal Love
As the sun rises and sets, marking each day,
Our love's journey continues, come what may.
Happy anniversary, my love, my best friend,
With you, my heart's journey will never end.

Anniversary Wishes to the Couple

If you're here to figure out what to write in your parents' anniversary card, this is the section for you. You can also use these for friends and other family members.

• I hear that the first (#) years are always the most difficult. I'm wishing you a much easier 'til death do you part' from now on.
• Scientists figured out that the longer you stay married, the more you start to look alike. I can't even tell you apart from each other anymore.
• You guys are an inspiration! Congratulations on so many years together.
• I am blessed to have you as an example of commitment.
• If God put you two together, then He must have a sense of humor. I guess the joke hasn't gotten old yet.
• To two of my favorite people combined into one of my favorite couples. Happy anniversary!
• The longer I know you, the more you inspire me through your relationship. Happy anniversary!
• I couldn't imagine you two being a better example of a perfect couple of imperfect people.
• We're happy to wish you another happy anniversary. It's a blessing to see you two together. You're obviously still crazy about each other.

How to Write an Anniversary Message

If you don't feel comfortable using one of the anniversary messages included here, you can write your own. Here is a simple formula to write a great anniversary message:

• Write one warm thought or feeling about being together
• Write one feeling about the other person
• Write one compliment about the other person
• Write one statement of gratitude
• Let your feelings flow
• Use creativity

This is an example:
It's a blast being with you. I love you more than I tell you. You are able to keep me in line, amuse me, and love me all at the same time. Thanks for working hard in our relationship!

The Web's Best Anniversary Messages

These are some of the best card messages for an anniversary from the web as of 5/27/19:

• "I didn't think it was possible to love you any more than I did the day I married you, but somehow my love only grows. I love you today and always." -Shutterfly
• "I still can't think of any reasons you would put up with me all these years. I'll try again next year." Holidappy
• “Our anniversary marks 365 more days you’ve made me laugh, appreciate you, learn, grow and be oh so glad we’re together!” -Hallmark
• "You and I are my favorite couple." -Wishesmessagessayings
• "If I had my life to live over again…next time I would try to find you sooner so that I could love you longer. Happy Anniversary to us!" -Serenataflowers
• "You’re my favorite cardio workout. Wink, wink." -WGNA (Technically this was in a list of rejected anniversary messages, but some messages are so bad they're good.)