What to write in a 30th birthday card

  1. I can't believe it took you 30 years to become a grown up. Well, better late than never! Happy birthday.
  2. 30th birthdays can be tough, but look on the bright side. You're halfway to all those retirement benefits! Happy birthday!
  3. Can you believe it?! Only 10 more years until you are a 40-year-old! Well, you better enjoy this decade. At least you are not THAT old yet! Happy 30th birthday!
  4. You really understand that you are 30 when for the first time in your life you can't blow all the candles in one breath! Happy birthday!
  5. Give your twenties a long, hearty goodbye. Starting today, you'll never see them again. Happy 30th.
  6. Teenagers might think you're old now, but at least the seniors think you're a kid! Happy 30th!
  7. Aging is a hard process, especially when you begin a new decade. You start realizing that time is indeed going by and that you are growing old. However, aging is also a great thing. We become more responsible and mature. Let's look on the positive side and let's celebrate your wonderful milestone. Happy 30th birthday!
  8. Tick, tock, tick, tock. The countdown to your midlife crisis has officially started! Happy 30th!
  9. Now that you've turned thirty, you'll get a lot more respect than you did at 29. Enjoy it! Happy birthday!
  10. I think the best idea you've ever had was not to actually buy 30 candles, but just the 3 and the 0. You are getting old and your lungs don't have the energy they had when you were 29. Just teasing you! Happy birthday!
  11. May God bless you on this very special day. I wish you good health, positivity and lots of love. Happy 30th birthday!
  12. You made most of your mistakes before you turned thirty, and you'll probably spend the years after thirty repenting for them. For now, kick back and relax. Enjoy your birthday.
  13. You may have turned thirty, but you still look so young that your age will never catch up with your beauty. Happy birthday!
  14. If you don't want to make people jealous, don't tell anyone you turned thirty. Not everyone gets to look as beautifully young as they did when they were twenty! Happy birthday.
  15. Turning thirty may seem like a drag, but you have a long and prosperous future ahead of you! Here's to getting the best of life on your 30th year.
  16. Happy 30th! You are now officially three decades old. Sounds like a lot, doesn't it?! Don't worry, you'll soon be over the hill! Happy birthday!
  17. Try not to think about the fact that you will never be a 20-year-old ever again. Instead, focus on the positive side: at least I am not writing you a "you are over the hill" card quite yet. Happy 30th birthday!
  18. If you're this depressed now, what are you going to do when in ten years you hit the big 4-0 mark? Come on, I'll even help you blow off all these candles. Happy 30th birthday!
  19. Your physical prime might be in decline, but at least your mental prime is on it's way! Happy 30th.
  20. Turning thirty is like driving down the freeway and seeing a welcome sign to the rest of your life. Enjoy your special day!
  21. Living well at 30 will make you younger and more spirited than the laziest 20 year old. Live to the fullest on your birthday!
  22. Wishing you all the best for this incredibly important day for you. May all your dreams come true! Happy 30th birthday from all of us!
  23. There is nothing better than celebrating your birthday with friends and family. We're honored to be able to share this special day with you. Happy 30th birthday!
  24. Congratulations on turning 29! I can't wait until you turn 29 again next year! Happy (not) 30th birthday!
  25. If you're still able to blow up all your balloons without wheezing, you're still as strong as you were when you were twenty! Happy 30th.
  26. Congratulations on the dirty-thirty! You better party your face off right now because in a few years you'll be 40 and too old to even think about partying. Ain't life fun?! Happy birthday!
  27. When you're twenty, you can't wait to turn thirty. When you're forty, you can't stop wishing you could go back! Have fun at this perfect age!
  28. Hey, only 30 more years until you can start paying half off on your movie tickets! Happy 30th birthday from all the people you love the most!
  29. From the bottom of my heart, I want to wish you the best and most special birthday you have ever had. I hope this brand new decade will be a thousand times better than the previous one! Happy 30th!
  30. I thought about getting you a bottle of booze so you could sink into it and drawn your sorrows. Then I remembered you are not 40 years old yet. Happy 30th birthday!
  31. Now that you are thirty, you can actually use sentences like "I know better because I'm older than you". And also, now that you are thirty, teenagers are going to seriously hate you. Good thing I'm not one of them! Happy birthday!
  32. Turning 30 gives you a bird's eye view of your life, so you can recognize your past mistakes with the newfound wisdom to correct them in the future. Happy birthday.
  33. You may be mature on the outside, but you're definitely still young at heart! Happy 30th birthday!
  34. You're officially to old for teenagers to trust you. Happy 30th birthday, oldie!
  35. Congratulations for being so positive on your 30th birthday! You're taking it much better than anybody I know. Happy birthday!
  36. What do you get a 30-year-old who has everything in life? Well, a special birthday card full of wishful thinking for a birthday filled with love and happiness! Happy 30th birthday!
  37. Thirteen marks the day you become a teenager. Twenty-one marks the day you become an adult. Thirty makes the day you become unofficially old! Happy birthday!
  38. Three decades is a really long time when you think about it. If you were a mortgage, you'd already be paid off! Happy birthday!
  39. Go ahead and put your real age on Facebook. Nobody will believe you, since you still look 20! Happy 30th Birthday.
  40. You aren't turning 30... You're just celebrating a decade of immaturity that started when you were 20! Happy birthday.
  41. I am so not the type of person who writes birthday cards. However, I couldn't pass on this wonderful occasion of wishing you the best 30th birthday!
  42. You're so spirited and youthful, you might be the youngest 30 year old I know! Happy birthday.
  43. Look at the positive side of the coin. When you turn 30, people start paying more respect to you and your opinion because you are not a young 20-year-old anymore. So, congratulations on your 30th birthday!
  44. I could think of a thousand jokes about aging. However, I decided not to tease you today. After all, it is your special day and all I want to say is HAPPY 30th BIRTHDAY! Ps. Don't worry, I'll starting making fun of you tomorrow!
  45. You know, I really wanted to make this card special. I tried to write so many different things, but ultimately all I could come up with is: happy 30th birthday!
  46. They should call turning thirty "tHURTing" because you're around the age when exercise starts you hurt you a lot more! Happy birthday.
  47. Don't get depressed! 30 is only one year more than 29 and I can guarantee you that I can't even tell the difference! Happy 30th birthday!
  48. The best thing about 30 is that you're never uncertain. You already know it's all downhill from here! Happy birthday!
  49. Congratulations on finally having 30 excuses to make the younger people do the heavy lifting for you. Happy birthday.
  50. You are now an official mature and responsible adult. This means you also have to start acting like one. Happy 30th birthday from all of us!
  51. Happy birthday! We wish you a great birthday and we hope that you get to spend this very special day with all the people you love and care about.
  52. 30 is the age between youth and old age. Make the most of it before you're past the point of no return - your forties! Happy birthday.
  53. I pray that God will bless you with everything you hope and wish for this year. May you spend this wonderful day surrounded by love. Happy 30th birthday!
  54. Isn't it ironic how when you turn 20 you just can't wait to turn 21 and then 22 and so on. However, when you turn 30 you wish you could start your 20s all over again. Life is strange! Happy 30th birthday!
  55. We all want to wish you a happy 30th birthday. We hope you will spend it surrounded by family and friends and that this year will bring you lots of happiness.
  56. Your 30th birthday party might seem like attending a funeral for your youth, but it's really a welcome party into the beginning of the rest of your life! Happy birthday.
  57. People say that aging makes you wiser. Do you feel any different? After all, you are aging pretty fast. Either way, congratulations for your 30th birthday!
  58. This is the year when candles are starting to become too many to count them. That's why in 10 years, we won't even bother putting them on the cake. Happy 30th birthday!
  59. Happy 30th birthday! We all wish you the best for this important milestone and hope this next decade will bring you all the joy and happiness you deserve.
  60. When you turned twenty, thirty seemed far. And forty seems far now, but just wait... Happy 30th!
  61. Kids drink wine to get drunk. Old people drink it to prevent heart disease. People your age drink wine to enjoy it, so congratulations on finally enjoying the finer things in life. Happy 30th.
  62. How come when you turn 30, your 20s seem so far away yet your 40s seem so close? Happy 30th birthday! Congratulations on reaching this great milestone.
  63. I don't know how honest it'd be for me to wish you a happy birthday when there's nothing happy about saying goodbye to your youth... But I can try. Happy 30th!
  64. Turning thirty doesn't really change much... except that you'll have to swap out your moisturizer for anti-aging cream! Happy birthday.
  65. Wow, you haven't aged at all! You still look as young as you did when you were 29. What's your secret?! Happy 30th birthday!
  66. Happy 30th birthday! I hope that all your dreams will come true and that you will enjoy this new exciting decade.
  67. It doesn't matter what the numbers are. All that matters is that your rebellious spirit stays in tact! Happy 30th birthday!
  68. Now that you are 30 years old, there are many things you can do that you were not allowed to do before. Examples? Well, there are none. I was just trying to make you feel young still. Happy birthday!
  69. It's the psychological aging more than the physical aging that makes you feel bitter and old at thirty. Happy birthday.
  70. Happy 30th birthday! Just remember that age is not just a number and people are actually going to expect you to be more responsible. After all, you can't blame it on being a 20-year-old anymore!
  71. I think I spent more when I bought all those candles than I did when I bought your actual birthday gift. Happy 30th birthday!
  72. Nobody better than you understands the aging process. After all, you are getting officially old now. Happy 30th birthday!