Valentine's Day · 30 cards

Valentine's Day Wishes for Girlfriend

Tender, specific Valentine's Day wishes for your girlfriend — the kind that sound like you actually wrote them.

Valentine's Day

Loving you is the most useful thing I do all day.

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You walked into my life like you'd been there before. I'm still trying to figure out why everything got easier. Happy Valentine's.

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There's a freckle on your shoulder I have memorized like a postal code. Today I'm telling you all my favorite addresses are you.

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You laugh with your whole face. You argue with your whole brain. You sleep curled like a comma. I love every version. Happy Valentine's.

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The first time you fell asleep on my chest, I learned what trust felt like. I've been learning new things every week since.

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You make me want to be early. To be present. To be better. That's a hell of a gift to give a man. Thank you. I love you.

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I will never tire of watching you read. The little frown. The way your hand finds your hair. Happy Valentine's, dangerous woman.

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Today I want to thank you for your patience the time I was wrong, your honesty the time I was scared, and the kitchen you make feel like home.

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There's a quiet thing you do where you check on me without asking. I notice every time. I love you for it.

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You're warmer than weather. Smarter than I deserve. Funnier than you let on. Happy Valentine's.

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I love how you hum when you cook. I love how you remember everyone's coffee order. I love how you cry at sports movies. Today, all of it, all of you.

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We've been an "us" long enough that I've forgotten how to be a "me" without thinking of you. Best forgetting I've ever done.

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Some women you love. Some women you respect. You I get to do both, every day, and it is the privilege of my life.

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Twenty years from now I want this exact morning again. You, the kitchen light, the half-finished crossword. That's my forever request.

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You believed in me out loud before I believed in me at all. I'll spend my life trying to return that. Happy Valentine's.

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The way you say my name is its own language. I'd answer to no one else.

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I don't always say it well. So today, plainly: you are the best thing that ever happened, and I love you, and I am yours.

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You make the room better just by walking into it. Happy Valentine's, troublemaker.

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There's nothing performative about us. Just the steady, daily, small-thing love that ends up being everything. I am grateful for it.

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You held my hand in the bad weather. You laughed at the bad joke. You stayed for the bad year. I am keeping you. Happy Valentine's.

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I'd marry you in a courthouse on a Tuesday in jeans. Happy Valentine's. (Not a proposal. Yet.)

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The poems lied. Loving you is harder than they said, and far better. I'm in.

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Your kindness is the kind that doesn't announce itself. I notice. I always notice.

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You make me want to plant things. To wait for them. To build slowly. That's new. That's you. Happy Valentine's.

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I love that you cry at dog reunions. I love that you defend your weird opinions. I love that you wear my hoodie like you found it on the moon. Happy Valentine's.