100 engagement card wishes

Great news – someone you know is tying the knot! But before you rush out to buy a new hat or choose a snazzy wedding outfit, spare a moment to send them some truly memorable engagement wishes. Deciding what to write can be a little tricky though, with playful or funny engagement messages resonating more with some recipients than others.

So, if you’re wondering what to write in an engagement card, have a read through the following suggestions – there should be some ideas in there that will inspire you to get writing! You’ll want to spoil them with a present to celebrate with, too, and we have a great selection of engagement gifts for you to send their way. 

Before we get started, pick out an engagement card to write your heartfelt engagement wishes in! Here’s a selection of a few of our favourites:  

How to write an engagement card 

Just quickly before we run through our engagement card messages, here are a few top tips to bear in mind: 

• Keep the focus on the couple: Make sure the focus of your message is on the happy couple. You should express your excitement for their shared future and all the happy times to come! 
• Write with love and positivity: Engagements are super exciting occasions, so keep your tone warm, supportive, and optimistic. 
• Don’t pressure them about the wedding: While it’s natural to be excited about the wedding, an engagement is a milestone in itself. So, let them enjoy this special moment before jumping into wedding talk.

Funny engagement messages

If your mates are celebrating their engagement, but they love a pun or two, you can get creative with what to write in an engagement card, that’s for sure. Here are some of our well-thought-out funny engagement messages to pen down in your card to the loved-up duo:

1. Remember the days when you could laugh at each other’s poor choices? Well, now you’re one of ‘em!
2. Always thought you’d end up a crazy cat lady, to be honest. Never mind!
3. Congrats you guys! My Instagram account manager will be in touch with your wedding planner to make sure the lighting on the day meets my requirements.
4. I know Beyonce said if you like it then you should have put a ring on it, but she also said I don’t think you’re ready for this jelly so just be careful what you serve as dessert at the wedding.
5. Absolutely stunned that you both found someone to marry. There’s hope for us all!
6. My deepest condolences to your fiancé.
7. A third of all marriages fail. But I’m sure you guys will be just fine…
8. They say marriage is like a public toilet: if you’re outside it you want to get in, but once you’re in it, you can’t wait to get out!
9. Think of your wedding as a gigantic fairground ring toss where the prize is each other!
10. If you guys discover the secret of a happy marriage, could you please let the rest of the world know?!

Yet to find the perfect card? Have a browse of our funny engagement cards while you’re here! 

Playful engagement wishes for friends

If you know the couple inside out, you’ll know whether or not they’d appreciate a cheeky message or two for their engagement. If so, here are some of our playful engagement wishes to include: 

1. Congratulations on your first engagement!
2. You weirdos are perfect for each other.
3. You found someone who wants to marry you! Amazing!
4. ‘Til death do you part, and all that nonsense!
5. So excited you’re getting married! Can’t wait to get involved in all your family drama.
6. Remember, marriage won’t work if one of you is happy and the other is miserable. Make sure you remain equally miserable and it’ll be fine!
7. Are we to assume this is due to a surprise pregnancy?
8. Better start drinking now, it only gets worse from here!
9. So you’re getting married! Here’s wishing you all of the changes in each other that you’re hoping for.
10. It’s beautiful to see you two agreeing to stand by each other through all the trouble you could have avoided by staying single.

Witty engagement wishes 

If you’re looking for witty words for an engagement card, we’ve got you covered with the below options:

1. Glad to hear you’re not planning on dying alone!
2. Same partner forever, eh? Good luck with that!
3. Here are some useful tools to help you in your marriage: “Yes dear”, “I’m sorry”, and “it’s my fault”.
4. It all started with two hearts and a diamond! But give it a few years, you’ll wish you had a club and a spade.
5. Congratulations on finding that one special person to annoy for the rest of your life!
6. This whole thing is a prank, right? There’s no way anyone’s marrying you.
7. Make me a bridesmaid or I’m telling them about what happened in the high school chemistry lab.
8. I want a seat at the top table or the holiday photos are coming with me to the wedding. You know the ones I mean.
9. Nothing warms my heart like seeing two people agree to carry each other’s emotional baggage for the rest of their lives.
10. Marriage is all about the rings: the engagement ring, then the wedding ring, then the suffering!

Short engagement wishes

The couple you’re sending your good wishes to might prefer a snappy message, and we have some great ideas for you to jot down if so. Here are some short and sweet things to write in an engagement card:

1. Wishing you every happiness as you look forward to being married.
2. May you find everlasting happiness in each other.
3. Warmest congratulations on your engagement.
4. Here’s to endless love, happiness, and adventure!
5. Enjoy making a beautiful life together!
6. Very best wishes for a long and happy life together.
7. Here’s to love and happiness!
8. Wishing you joy, good health, and happiness in your engagement.
9. Two hearts, one soul.
10. To a wonderful couple, happy engagement.

Caring engagement messages

Don’t worry, we’ve also thought of some kind and caring engagement words that you can pinch:

1. Hoping you bring as much happiness to each other as you have brought to my life!
2. Happy engagement! It’s a privilege to be able to celebrate your love for each other.
3. After the whirlwind romance comes an eternal love story. Congratulations on your engagement!
4. As you get ready to grow old together, I know the best is yet to come.
5. Congratulations! Have a wonderful engagement as you prepare for what will be a beautiful marriage.
6. The two of you together paint a beautiful picture of what love really means.
7. Anyone can catch your eye, but it takes a special person to capture your heart. Happy engagement!
8. Here’s hoping your love shines brighter with each passing day.
9. Congratulations on your engagement, and please know I’m here for you as you start this new chapter of your life together.
10. May your love for each other fill you with as much joy as you bring to everyone you know.

Our heartfelt engagement cards pair perfectly with the above messages, so have a browse and see if any catch your eye!

Engagement messages to a family member

If you’re searching for a message for an engagement card you’re sending to a family member, here are a few options: 

1. You’re getting married! Congrats, you guys are going to be so happy together and I can’t wait to cheer you on at the wedding.
2. Yay, you’re getting married. I can’t wait for the wedding, and thanks for having it now we’re grown up, mum and dad, because we can actually celebrate with you instead of looking at boring old photo albums…
3. Amazing news – congratulations on your engagement. You must be absolutely over the moon (and so are we). Love you.
4. Son, I can’t believe the day has arrived – you’re engaged. We’re so happy for you both. Sending all of our love, best wishes (and presents, don’t worry)!
5. We heard through the grapevine that someone proposed…welcome to the family!
6. Bridesmaid duties are in order big sis, congrats on your engagement. You’re going to have a KILLER wedding, I’m sure of it.
7. Wow, my little daughter is growing up so fast. We’re absolutely gushing with happiness, happy engagement to you both.
8. The two of you are going to be so happy together. Congratulations!
9. It’s been so lovely to watch you throughout your relationship and we’re truly so happy for you both!
10. Happy engagement! This is the best news and we’re excited to officially welcome [INSERT NAME] to the family, although you’ve basically been part of it since day one anyway.

Engagement messages for a sibling

If your sibling has proposed to their other half, it can be a nice touch to let them know just how happy you are for them with a congratulatory message. And don’t worry if you’re stuck for ideas, just steal one of the following: 

1. Bro/sis, I’m so excited for you! Sending lots of love your way (and I can’t wait for the wedding).
2. Huge congrats! You found your forever person, and I get a new wonderful sibling-in-law! 
3. I’m so thrilled you’re so happy. Congrats on the engagement bro/sis! 
4. Congratulations! I can’t wait to watch you walk down the aisle (and pretend I’m not sobbing…).
5. Watching you fall in love has been epic. Seeing you get engaged? Even better. 
6. You guys are the perfect match. Happy engagement! 
7. My little brother/sister is getting married? When did we all get this old?! 
8. Looking forward to embarrassing you in a wedding speech! 
9. Seeing you so happy makes my heart full. You deserve it all, happy engagement! 
10. Here’s to a lifetime of happiness bro/ sis! Sending you all the love in the world. 

Engagement wishes for daughter

Looking for a congratulations on your engagement message for your lovely daughter? We’ve got you covered:

1. As my forever little girl, I’m so pleased you’ve found your person.
2. Seeing your daughter get engaged really hits home just how much she’s grown up. Congratulations to both of you!
3. May your marriage be just as happy and full of love as ours has been.
4. Wishing you both all the love in the world, especially now that you’re on track for getting wed.
5. I’m finally going to get a son/daughter-in-law, how exciting!
6. Happy engagement day! As a parent, it doesn’t get much better than this.
7. From the start, I knew the two of you were going to last and I’m so excited for you to start this new chapter together.
8. Congratulations on your engagement, get ready for some embarrassing dancing from your parents at the wedding!
9. Currently feeling all the emotions but couldn’t be happier for you and your future husband/wife.
10. You’ve grown up to be such a beautiful woman and I can’t wait to watch you walk down the aisle.

And why not pick up one of our daughter engagement cards while you’re here to really put a smile on her face?

Engagement wishes for son

Has your son taken the leap and gotten down on one knee? It’s completely understandable if you’re just so overcome with emotion that you can’t even think. That’s why we’ve got some engagement wishes for your son that will come in handy when it comes to sending a card their way:

1. It took you long enough! Just kidding, we‘re so proud of the man you’ve become.
2. Congratulations on your engagement, son! Won’t be long until we have to get you suited and booted.
3. Dear son and future daughter-in-law, it’s so lovely to see you both taking the next step in your relationship and may you always love and adore one another.
4. Son, today is a huge moment in your life. As your parents, we couldn’t be more excited for you and know you’re going to make an exceptional husband.
5. I always had hope that one day you’d experience what true love is like, and I can’t wait to watch you both at the altar.
6. Happy engagement! Hope you’re ready for some embarrassing speeches once your wedding day finally arrives.
7. Congratulations to a wonderful couple, you’re both absolutely perfect for one another and it’s been so lovely to watch your love blossom.
8. Sending lots of love to the newly engaged couple, crazy to think that I’m going to have a married son!
9. Best wishes to the both of you as you start a new adventure together as an engaged couple, including lots of wedding planning to do.
10. Truly one of the proudest moments as your mum/dad is seeing you grow up and find your soulmate, I’m so happy for you both!

Engagement quotes

If you’re a little stuck on things to write in an engagement card, how about adding a loving quote into the mix? Celebrities, authors and poets have said some insightful things about engagements in their time, and you might as well take advantage of their wise words, right?

1. “The best thing to hold onto in life is each other.” — Audrey Hepburn
2. “Where there is love there is life.” — Mahatma Gandhi
3. “Engagement marks the end of a whirlwind romance and beginning of an eternal love story.” — Rajeev Ranjan
4. “True love stories never have endings.” — Richard Bach
5. “To love and to be loved is to feel the sun from both sides.” — David Viscott
6. “Remember tonight, for it is the beginning of always.” — Dante Alighieri
7. “Chains do not hold a marriage together. It is threads, hundreds of tiny threads, which sew people together through the years.” — Simone Signoret
8. “The secret of a happy marriage remains… a secret.” — Henny Youngman
9. “I feel that there is nothing more truly artistic than to love people.” – Vincent Van Gogh
10. “A successful marriage requires falling in love many times, always with the same person.” – Mignon McLaughlin

Need some more inspiration on things to write in a greeting card? Head on over to the thortful blog to find posts on the likes of what to write in a wedding card, perfect for when the big day has been finalised. And discover other handy pre-wedding day blogs on engagement gift ideas and how to plan the perfect engagement party!