101 ideas for happy anniversary messages

Wedding anniversaries always invite a moment of reflection. It is a time when you look back on the years you have spent together and look forward to many more special moments ahead. Finding the right words to tell your spouse or partner how much they mean to you can be a challenge. To help you out, we have gathered 101 "happy anniversary" messages to copy or customize.

Use any of these happy anniversary messages in a custom photo card. Or, write them as captions in a romantic photo book that makes the perfect anniversary gift.

Romantic Anniversary Messages

Anniversaries are the perfect occasion to bring out your romantic and sentimental side. Do so with one of these sweet happy anniversary messages.

Anniversaries are the perfect occasion to bring out your romantic and sentimental side. Do so with one of these sweet happy anniversary messages.

• Every day I choose this life with you, every day I choose you as my partner, and today I am so glad to celebrate everything we have built together. I love you. Happy anniversary.
• I love you: three small words that encompass everything I feel waking up next to you every morning. Happy anniversary: two small words that encompass the day that changed our lives.
• You’re my husband/wife, and so much more. You’re my best friend. My partner in life. My confidante. My past and my future. My rock. The love of my life. Happy anniversary.
• Every day you bring laughter and joy into my life, and I do everything I can to bring the same to yours. I love you — happy anniversary.
• They say that happily ever after is only found in fairytales, but our story is so real and genuine that no one would believe us if we wrote it all down. Thank you for being my Prince Charming (or Princess).
• Remember when we said “I do.” Well, I still do, every moment, every day, and every year, forever.
• Happy anniversary to my moon, my stars, my whole universe.
• Happy anniversary, sweetheart. Life has so many highs and lows in it, and I know that I go through every single one of them so much more gladly with you by my side.
• On our wedding day, I knew our future would be wonderful, but I could never have imagined how spectacular it could become with you by my side.
• I don't need fancy dinners or epic vacations because I am lucky enough to spend every day with you. This life we have is the best adventure I could ask for.
• I love you and I can't imagine what my life would be without you by my side. Happy Anniversary to us.
• For us, the language of love can be any language at all. So, happy anniversary, Joyeux anniversaire, Frohes Jubiläum, Feliz aniversario, Mutlu yıl dönümleri, Ezi ncheta, Hari huritau… (Here’s a full list of happy anniversary in different languages)

Playful anniversary messages

If you and your spouse share a silly, playful sense of humor, consider one of these lighthearted anniversary messages.

• I love that we get to decide together what we will make for dinner every night for the rest of our lives. Happy anniversary to my favorite chef.
• Hey you, I love you. You are awesome. Also, nice butt.
• I don’t think “I love you” is enough to express my feelings, so I made up a new, better word instead. Happy anniversary, I [insert nonsense word] you.
• There are 8 billion people in this world. How on earth did I get to marry the best one of all?!
• On our anniversary, let's celebrate big by staying in, ordering takeout, and cuddling on the couch.
• I have a secret to tell you: My favorite part of our wedding day was leaving at the end with you!
• You’re forever mine. I’m forever yours. What a lucky coincidence!
• You + Me = Something Pretty Awesome
• Life is crazy, you are wonderful, and we are so in love. What more could we ask for? Happy anniversary to my favorite person in the whole world.
• #Blessed - We invented that!
• I love that you are a kid at heart. So let's build a fort in the living room, pop some popcorn, and read books next to each other tonight!
• I love you more than X [insert favorite thing e.g. cheeseburgers, sleeping in, football season, donuts e.t.c.]
• Let’s grow old together. Oh, wait! We already did! Let’s grow even older then.
• I love the way you…wake me with a smile. Text me for no reason. Leave your socks in weird places. Put the perfect amount of cream in my coffee. Watch TV with your eyes closed. And tell me you love me, every day. I love you every day, too.

Milestone anniversary messages

Celebrating a milestone anniversary? Use the year as inspiration for an anniversary message.

• One year of marriage today. That’s 525,960 minutes of being married to you. 365 ¼ days, and I have loved every one (especially that quarter)! Happy anniversary.
• For X years of marriage, here are X reasons why I love you…
• For each year that passes, my love for you deepens and grows. I can only imagine what it will feel like to love you when we grow old. Happy anniversary.
• You captured my heart the first moment we met, and you’ve kept it captured for X years and counting. I never want it back.
• Our wedding day was X years ago, but I remember it like it was yesterday. I remember the pink roses in your bouquet, the one curl that came loose around your face, and the overwhelming joy in my heart when you said “I do.”
• I didn't know that soulmates existed until I found you. You get me like no one else ever has, and I love how much I get you, too – happy (20th) anniversary to us.
• Five years ago, you agreed to date me. Two years ago, you decided to marry me. Today, we celebrate the beautiful years behind us and the amazing future we have in front of us. Happy anniversary.
• On our fifth wedding anniversary, I have five messages for you: I love you, I love you, I love you, I love you, I love you.
• I look at our wedding day photos and we were so young and so in love. Look at us today! We might not be so young anymore, but we’re still so much in love, and you’re even more beautiful to me than ever. Happy anniversary.
• It’s been X years since our wedding day, and you are X times more beautiful, X times more special to me, and our love has grown to infinity.
• X years of marriage. X years of smiles, hugs, ups and downs, and so many memories. Here’s to the next X years and counting!

Happy anniversary messages for parents

Having children transforms a marriage in so many special ways. Acknowledge the new era of your love with a message that incorporates your roles as parents.

• My favorite moments of each day are those quiet ones we have together, how we glance at each other as we take care of the kids and have a whole conversation with our eyes. Thank you for the small moments in this big beautiful life together. Happy anniversary.
• Year one: We crossed the globe for our honeymoon. Year two: We found our perfect home together. Year three: We became a family. Year four: I can’t wait for more!
• I didn’t think our love could grow any bigger until we became parents. I can’t believe how enormous my heart has grown, and it’s filled with love for you.
• I never imagined that one of the most romantic parts of my day could be folding laundry for tiny humans with you. Thank you for doing this thing called life with me. Happy anniversary.
• X years ago, we held hands as you became my husband. X years more and you squeezed my hand as we became Mom and Dad. But my favorite title of all for you is “forever my love.”
• Watching you become a parent has been awe-inspiring. I am so lucky to have you as my partner, and the kid(s) are blessed to have you as a (mother/father). Happy anniversary.
• On this anniversary, I know we are blurry-eyed and sleep-deprived, but I cannot tell you how much it means to me to see you there every time I open my eyes. I love you.
• Our life is filled with equal parts of mess and joy. I never knew how much I would love building this messy, joyful life with you. I love you.
• Husband. Father. Mine. / Wife. Mother. Yours. / Happy anniversary.
• There might be a cartoon blasting from the TV, crackers smashed on the floor, and a few dishes in the sink right now. But it all becomes beautiful when I see you standing there with me. Thank you for being by my side amid the mess!
• I can't stop looking at you when you hold our children in your arms. You’re magical at this parenting thing. I love that I get to raise these beautiful kids with you every day.

Happy anniversary quotes

When you’re struggling to find the right things to say for your own happy anniversary message, why not look to the beautiful words written by others. It’s hard to beat these wonderful quotations from some of history’s greatest wordsmiths:

• “In all the world, there is no heart for me like yours. In all the world, there is no love for you like mine.” – Maya Angelou
• "A successful marriage requires falling in love many times, always with the same person." – Mignon McLaughlin
• “Love grows more tremendously full, swift, poignant, as the years multiply.” – Zane Grey
• "To love and be loved is to feel the sun from both sides." – David Viscott
• “You know you are in love when you don’t want to fall asleep because reality is finally better than your dreams.” – Dr. Seuss
• “It’s so great to find that one special person you want to annoy for the rest of your life.” – Rita Rudner
• “My heart is and always will be yours.” – Jane Austen
• "Grow old along with me, the best is yet to be." – Robert Browning
• “If I know what love is, it is because of you.” – Herman Hesse
• “If I had a flower for every time I thought of you... I could walk through my garden forever.” – Alfred Tennyson
• “There is no remedy for love but to love more.” – Henry David Thoreau
• “I am in you and you in me, mutual in divine love.” — William Blake
• “I saw that you were perfect, and so I loved you. Then I saw that you were not perfect and I loved you even more.” – Angelita Lim
• “Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, while loving someone deeply gives you courage.” – Lao Tzu
• “When you look at me, when you think of me, I am in paradise.” – William Makepeace Thackeray
• “If you live to be a hundred, I want to live to be a hundred minus one day so I never have to live without you.” – A. A. Milne
• "Love is a friendship set to music." – Joseph Campbell
• “I love you - I am at rest with you - I have come home.” – Dorothy L. Sayers
• “Love is composed of a single soul inhabiting two bodies.” – Aristotle

Happy anniversary messages from the movies

If you and your spouse love watching movies together, why not quote one of these romantic lines from the world of film in your happy anniversary message:

• “Do I love you? My god, if your love were a grain of sand, mine would be a universe of beaches.” – The Princess Bride
• “You complete me.” – Jerry Maguire
• "I am who I am because of you. You are every reason, every hope, and every dream I’ve ever had." – The Notebook
• “I love that you are the last person I want to talk to before I go to sleep at night." – When Harry Met Sally
• “You want the moon? Just say the word, and I’ll throw a lasso around it and pull it down.” – It’s a Wonderful Life
• “Our love is like the wind. I can’t see it, but I can feel it.” – A Walk to Remember
• You make me want to be a better man." – As Good As It Gets
• “The greatest thing you’ll ever learn is just to love, and to be loved in return.” – Moulin Rouge
• "I would rather spend one lifetime with you than face all of the ages of the world alone." – Lord of the Rings
• “I wanted it to be you, I wanted it to be you so badly.” – You’ve Got Mail
• “You don't marry someone you can live with, you marry the person you cannot live without." – P.S. I Love You
• “To me, you are perfect.” – Love Actually
• "People do fall in love. People do belong to each other, because that's the only chance that anyone's got for true happiness." – Breakfast at Tiffany’s
• “I apologize for the blunt delivery, but as problematical as this fact may be, I am in love ... with you.” – The Holiday
• “You will never age for me, nor fade, nor die.” – Shakespeare in Love

Song lyrics as happy anniversary messages

Song lyrics can contain some of the most romantic happy anniversary messages imaginable. Choose lyrics from a song or artist you know your other half loves, and write them in a card or love note for your anniversary. Bonus points for singing them!

• “Take my hand, take my whole life too. For I can’t help falling in love with you.” – Elvis Presley
• “Oh, I could drink a case of you, darling / And I would still be on my feet / Oh, I would still be on my feet” – Joni Mitchell
• “When I see your face, there’s not a thing that I would change, ’cause you’re amazing – just the way you are.” – Bruno Mars
• "Hit me like a ray of sun burning through my darkest night. You're the only one that I want. Think I'm addicted to your light." – Beyonce
• "You've been my inspiration. Through the lies you were the truth. My world is a better place because of you." – Celine Dion
• "Look at the stars, look how they shine for you and everything you do..." – Coldplay
• “You are the best thing that’s ever been mine.” – Taylor Swift
• “Sweeter than wine / Softer than the summer night / Everything I want, I have / Whenever I hold you tight” – The Drifters
• "I hope you don't mind that I put down in words how wonderful life is while you're in the world." – Elton John
• "How sweet it is to be loved by you..." – James Taylor
• "You fill my life with laughter / And somehow you make it better / ease my troubles, that's what you do." – Rod Stewart
• "If you fall I will catch you, I'll be waiting...time after time." – Cyndi Lauper
• "If you should ever leave me—though life would still go on, believe me—the world could show nothing to me, so what good would leaving do to me? God only knows what I'd be without you." – The Beach Boys
• “When the evening shadows and the stars appear / And there is no one there to dry your tears / I could hold you for a million years / To make you feel my love” – Bob Dylan

Happy anniversary poems

Love poems exist to allow us to understand and express the deepest of feelings. Short and sweet love poems such as these are perfect as as happy anniversary messages:

• “The First Day” by Christina Rossetti

I wish I could remember that first day,

First hour, first moment of your meeting me,

If bright or dim the season, it might be

Summer or Winter for aught I can say;

So unrecorded did it slip away,

So blind was I to see and to foresee,

So dull to mark the budding of my tree

That would not blossom yet for many a May …

• “You” by Ruth Guthrie Harding

Deep in the heart of me,

Nothing but You!

See through the art of me—

Deep in the heart of me

Find the best part of me,

Changeless and true.

Deep in the heart of me,

Nothing but You!

• “The Name” by Williamina Parrish

I’ve learned to say it carelessly,

So no one else can see

By any little look or sign

How dear it is to me.

But, oh, the thrill, as though you kissed

My tingling finger-tips

Each time the golden syllables

Fall lightly from my lips!

• “Song” by Ezra Pound

Love thou thy dream

All base love scorning,

Love thou the wind

And here take warning

That dreams alone can truly be,

For ’tis in dream I come to thee.

• “Love and Friendship” by Emily Brontë

Love is like the wild rose-briar,

Friendship like the holly-tree —

The holly is dark when the rose-briar blooms

But which will bloom most constantly?

The wild-rose briar is sweet in the spring,

Its summer blossoms scent the air;

Yet wait till winter comes again

And who will call the wild-briar fair?

Then scorn the silly rose-wreath now

And deck thee with the holly’s sheen,

That when December blights thy brow

He may still leave thy garland green

Create photo books for an extra special anniversary message

If telling someone how much they mean to you can't fit inside a card, create an anniversary photo book with thoughtful messages and quotes as part of the design. This is a great way to express your love and capture memories that will last a lifetime.

Mixbook has many stunning romantic anniversary photo book templates to choose from including:

• 10 Reasons Why I Love You
• Anniversary Celebration
• 50th Wedding Anniversary
• This is Us Anniversary
• Love by the Pigeon Letters
• Why I Love You and Me

Ready to send a heartfelt anniversary message?

Whether you want to be romantic, silly, celebrate meaningful moments, or acknowledge how you enjoy doing life together, say it with one of these happy anniversary messages.

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