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
Happy birthday. Still not sorry about 2003.
- 2
Happy birthday to the person who taught me every bad habit I have.
- 3
Another year older and still losing at everything. Happy birthday.
- 4
Happy birthday. Mum says you are her favourite. She says that to both of us.
The sincere line
One is enough and it is the whole point of the card.
- 5
Happy birthday. I would not swap you, and I have considered it thoroughly.
- 6
You are a good man and I do not say it often enough. Happy birthday.
- 7
Happy birthday. Thanks for last year — I have not forgotten what you did.
- 8
Proud of you. Once a year I am allowed to say that.
From a sister
- 9
Happy birthday to the person who scared off everyone I ever dated, correctly.
- 10
Happy birthday. You are a much better brother than you think you are.
- 11
Still the person I ring when something goes wrong. Happy birthday.
From a younger brother
- 12
Happy birthday. I have been copying you since 1998 and it has worked out.
- 13
You went first at everything and made it look survivable. Happy birthday.
If you are not close
- 14
Happy birthday. Hope it is a good one.
- 15
Happy birthday — thinking of you today.
- 16
Wishing you a happy birthday.
To a brother-in-law
- 17
Happy birthday. You married into this and you have coped admirably.
- 18
Happy birthday. Glad you are one of us.
- 19
Happy birthday to the brother-in-law who improved the family average.
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.