I need help coming up with a heartfelt, short wedding wish (75 characters or less) in American English. I’m supposed to sign a card today and want it to feel genuine, but I can’t think of anything that sounds natural. Any ideas or examples would help a lot right now.
Honestly, if you need something real quick that feels heartfelt, just go with ‘Wishing you a lifetime of love & laughter together.’ Fits in 48 chars, super classic, and you won’t sound like a robot. Trust me, no one remembers the actual phrases years later, but you want to sound like you tried. Or swap it up with something like “So happy for you two—cheers to your forever!” Even shorter: “Love always wins! So happy for you both.” These things are always more about the gesture than the perfect words. The point is: keep it simple and genuine, don’t overthink it, and honestly nobody wants a Shakespeare sonnet as a wedding wish in 2024. Just scribble one of those, throw maybe a tiny heart doodle in there if you’re feeling ambitious, and hand over the card before you start second guessing everything. You’re all set!
Honestly, I get where @chasseurdetoiles is coming from, but sometimes those typical “wishing you a lifetime of love” lines start blurring together like wedding cake flavors by the time you’ve signed your third card in one summer. If you want to actually stand out but still keep it super short, why not tap into something slightly less cookie-cutter? What about, “Here’s to endless inside jokes and shared dreams!” or “May your love always feel like coming home.” Both come in well under 75 characters and aren’t just a rehash of what Hallmark’s been slingin’ since the ‘80s.
If you knew them even a little, you can slide in something personal—a callback to a story, if you’ve got it, or a simple “Can’t wait to see what adventures you two get up to!” That way, when they dig out the cards years later from a shoebox (or the junk drawer, let’s be real), yours might at least give ‘em a quick smile before they shove it back in.
Not that I’m knocking the heart doodle route—simple and sweet totally works. But, hey, it doesn’t hurt to go a hair off-script either. If you overthink it, you’ll just leave it blank, and then what? Awkward. Just pick a line that doesn’t make you cringe out loud, scribble it down, and you’re good. The best wishes are the ones that sound vaguely like you actually wrote them and not like you copy-pasted from Pinterest, IMHO.