30 Birthday Wishes for Your Boyfriend (Cute, Funny & Romantic)

He'll say he doesn't need anything and he'll mean it, and he'll still read your message four times. That's the thing about boyfriends: the sincerity gets deflected out loud and kept privately.

So send it anyway. Thirty wishes below — the funny ones work as an opener, and the honest one belongs last.

Short and sweet

• Happy birthday to my favourite person and my least sensible decision. Kidding. Mostly.

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• Another year of you. Genuinely my favourite thing. Happy birthday.

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• Happy birthday to the boy who makes everything more fun than it should be.

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• You're the best part of most of my days. Happy birthday.

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• Happy birthday. I like you an unreasonable amount.

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• Happy birthday to the person I'd rather be bored with than excited with anyone else.

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Romantic

• Happy birthday to the person who made me stop looking.

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• You are my favourite plan and my best surprise. Happy birthday.

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• I don't need a special day to tell you this, but I'll take the excuse. I love you. Happy birthday.

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• Happy birthday. Every good thing this year has your fingerprints on it.

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• You make me feel like myself, only calmer. Happy birthday, my love.

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• Happy birthday to the boy who feels like home.

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Funny

• Happy birthday! Another year closer to the day you finally reply to a text in under an hour.

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• Happy birthday to the man who has one recipe and unshakeable confidence about it.

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• You're older today. Still no closer to knowing where your wallet is. Happy birthday!

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• Happy birthday! I'd roast you more but it's your day, so I'll save it for tomorrow.

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• Congratulations on another year of thinking you can fix it yourself. Happy birthday.

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• Happy birthday to my boyfriend, who is very handsome and knows it, which is the only problem.

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For the sentimental ones

• Happy birthday. Thank you for being patient with me on the days I wasn't easy.

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• You've made me braver than I was before I met you. Happy birthday.

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• Happy birthday to the person who has never once made me feel like too much.

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• I'm proud of you in a way I don't say often enough. Happy birthday.

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• Happy birthday. Whatever you're chasing this year, I'm on your side of it.

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• You are so deeply good, and I hope today reminds you. Happy birthday.

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Long distance

• Happy birthday. Same sky, different postcode, still yours.

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• Celebrating you from far too many kilometres away today. Happy birthday.

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• Happy birthday — the hug is on backorder but it's coming.

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• Wish I could be there to watch you pretend you don't like a fuss. Happy birthday.

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• Happy birthday. Counting down to the next time I get to see you in person, not on a screen.

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• Distance is annoying. You're worth it. Happy birthday.

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Send it as something he'll play with

For a boyfriend, a game beats a paragraph. Send him a shell game where the answer is rigged in your favour, a spyglass that roasts him picture by picture, or five nested boxes he has to unwrap before he gets to the letter.

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