Happy Birthday Sayings
Birthdays are one of the many occasions celebrated in a year. It is meant to symbolize the day a person was born in this Earth. Every year, people celebrate it as a form of thanksgiving for the year that ended and the added year given to their lives. Some are secretive of their birthdays because they know they would be teased of getting older. Nevertheless, birthdays are still wonderful and fun. It can be celebrated through parties and having a good time, or by simple family gatherings at home. But more commonly, happy birthday sayings are given out through verbal greetings or by writing in personalized cards which are sent through mail or through the internet.
Depending on how close a person is to the celebrant, happy birthday sayings could be funny, naughty, or formal in nature. Those who are really close and have known each other for a long time could send out funny greetings to each other like the following:
- Happy Birthday! You are not getting much older, you are just a bit closer to dying.
- Happy Birthday! For this special day, I wish that you do not die just before you could finish this cake.
- You know you are getting old if the one thing you want for your birthday is not to be reminded of it.
- To grow old is compulsory, to grow up is optional.
- Birthdays are great for you. Based on statistics, the longest living people are the ones who have them the most.
Be selective of the people whom you send these kinds of greetings. Make sure that you are really close that they do not get offended.
For your superiors, colleagues, or close acquaintances, you could send the more formal ones that bring greetings and wishes such as:
- Happy birthday, I hope you get all the things that you desire.
- Happy birthday, may all your hopes, wishes, and dreams come true.
- Happy birthday, may you have more cakes to slice, and more candles to blow.
- Your birthday is only the first among 365 other days the Earth needs around the sun. Have fun on the journey.
- Wishing you all the best. May you experience lots of happiness that is never-ending.
These types of happy birthday sayings all depends on you. Simply wish the person good things like joy, happiness, peace, good health, and more. Usually these are not material things, just blessings that you would want them to have in their life.
Lastly, there are also happy birthday saying for those who were late in greeting their loved ones happy birthday probably because they forgot. So that the celebrant will not feel bad about you forgetting their special day, try some of the greetings below:
- How can you expect someone to remember it’s your birthday if you do not appear any older?
- Forgive me if I missed your special day. You had plenty already that I lost count.
- I am so blessed to have a friend such as you who would forgive me even if I forgot her/his birthday. Happy Belated Birthday.