Occasion HandbookBirthdays 12 examples

Birthday Wishes for Men

Most cards aimed at men are a joke about beer, golf or age. Here are some that are not.

Straightforward

  1. 1 Happy birthday. Have a good one.
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  2. 2 Happy birthday — enjoy it properly.
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  3. 3 Many happy returns.
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  4. 4 Happy birthday. Hope the day is yours.
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Warm without being awkward

Men receive fewer sincere cards. One plain line is unusual and lands.

  1. 5 Happy birthday. You are a good man and it is worth saying once a year.
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  2. 6 Happy birthday. Glad you are around.
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  3. 7 Happy birthday. Thanks for last year — you know what for.
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Funny, without the standard three

  1. 8 Happy birthday. No golf joke, no beer joke, no age joke. You are welcome.
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  2. 9 Happy birthday. I have bought you a card with no cartoon on it, which cost extra.
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  3. 10 Another year of you being quietly competent. Congratulations.
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For a milestone

  1. 11 Forty. Nothing about hills, nothing about slopes. Happy birthday.
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  2. 12 Fifty and doing better than most. Happy birthday.
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Questions people actually ask

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

One plain sincere line. Cards aimed at men are almost entirely jokes about beer, golf and age, so a straightforward sentence stands out.