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Happy 40th Birthday Wishes

Find the perfect 40th birthday wishes and messages to wish your family and friends an amazing 40th birthday.

Are you looking for what to write in a 40th birthday card? Here we've compiled the best 40th birthday wishes and messages to help you wish your family and friends a special and memorable 40th birthday. Whether you want to playfully tease them, express your love, or send them some inspirational words, you’ll find the perfect message here.
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Happy 40th. The good news: you're allowed to leave parties early without explanation now. The other good news: same thing.

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Welcome to 40. The decade where you stop apologizing for going to bed at 9:30.

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Happy 40th birthday. Statistically, this is the age where your taste in music gets permanently locked. Choose your soundtrack carefully.

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Forty looks good on you. So does the new tendency to schedule everything around naps.

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Happy 40th. You are now old enough to be slightly judgmental of the twenty-somethings and just self-aware enough to feel bad about it.

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Welcome to your forties. The decade where your back hurts for no reason and your bank account starts to make slightly more sense.

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Happy 40th birthday. The party is for show. The real celebration is going to bed by ten and feeling no guilt about it.

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Forty! The age when your stories start to begin with back in the day and your patience for nonsense reaches an all-time low. Beautiful balance.

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Happy 40th. You've officially survived four full decades. The certificate is in the mail. The wrinkles are on the house.

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Welcome to 40, where the appropriate response to most things is honestly, I don't have the energy. And that's fine.

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Happy 40th birthday. The hangover from last night's drink is now a two-day event. Plan accordingly.

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Forty. You're now old enough to remember the time before the internet and young enough to still use it well. Optimal window.

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Happy 40th. May the next decade bring you the kind of clarity your twenties were too busy panicking to understand.

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Welcome to your forties. The decade where the gray hairs show up, the certainty about who you are also shows up, and one is a much better trade than the other.

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Happy 40th birthday. The cake is bigger. The candles barely fit. The forecast is sunny with a slight chance of nostalgia.

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Forty! The decade where you finally stop asking what people think of you and start asking what you think of them. Game changer.

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Happy 40th. You're now old enough to know you don't know much, which paradoxically makes you much smarter than the 25-year-old version.

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Welcome to 40, where you start saying things like I don't bend that way anymore. Lean into it.

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Happy 40th birthday. The first twenty years were tuition. The next twenty were practice. The next twenty are when the work pays off.

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Forty. The age where you finally figure out the difference between people who like you and people who tolerate you. Cut the second list. Enjoy the first.

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Happy 40th. You are now legally allowed to send anyone under thirty back to do their job properly. Use the power wisely.

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Welcome to forty. The decade where you stop trying to impress everyone and start trying to be impressed by anything at all.

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Happy 40th birthday. The body is starting to make weird noises. The mind, finally, is making sense.

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Forty! The age where you've earned the right to say I'm too old for this and mean it. Use sparingly. Use proudly.

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Happy 40th. The next decade is the one where the small daily habits you've built start to compound. Hope you built good ones.