65+ Happy Anniversary Wishes and Messages They'll Love

The best happy anniversary wishes are short, personal and sound like you: thank them for the year, name one memory, and say what you're looking forward to. Below are 65+ anniversary messages for cards and texts, from romantic and funny to milestone years, husbands, wives and friends.

Shop anniversary gifts

• Anniversary photo books: a year (or twenty) of your story in one book.
• Anniversary canvas prints: your wedding photo, big enough for the wall.
• Couple photo pillows: a soft, personal gift for the sofa or bed.

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Romantic anniversary messages

1. Wishing you a very happy anniversary. You haven't just given me a beautiful life, you've become the centre of it.
2. Every love story is different, but ours is my favourite. Happy anniversary.
3. Real love doesn't end. I can't wait to celebrate many more anniversaries with you.
4. You are my everything, and I'll keep choosing you every day. Happy anniversary.
5. Since the day I married you, my love has only grown. Today and always, you have my whole heart.
6. To the one person I want beside me every day and every night: happy anniversary, sweetheart.
7. The future excites me because I get to spend it with you. Here's to many more happy years.
8. I believe fate brought me to you, and I'm grateful for it every day. Happy anniversary.
9. Time with you is never enough, and forever still wouldn't be. Happy anniversary, my love.
10. Having you beside me makes me feel lucky every single day. Happy anniversary to my soulmate.

Photo book

Canvas print

Pair your message with a gift that holds the memories: an anniversary photo book of your year together.

Funny anniversary messages

A good laugh is part of any long relationship. Keep the jokes about the two of you, never at their expense.

11. Out of all the husbands in the world, you're still my favourite. Happy anniversary!
12. Sitting on the sofa with you, watching TV, is my idea of a perfect night. Happy anniversary!
13. It's pretty impressive that we've lasted this long. Happy anniversary!
14. Sometimes I wonder how you put up with me. Then I remember I put up with you too. Love you loads!
15. You're not so bad, I suppose. Happy anniversary!
16. Your snoring drives me mad, but I wouldn't share my bed with anyone else. Happy anniversary!
17. Happy anniversary! Let's order takeaway and be in bed by 10.
18. I'm yours forever. No returns, no refunds.
19. You knew what you were getting into when you married me. Happy anniversary!
20. I'm a little jealous of you. After all, you married the most brilliant person in the world. Happy anniversary!

For the couple who laughs at everything: put your silliest photo together on a couple photo pillow.

Short and sweet anniversary messages

For a text, a small card or the inside cover of a gift.

21. Happy anniversary to my better-in-every-way half.
22. I love doing life with you. Happy anniversary!
23. Like the smiles in our selfies, you light up my life. Happy anniversary.
24. From good night texts to good morning ones, everything's sweeter with you.
25. The good things in life are better with you.
26. I'm so lucky to be married to you. Happy anniversary.
27. Happy anniversary to my one true love. You still make me smile every day.
28. Thank you for always loving me for who I am.
29. There's nowhere I'd rather be than right here, holding your hand.
30. In a world full of maybes, you're the one thing I'm always sure of.

Short words look lovely printed. Turn your favourite photo of the two of you into a canvas print with your message on it.

Anniversary messages for your husband

31. To my husband: you're still the first person I want to tell everything to. Happy anniversary.
32. Thank you for every early morning, every late night and every cup of tea you've made without being asked.
33. Marrying you was the easiest decision I've ever made. Happy anniversary to my favourite person.
34. You make the ordinary days feel like the best ones. Happy anniversary, my love.
35. Another year of you holding my hand through everything. I'd choose you again tomorrow.
36. Happy anniversary to the man who still makes me laugh until I can't breathe.

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Anniversary messages for your wife

37. To my wife: every year with you is my favourite year so far. Happy anniversary.
38. You turned a house into a home and a life into an adventure. Happy anniversary, my love.
39. I still can't believe you said yes. Thank you for saying it every day since.
40. Happy anniversary to the woman who knows me better than I know myself.
41. You're the calm in my busiest days and the best part of every holiday. Happy anniversary.
42. However many years we have, I want to spend every one of them with you.

Tell your story from the first date to today in an anniversary photo book. Need a name for it? See our 100+ photo album title ideas.

Milestone anniversary messages

First, tenth, twenty-fifth, fiftieth: the big years deserve a message that looks back as well as forward. Swap in your own number.

43. As the years pass, my love for you only grows. Happy 25th anniversary!
44. It all began with a dream of a life together, and every day that dream gets better. Cheers to one year of marriage!
45. After 20 years, I've never known anyone kinder or more loving than you. Happy anniversary to my one and only.
46. Happy 5th anniversary. My love for you deepens every year.
47. After all these years, there's no place I'd rather be than right here with you. Happy 50th anniversary!
48. Wishing you a joyful 10th anniversary. We've made so many memories already. Here's to many more.
49. On our first anniversary, no words can say how much I love you.
50. Time has changed us since we met 10 years ago, but it's only brought us closer. Happy anniversary, sweetheart.
51. Looking back on the last 10 years makes me smile, and I can't wait for the next 10.
52. I knew we'd make it this far when I married you, and I'm betting we'll go much further. Here's to another 20 years!

Debossed album

Canvas print

A milestone deserves something that lasts as long as your marriage: a debossed photo book album with your title pressed into the cover, or your wedding photo on an anniversary canvas print.

Anniversary messages for your boyfriend or girlfriend

53. I'm so lucky to have you in my life, and I'm grateful for it every single day.
54. Your laugh brightens my days like nothing else. Thank you for being the best part of every one.
55. You make me happier than I knew I could be. Here's to many more moments together.
56. Happy anniversary! I'm so glad I asked you out two years ago. What a journey it's been.
57. From date nights to lazy Sundays on the sofa, you've given me my sweetest memories.
58. It's time I told everyone I'm dating someone special. That someone is you. I love you.
59. You're my best friend and my favourite person, all in one. Happy anniversary!
60. Thank you for sticking with me. There's no one I'd rather do life with.
61. Life with you is happier and sweeter than before. Here's to a lifetime more.
62. Happy anniversary to my favourite person. This year was brilliant, and I can't wait for the next adventure.

Celebrate a dating anniversary with a couple photo pillow of your favourite photo together.

Anniversary wishes for a couple

For parents, grandparents and friends celebrating their anniversary.

63. Happy anniversary to two people who make love look easy. Wishing you many more years together.
64. Watching you two together is a reminder of what really matters. Happy anniversary!
65. Here's to the couple who still hold hands. Happy anniversary, with love from all of us.
66. Mum and Dad, thank you for showing us what a lasting marriage looks like. Happy anniversary.
67. Congratulations on another year of putting up with each other's habits, and loving each other anyway.
68. Wishing you both a day as happy as the one you got married on. Happy anniversary!

Writing for a wedding instead? See what to write in a wedding card. For a couple's gift, browse personalised gifts for couples.

Frequently asked questions

What do you write in an anniversary card?

Start with "happy anniversary", add one specific memory or something you love about them, and finish with a wish for the year ahead. Two or three sentences is plenty for a card.

What is a short anniversary message?

Keep it to one line, like "I love doing life with you" or "The good things in life are better with you." Short messages work well for texts, small cards and gift tags.

What do you write to a couple on their anniversary?

Congratulate them on another year and say what you admire about them together. "Happy anniversary to two people who make love look easy" works for parents, grandparents and friends.

Is it OK to write a funny anniversary message?

Yes, if it suits your relationship. Keep the joke about everyday life together, like snoring or takeaway nights, and end with something warm.

What is a good anniversary gift to go with the card?

Something made from your own photos. A photo book of your year together, a canvas of your wedding photo or a couple photo pillow is personal in a way that shop-bought gifts aren't.

Make this anniversary one to remember

Pick a message above, then add a photo gift they'll keep long after the anniversary dinner.

Start with an anniversary photo book, or browse all anniversary gifts.