Occasion HandbookBirthdays 19 examples

Birthday Wishes for a Brother

Brothers usually get a joke card. Put one sincere line in it and it becomes the one he keeps.

Funny, which is where most people start

  1. 1 Happy birthday. Still not sorry about 2003.
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  2. 2 Happy birthday to the person who taught me every bad habit I have.
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  3. 3 Another year older and still losing at everything. Happy birthday.
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  4. 4 Happy birthday. Mum says you are her favourite. She says that to both of us.
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The sincere line

One is enough and it is the whole point of the card.

  1. 5 Happy birthday. I would not swap you, and I have considered it thoroughly.
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  2. 6 You are a good man and I do not say it often enough. Happy birthday.
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  3. 7 Happy birthday. Thanks for last year — I have not forgotten what you did.
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  4. 8 Proud of you. Once a year I am allowed to say that.
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From a sister

  1. 9 Happy birthday to the person who scared off everyone I ever dated, correctly.
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  2. 10 Happy birthday. You are a much better brother than you think you are.
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  3. 11 Still the person I ring when something goes wrong. Happy birthday.
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From a younger brother

  1. 12 Happy birthday. I have been copying you since 1998 and it has worked out.
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  2. 13 You went first at everything and made it look survivable. Happy birthday.
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If you are not close

  1. 14 Happy birthday. Hope it is a good one.
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  2. 15 Happy birthday — thinking of you today.
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  3. 16 Wishing you a happy birthday.
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To a brother-in-law

  1. 17 Happy birthday. You married into this and you have coped admirably.
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  2. 18 Happy birthday. Glad you are one of us.
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  3. 19 Happy birthday to the brother-in-law who improved the family average.
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Questions people actually ask

What do you write in a birthday card for a brother?

Two jokes and one sincere line. The sincere line is what makes it his card rather than any card, and it is the part he will not admit to keeping.