How to Thank People for Anniversary Wishes
One public thank you covers the crowd; anything personal deserves its own reply. Both are short, and both are better sent within the week.
- The public one
- One post or message to everybody. Warm, brief, and no list of names.
- The personal ones
- Anyone who wrote something specific gets a specific reply. That is the whole rule.
- Timing
- Within a week. After that, send it anyway with no long apology.
One message to everybody
- 1
Thank you all for the anniversary messages. Twenty-five years and apparently we are still getting away with it.
- 2
Overwhelmed by the messages yesterday — thank you, all of you. We have read every one.
- 3
Thank you for all the anniversary wishes. A lovely day, made better by the lot of you.
Replying to something personal
- 4
Thank you — and thank you especially for what you said about the wedding. Neither of us had thought about that in years.
- 5
That was a lovely message and it arrived on exactly the right morning. Thank you.
- 6
Thank you. Coming from you that means a great deal, and you know why.
To someone who sent a gift as well
- 7
Thank you for the anniversary wishes and for the flowers, which are still going strong on the kitchen table.
- 8
Thank you both for the card and the very generous present. Entirely unnecessary and much appreciated.
From both of you
- 9
From both of us — thank you. It was a good day and your message was part of it.
- 10
With thanks from us both for your kind wishes on our anniversary.
If it is late
- 11
Late thanks for the anniversary messages, which we have only just worked through. Thank you all.
- 12
Three weeks late, which is about our usual. Thank you for the lovely message.
Questions people actually ask
How do you thank someone for anniversary wishes?
One general message covers everyone who sent a short greeting. Anyone who wrote something specific — a memory, a detail from the wedding — should get a specific reply, because that is what makes theirs worth answering individually.
What do you post to thank people for anniversary wishes?
Something short and warm with no list of names. Naming ten people guarantees an eleventh notices they were missed.