Fresh today · Saturday, 25 July

New Wishes

A handful of wishes pulled from the cabinet this morning. Pick one up — copy, save it to your pinboard, or send it on.

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Wishes in the library
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Happy birthday. I'd buy you a real gift, but you'd just return it for store credit. So — verbal good wishes and a slightly used birthday card.

Birthday card for my husband: handwritten, mostly mockery, signed with love. As always.

Happy birthday, my love. Statistically, you're now closer to needing reading glasses than to your high school graduation. Discuss with your optometrist.

Birthday hugs for the husband who has, by some quiet miracle, made it to another year without us having to host an intervention about the garage.

Happy birthday. Today, you can be funnier than me. For strictly one day. Strictly today.

Birthday wishes for a husband who is, after all this time, still my favorite roommate.

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Happy birthday. May the year ahead be slightly less embarrassing than last year. Low bar. We can do it together.

Birthday card for the husband who has aged like fine wine — meaning, you've gotten more expensive and harder to handle.

Happy birthday, my husband. The bar tonight is on you. The bar of expectations tonight is on the floor. Both work.

Birthday wishes. The hangover from tonight is now a two-day event. Plan accordingly. Hydrate aggressively.

Happy birthday. Eat the cake. Drink the drink. Lie about the age. Repeat every year.

Birthday love for the husband who will absolutely lie about his age in a flattering direction whenever the opportunity presents itself.

Happy birthday, my husband. Don't drink too much. Or do. I'm not your real mother. Despite the bossiness.

Birthday card: still married, still mildly annoyed, still oddly in love. Happy birthday.

Happy birthday. May the candles light on the first try, the cake be edible, and the photos be the kind we don't have to immediately delete.

Birthday wishes for the husband who has — and I cannot stress this enough — finally learned to use the air fryer.

Happy birthday, my husband. I'm proud of you. I will deny ever writing that. Move on.

Birthday card for the man who has earned the right to be slightly self-indulgent today. Use it generously.

Happy birthday. May the year bring you good news, better sleep, and slightly more responsible decisions than you're currently making.

Birthday hugs for the husband who has been a reliable source of dad jokes and unsolicited opinions about traffic for years.

Happy birthday, my husband. The plan: cake, drinks, a brief moment of being romantic, then back to arguing about the thermostat.

Birthday wishes. The cake is bigger than your head. We've called the bakery. It's intentional.

Happy birthday, my love. Today, the universe owes you a free pass on something. Use it carefully. Or don't. Your call.

Birthday love for a husband who keeps me honest, lets me be ridiculous, and is mocked by me daily. The combination has, somehow, worked for years. Happy birthday, you absolute legend.

Happy birthday, my daughter. The years go too fast. I'm trying to hold each one a little longer.