Wedding Anniversary Sayings: Short, Lovely and Funny

For a wedding anniversary, a specific line hits home better than a grand one. These ten are short enough for a card, a pendant or an engraving:

• One more year with you. My favourite year.
• Still you.
• Thank you for all the ordinary days with you.
• With you, I'd do it again.
• I'd choose you again. Every time.
• Back then, yes. Today, even more so.
• Everything is easier together.
• The two of us. Long may it continue.
• Of all the paths, ours was the right one.
• Forever is a good plan.

If you want the line or the date on something that lasts, these four are the best fit:

• Pearl bracelet with engravable discFreshwater pearls, 925 sterling silver, date or initials on the disc · from €59
• Sunstone bracelet with heartEngraving on the heart, front and back · from €59
• Heart bracelet with engravinga word or the date, understated on the wrist · from €39
• Sailing rope bracelet with custom engravingwaterproof, for her and him, in earthy tones · from €39

Lovely, heartfelt messages

• It's not the big moments that carry a marriage, but the many small ones that no one else sees.
• We don't have the perfect life. We have one together. I'd rather have that.
• Love isn't a decision you make on one day, but one you make again every morning. Thank you for making it.
• On our wedding anniversary, I don't just think about back then, but above all about everything that has come along since.
• You're not just my partner, you're my home.
• Some people search their whole lives. I simply found you.
• We've laughed, argued, dreamed and started over together. That's what I call love.
• What binds us doesn't need grand words. But today it gets some.

Funny wedding anniversary messages

• We've survived another year and haven't even seriously torn each other apart over the dishwasher.
• Still married. Still by choice.
• I said yes back then because I thought you'd change. Luckily, you didn't.
• Marriage is putting up with the same person all over again every day and still missing them when they're away.
• Here's to many more years of compromising on holiday plans together.
• You're the reason I can't help laughing when I'm actually cross.

Messages by year of marriage

The best-known wedding anniversaries and a fitting line for each

1 year · Paper anniversary	One year on paper, an eternity in the heart. Here's to everything still to come.
5 years · Wood anniversary	Five years, and we stand firmer than on the first day. Wood grows slowly, but it lasts.
10 years · Rose anniversary	Ten years in which we've had both: the blooms and the thorns. I wouldn't give up any of it.
25 years · Silver anniversary	A quarter of a century. We've made one life out of two, and I'd do it the same way again.
40 years · Ruby anniversary	Forty years in which being in love has grown into something far greater: a closeness that nothing can shake.
50 years · Golden anniversary	Fifty years together. What you two have built is more than a marriage, it's a story that sustains a whole family.

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Turning a message into a gift

A card gets read and put away. Put the same line, or even just the date, on a piece of jewellery and it stays. The most commonly engraved detail is the wedding date, discreetly on the back of a pendant, visible only to the woman wearing it. For a wedding anniversary, many people choose pearls: freshwater pearls are regarded as a sign of constancy and can be worn every day.

• Pearl and moonstone bracelet with heartFreshwater pearls, moonstone, engraving on the heart · from €69
• Pearl bracelet with round discDate on the front, name on the back, in a gift box · from €85
• Leather bracelet with engravable discone disc per person, for him too · from €39
• Daisy chain braceletdelicate, with an initial or date · from €29

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What rarely works for a wedding anniversary

• Someone else's quote without a line of your own. Lovely words, but they don't come from you.
• Just the year. On its own, a date is a piece of information. Only a word beside it turns it into a statement.
• Too long for the card. The limit is around 150 characters. A sentence that gets cut short loses its punch.
• Something only one of you likes. An anniversary is about two people. Matching sets for couples solve this more elegantly than a single piece.

Frequently asked questions

What do you write for a wedding anniversary?

Something specific is best: a memory, a quality you value in the other person, or a look ahead to the coming year. General good wishes quickly seem interchangeable; a single personal sentence is worth more than three lines of stock text.

Which wedding anniversaries have their own names?

The best known are the paper (1 year), wood (5), rose (10), silver (25), ruby (40) and golden (50) anniversaries. Regionally, there are numerous other names.

How many characters fit in an engraving?

That depends on the piece of jewellery. A small disc usually allows about 10 to 20 characters per line; larger pendants hold more. In our design tool, you can see straight away how much space is left.

What do you give for a silver wedding anniversary?

As the name suggests, silver jewellery is an obvious choice, engraved with the wedding date or as matching jewellery for both partners. A piece with the children's birthstones is also popular for this anniversary.

What do you give for a first wedding anniversary?

For a paper anniversary, something small connected to the wedding day itself is a good fit: the date, the place of the ceremony as coordinates, or the night sky of that evening. Big gifts usually only come with the milestone anniversaries.

How long does it take to make?

We need 3 working days for the engraving, plus delivery time. We engrave in-house in Hamburg.

On request, we'll print your message on a greeting card free of charge and include it with the gift. More occasions can be found in the gift guide, and the meaning of the infinity symbol in a dedicated article.