Fresh today · Sunday, 26 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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Sister — another birthday survived. The genes are doing their best. So is denial.

Happy birthday. I'd buy you a real gift, but you'd just complain about it. So — verbal good wishes and the bare minimum effort.

Birthday card to my sister: this is not a gift. This is a placeholder. The actual gift is being on time. Which I'm not. Ever.

Happy birthday, sister. Statistically, you're now closer to needing reading glasses than you are to high school graduation. Discuss.

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

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Birthday wishes for my sister, who would absolutely sell me out for a snack and the right amount of attention.

Happy birthday, sister. Mom found the bad family video again. We've all seen it now. Welcome to year whatever.

Sister — happy birthday. Your skincare is going. Your back is going. Your standards have, finally, also gone. Welcome to the rest of life.

Happy birthday. I forgot last year. This year I remembered. The relationship continues to be net positive. Mostly.

Birthday wishes to my sister. May the candles light, the cake be edible, and the group chat be only mildly cruel.

Happy birthday, sister. Don't drink too much. Or do. I'm not your real mother, despite what the bossiness suggests.

Sister — another year, another reminder that we share genes and absolutely nothing in common in any other category.

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

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

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

Sister — happy birthday. May this year bring you good news, better skin, and slightly more responsible decisions than you're making.

Happy birthday. The plan: eat the cake, light the candles, lie about the age, photograph from the most flattering angle. Standard.

Birthday wishes to a sister who is the only person on earth allowed to bring up that one terrible haircut. You know the one.

Happy birthday, sister. Eat the cake. Drink the drink. Pretend you're younger than you are. Repeat every year.

Sister — happy birthday. Same as every year: love you, mock you, refuse to admit you're slightly cooler than me. Don't get used to it.

Congrats on the new job, my love. Whatever they offered, you were worth more. We'll renegotiate in six months.

New job, wife! May the first day be smooth, the first month be steady, and the first quarter be one for the bragging.

Congratulations, my love. The interview process is over. The career chapter is opening. I'm proud of you.

Wishing you a brilliant first day, my wife. You've earned every minute of this. Now go take the rest.