WishesWedding wishes
Write a wedding wish to bless the start, not to give advice. These wishes fit a card, a gift envelope, a WhatsApp message or a few words on stage.
For the couple
Congratulations on your wedding! May your home be full of laughter, your kitchen full of good smells and your years full of each other.
Wishing you both a marriage that grows kinder with time. Congratulations and best wishes.
Two good people, one new life. Congratulations on your wedding. May you always be on the same team.
May the love you feel today be the smallest it will ever be. Happy wedding day!
Congratulations! Wishing you a lifetime of shared umbrellas, shared desserts and shared dreams.
Best wishes on your wedding. May you find in each other a friend for every season.
For the bride
Congratulations, dear bride. May your new home love you the way this one always has.
You look happy, and that is the best jewellery. Wishing you a beautiful married life.
To our dearest friend on her wedding day: may he always make you laugh the way we do.
For the groom
Congratulations, brother! May you be as good a husband as you have been a friend.
Best wishes to the groom. Listen well, laugh often and never go to bed angry.
Happy wedding day, my friend. You have found a good one. Take care of each other.
When you cannot attend
I am sorry I cannot be there today. My blessings are, in full. Congratulations to you both.
Missing your wedding hurts, but I am celebrating from here. Wishing you both a wonderful life together.
हिन्दी में
शादी मुबारक हो! आप दोनों का साथ जन्मों तक बना रहे और घर खुशियों से भरा रहे।
नवविवाहित जोड़े को ढेर सारा आशीर्वाद। आपका जीवन प्रेम और समझ से चले।
बिटिया, नए घर में खूब खुश रहो। हमारा आशीर्वाद हमेशा तुम्हारे साथ है।
भाई, शादी की बहुत बधाई! अब घर की चाबी और रिमोट, दोनों भाभी के हाथ में।
विवाह की हार्दिक शुभकामनाएँ। ईश्वर आपकी जोड़ी को सदा सुखी रखे।
ਪੰਜਾਬੀ ਵਿੱਚ
ਵਿਆਹ ਦੀਆਂ ਲੱਖ ਲੱਖ ਵਧਾਈਆਂ! ਵਾਹਿਗੁਰੂ ਨਵੀਂ ਜੋੜੀ ਨੂੰ ਸੁੱਖ ਤੇ ਖੁਸ਼ੀਆਂ ਬਖ਼ਸ਼ੇ।
ਨਵੀਂ ਜ਼ਿੰਦਗੀ ਦੀ ਸ਼ੁਰੂਆਤ ਮੁਬਾਰਕ। ਤੁਹਾਡਾ ਘਰ ਸਦਾ ਵੱਸਦਾ ਰਹੇ।
ਵੀਰੇ, ਵਿਆਹ ਮੁਬਾਰਕ! ਭਾਬੀ ਦਾ ਖ਼ਿਆਲ ਰੱਖੀਂ ਤੇ ਖੁਸ਼ ਰਹੀਂ।
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Where the wish is going
- In the card or on the shagun envelope: two lines and your family's name. "With love and blessings to Simran and Arjun. From the Sharma family."
- As a message: send it on the wedding morning, or the day after, when the couple can read it.
- On the stage: a few words of blessing, said to both. The couple is tired and the queue is long.
- In a toast or speech: one story, one wish, and sit down.
Make it yours
Mention both names. Say one true thing about the one you know: "Arjun, you have found someone as patient as you are stubborn." For close friends and siblings, a memory from before the wedding makes the wish yours alone. For a colleague's wedding or a distant relative's, the plain blessing is correct and enough.
When you cannot attend
Tell the family early, send the wish on the day, and send your gift or blessing by a relative or by post. A call to the parents matters as much as the message to the couple. Offer to meet the newly married pair when they are settled.
What to avoid
- Jokes about freedom ending, and advice on how to be married.
- Questions about children, in the wish or anywhere else.
- Photographs of the couple posted before the family has shared its own.
Invitation wording is on our sister site Invite, and what to write on the card and envelope is in our guide What to write in a card.
Make it yours
- On a gift envelope, a short blessing and your family name is enough.
- If you know only one of the two, wish them both by name anyway.
- Keep jokes about marriage out of a wish to elders or formal contacts.