Everyone knows the feeling of needing to send one short message to a loved one to wish them well, be they sick or celebrating, and wedding cards in particular can be a nightmare, either to be a message they will read once and forget, a message they will read, cringe at, and negatively remember forever, or one they will be charmed by, and potentially bring up casually some time down the line.

Whatever the relationship between you and the bride(s)/groom(s), our suggestions on what to write for the occasion can be of great assistance

In this article:

What to Write as Wishes for a Work Colleague

  • May your marriage be as strong as your coffee!
  • Wishing you a lifetime of love and success! Let’s hope your love remains always on the same page.
  • Good luck with your promotion to married life!
  • No performance review necessary!
  • Congratulations on finding your work wife/husband for life!
  • You’ve clocked in forever now: wishing you well on your promotion to happiness!
  • Here’s to a marriage with no overtime, and full of benefits!
  • May your love have no power outages: here’s to being plugged in forevermore!
  • Congrats on finding your forever plus one: here is to a lifetime of shared calendars!
  • Here’s to the dream team!
  • Congratulations on finding your parter for life.
  • May your love always be strong as your Wi-Fi service: never losing connection!
  • Here is to a love as strong as team spirit: project-managed to perfection!

What to Write as Wishes for a (Best) Friend

  • I am so happy for you both: here is to a lifetime of love and laughter!
  • Cheers to eternity with your perfect match: you two are made for each other!
  • I am thrilled to see you marry your soulmate.
  • Cheers from your best mate.
  • I’ve seen you through it all, and now I get to watch you start this amazing new chapter: I could not be happier for you both!
  • You’ve always been my BFF, my best friend forever, but now you’ve found your true BSF, your best wife/husband forever, and I am so happy for you, my friend.
  • You’ve always been the one to make every moment fun, and I know you will do the same for your wife/husband over your marriage.
  • From sharing secrets to sharing a life: seeing you marry someone who gets you more that I ever could is truly the best gift.
  • Wishing you all the magic!
  • I’ve been by your side through every chapter thick and thin, and am excited to see your and your soulmate write the next one. Here’s to the rest of the book!
  • Watching you get married feels like a reality show: you’ve found your ride-or-die, and I couldn’t be happier to see you two cruise through the air!

What to Write as Wishes for a Sibling

  • From our first memories to your big day, I am so grateful to have been part of your journey. Good luck on the times ahead!
  • From sharing everything to watching you say “I do!”, I am beyond happy for you both!
  • I’ve seen you grow into the person you are today, and now you get to share it with someone just as amazing. I am so proud of you.
  • You’ve always been the one to light up the room, and now you’ve found someone who’s the perfect match. Wishing you both a world of happiness!
  • Today marks the beginning of something extraordinary. I am honoured to witness you take this next step in your journey.
  • Congratulations! Now you get to split the housework with someone who actually likes you! (kidding tone)
  • Well done on your big day!
  • Finally, someone who can put up with you! (kidding tone)
  • I’m officially handing over the title of ‘favourite sibling’ to your wife/husband, my new sibling-in-law! Well-done.
  • You’ve found someone who knows your weirdness and didn’t run away, but towards you. I couldn’t be happier for you.

What to Write as Wishes for Offspring

  • Watching you marry the love of your life fills my heart with pride. Wishing you a lifetime of happiness.
  • While you’ve always made us proud, now seeing you so happy with your partner just makes our joy even more genuine.
  • Your love story is just getting started, and I could not be more excited to see what the future holds.
  • As your parent, I’ve seen you grow, and am honoured to see you start this new chapter with someone you love.
  • Seeing you happy makes all these years of parenting worth it. Congratulations on your marriage, my dear.
  • It seems just like yesterday you were a child, and now here you are: ready to start your own family. I am thrilled to see you so happy and loved.
  • You’ve always been a source of light in our lives, and now you’ve found someone else who brings you the same feeling. Well done.
  • From your first steps to your wedding day, we’ve always been proud to support you. Here is to the next stage of your lifetime.
  • We couldn’t have asked for a better partner for you. Wishing you a marriage filled with grace, peace, and love.
  • Seeing you walk down the aisle will be one of the happiest moments of our lives: let your marriage be as wonderful as that moment.

What to Write as Wishes for Parents (Renewal)

  • Your love is an inspiration to us all. Wishing you many or years of happiness as you continue this beautiful journey together.
  • Your love story is a saga for the ages, a testament to commitment. Here is to the time ahead.
  • May your marriage continue to grow and thrive as the branch withers.
  • Thank you for showing us what true love really looks like.
  • Your connection has always been the foundation of this family. Here’s to many more blissful days together.
  • The strength of your relationship has always been a guiding light. Here is to the future.
  • The bond you share is unbreakable, your love unwavering. Here’s to forever.
  • You’ve shown us what it means to love unconditionally, and your story is far from over yet.
  • It is truly inspiring to watch the way you two find new things to love about one another day after day, year after year. May this continue the lifetime.
  • Your relationship is the model we should all look up to. Here is to time spent and to come.

What to Write as Wishes with Religious Meaning

  • “Therefore what God has joined together, let no one separate.” – Mark 10:9
  • “Love is patient and kind; love does not envy or boast; it is not arrogant or rude. It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful; it does not rejoice at wrongdoing, but rejoices with the truth.” – Corinthians 13:4
  • “Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her.” – Ephesians 5:25
  • “This is my commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you. No one has greater love than this, to lay down one’s life.” – John 15:12
  • “He who finds a wife finds a good thing, and obtains favor from the Lord.” – Proverbs 18:22
  • “Be devoted to one another in love. Honor one another above yourselves.” – Romans 12:10
  • “Beloved, let us love one another, for love is from God, and whoever loves has been born of God and knows God.” – John 4:7
  • “I have found the one whom my soul loves” – Song of Solomon 3:4
  • “Love must be sincere. Hate what is evil; cling to what is good. Be devoted to one another in love. Honor one another above.” – Romans 12:9
  • “She is more precious than rubies; nothing you desire can compare with her” – Proverbs 3:15
  • “Thy love is better than wine.” – Song of Solomon 1:2

What to Write as Casual Wishes

  • Cheers to love, laughter, and Netflix marathons!
  • Marriage is a great adventure: just remember to always share your food.
  • Congratulations on locking down your person! Here is to a lifetime of making memories and arguing over who will do the dishes!
  • Welcome to the club of “I chose where we went to dinner last time!” every week!
  • Congratulations on saying “I do.” Now the real work begins: who decides where to go on holiday.
  • Remember: if you could survive IKEA together, you can survive anything.
  • May your life together be as sweet as your mysteriously disappeared wedding cake! *munch*
  • Marriage: because sometimes you just need someone to help you reach the top shelf.
  • Congratulations on the wedding! Now get ready for decades of stealing one another’s food.
  • You two are like fine wine: best enjoyed with a bit of time, patience, and cheese.
  • Here’s to the happy couple! May your love be as endless as your wedding guest list.
  • May your marriage be as happy as the moment you realised there was to be no more wedding-planning stress!
  • Marriage is just like a road trip: tons of run stops and disagreements on the maps. Enjoy the ride!

What to Write as Inspirational Wishes

  • Two Hearts, One Love. The best is yet to come.
  • May your marriage be filled with everlasting joy.
  • This is the beginning of a new life of happy memories. Well wishes ahead!
  • Wishing you a love as deep as the ocean itself!
  • Congratulations on setting sail!
  • You are the perfect fit, your love being the next piece in your jigsaw puzzle of life.
  • May your love burn hotter than the implosion of a thousand suns.
  • From here on out, every next day will be the best day of your life.
  • May you awaken each day thankful for having found your soulmate.
  • Let you find comfort in each other’s arms and strength in each other’s hearts. Congratulations on your wedding.
  • May your marriage be filled with a level of trust snaking towards infinity.

What to Write as Ominous Wishes

  • May a lifetime of joy await you (or at the very least a really long honeymoon).
  • Wishing you a future of bliss, free of any and all skeletons in your closets.
  • True love knows no boundaries, and neither do I. Until I see you again.
  • Marriage: a beautiful prison where you find love and secrets in equal measure.
  • As you embark on this journey together, remember that love casts no shadow.
  • Marriage is a beautiful bond: be careful not to forget the weight of that bond.
  • As you share your vows, remember that it’s the words we don’t say which bind us the tightest.
  • May your hearts beat as one, and always remember: even the most synchronised of hearts can skip a beat.
  • Let your love ignite the world around you, consuming everything but your bond.
  • May your love grow as deep and dark as the shadows that follow you.

What to Write as Philosophical Wishes

  • “Love is composed of a single soul inhabiting two bodies.” – Aristotle
  • “We are born to love, we live to love, and we will die to love still more.” – St. Joseph Cafasso
  • “In marriage, the little things are the big things.” – Wilfred Arlan Peterson
  • “Life is the flower for which love is the honey.” – Victor Hugo
  • “To love and be loved is to feel the sun from both sides.” – David Viscott
  • “Marriage is the most natural state of man, and… the state in which you will find solid happiness.” – Benjamin Franklin
  • “A life without love is like a tree without blossoms or fruit.” – Kahlil Gibran
  • “Love is the condition in which the happiness of another person is essential to your own.” – Robert Heinlein
  • “To love oneself is the beginning of a lifelong romance.” – Oscar Wilde
  • “There is no more lovely, friendly, and charming relationship, communion, or company than a good marriage.” – Martin Luther

What to Write as Eco-Friendly Wishes

  • “May your marriage be as green as your hearts: rooted in love and care for our planet.”
  • “Together, may you grow like a tree: strong, rooted, and flourishing beautifully!”
  • “To a couple whose love will continue to blossom like a well-gardened flower-bed!”
  • “Well wishes to a union that will (like nature) renew itself with every passing day.”
  • “Here is to a future as fresh and vibrant as freshly-plucked carrots.”
  • “Wishing you a love as enduring and timeless as mountain ranges.”