Is there something new and shiny in your loved one's life? Once you're done screaming for joy, we've got the perfect engagement wishes to help you express your happiness.
118 Heartfelt Engagement Wishes to Celebrate the Happy Couple
Updated on Aug. 29, 2024
Engagement wishes for friends
- Congratulations! Can’t wait to celebrate the next chapter with you. Love, Your official third wheel.
- Here’s to love, friendship and a big party to celebrate both! Happy engagement!
- You don’t marry the person you can live with but the person you can’t live without. Happy engagement!
- The only person who loves you more than you love each other is me. And maybe your moms. Congratulations on your engagement!
- Finally! Can’t wait to celebrate your special day!
- One million congratulations! May your love shine more brightly every day, your wedding venue offer a discount and your relatives all get along (at least until the photos have been snapped).
- Happiness: what you’ll always have. Love: what you’ll always share. An engagement ring: what will sparkle forever. Congratulations!
- Congratulations on your engagement! Enjoy this special time together—wedding-planning stress will be here before you know it.
- Out of all the billions of people in the world, you two found each other for a lifetime of love. And I found you for a lifetime of friendship. I couldn’t be happier for you!
- I’ve been lucky enough to be your best friend for a while now, and I’ve seen you grow so much as people and as a couple. Here’s to a lifetime of growth, happiness and love. Congratulations on your engagement!
- You’re getting married—congratulations! I can’t wait to help you plan the wedding, keep the kids out of the cake and get the grandmas on the dance floor.
- I can’t believe I have to share my best friend with their new spouse. At least you’re perfect for each other!
- I haven’t stopped smiling since I heard your news! Thanks for making me the happiest friend in town, and congratulations on getting engaged!
- Congrats on finally locking this thing down. You’re both too amazing not to be together!
- This engagement couldn’t have happened to a nicer couple! Congratulations to two of my best friends.
- I’m so proud of you for following Beyoncé’s advice: You liked it, so you put a ring on it. Congratulations!
- Two of my best friends are now fiancés! Warmest wishes to my favorite couple.
- I’ve been a lucky guest at a lot of your big life events, but this one is my favorite so far. Congratulations!
- Marriage is a journey, and your engagement is just the beginning of the long and beautiful road you’ll travel together. Congrats!
Now that you know what to write in an engagement card for your pals, find the perfect engagement gift. (We’ve got a few ideas for you there too!)
Engagement wishes for your son or daughter
- Congratulations! Your father is already practicing his dance moves for the wedding, and I’m practicing my happy tears. We love you both so much!
- From the day you were born, we pictured this moment, and we couldn’t be more thrilled with how your love story is unfolding. We love you, and we love [insert name].
- Two wonderful people spending their lives together—what could make an old man happier? Congratulations to you both!
- Someone so special to me has found someone so special to them. I couldn’t be happier. Congratulations!
- As your family, we’ve always been picky about your partners. But with your new fiancée/fiancé, we have no complaints. Congratulations!
- Since the day you brought him/her home, we’ve hoped we would one day add him/her to the family because we saw how happy he/she makes you. Congratulations on your engagement!
You’ll need more beautiful words on the big day, of course. Start planning now for your wedding toast!
Engagement wishes for your future son-in-law or daughter-in-law
- Congratulations on your engagement! Thank you for making our family a bit more wonderful.
- You aren’t just marrying the love of your life. You’re also joining our family, and we are so excited to have you. Congratulations!
- I couldn’t ask for a better daughter-in-law. Thank you for making my son so happy.
- We’re thrilled to add a permanent new place setting at the table. Congratulations on your engagement!
- You’ve made us the happiest family in the world! Can’t wait to celebrate with you.
- Welcome to the family!
- I can’t wait to get newer and bigger family photos taken with you in them—welcome to the family wall!
Sure, they just got engaged, but it’s never too early to start thinking about wedding gifts!
Engagement wishes for your sister or brother
- I’ve often wondered who would end up marrying my little brother, and I’m so happy that she’s this amazing! Congratulations, you two!
- Congratulations! I’m so excited to be getting a new sister!
- As your sister, who knows you the best and loves you the most, I couldn’t have picked a more perfect partner for you. Congratulations on your engagement!
- Congratulations! As the keeper of all your embarrassing childhood stories, it’s my duty to plan your bachelor party. Sorry!
- Our family just keeps growing bigger … and happier. Congrats on your engagement!
- Congratulations on your engagement. I can’t wait to be the favorite aunt! Too soon?
Whether you’re looking for a funny or sentimental vibe, these quotes for brothers and sisters will also do the trick.
Engagement wishes for a parent
- Watching you two love each other has set a beautiful example of what a loving relationship looks like. Congratulations on taking this step and making it official.
- We’re so looking forward to becoming your family! Thank you for making my mother the happiest woman in the world.
- We’ve never doubted the choices you’ve made, and we were right—you always make the right choice for you. Congratulations on your engagement!
- You are so happy, and we’re even happier for you. Congratulations!
- Our family is like a gorgeous painting. Thank you for adding a little more color, depth and brightness with [insert partner’s name]—our picture is more beautiful with him/her.
These thoughtful family quotes can also help you craft the perfect engagement wishes for a parent who is remarrying.
Short engagement wishes
- Engaged has a nice ring to it! Congrats!
- I can’t wait to see you both walk down the aisle!
- Sending my warmest wishes to the two of you.
- To a beautiful soon-to-be bride and groom! Congratulations!
- Congratulations! I sense a lifetime of love and happiness incoming!
- Two people have never been a better match. Congratulations!
- Congratulations! I can’t wait to hear all the details.
- I ship you two!
- May you live happily ever after.
- Here’s to a beautiful future together!
- Warmest wishes on this most special of days.
- Congratulations! I know you’ll continue to make each other very happy.
- Wishing you all the best in this exciting new chapter.
- Here’s to many long and happy years together!
- All the happiness in the world is yours! Congratulations!
- This is the best news! Congratulations on your engagement.
- What a wonderful and welcome surprise. Congratulations!
- Congratulations! May your married life be full of joy and fun.
- A lifetime of love and happiness is coming your way. Congrats!
- You two are made for each other!
Even if you don’t know someone that well, short but heartfelt engagement wishes or a genuine “thinking of you” message can go a long way.
Meaningful engagement wishes
- May your life together be as beautiful as your love for each other.
- You two are proof that soulmates are real and that true love exists. Can’t wait to cry on your special day!
- Congratulations on finding the perfect person to spend your life with. I’m so happy for you both!
- Marriage is a mosaic you build together: Millions of tiny moments make up one big love story.
- You two are the ship that will weather the storms of life and delight in the calm days. Congratulations!
- To love and be loved is the greatest joy life can bring. Congratulations, and warmest wishes for a wonderful marriage.
- I’m so happy you found each other! Congratulations on the next step in your beautiful journey together.
- The happier the engagement, the more fun the wedding and the longer-lasting the marriage. I’ve never seen two people look happier, which means you’ve got it figured out already!
- May your love story continue forever and your happiness grow every year.
- I don’t know anyone luckier than you, except for maybe your soon-to-be groom. Congratulations to the most fortunate couple around.
- Here’s to falling in love with each other every day in new ways. Congratulations on your engagement, and warmest wishes for a long and happy life together.
- Congratulations! I’m so happy for you both. Just keep loving each other, and the rest will fall into place.
- May you walk miles and miles hand in hand. Congratulations!
- Congratulations on your new life chapter! Wishing you every blessing as you embark on your marriage.
- You are such a lovely couple. Congratulations on your engagement, and warmest wishes for every happiness life can bring.
- Congratulations on getting engaged! Watching this loving, supportive relationship blossom has been a true delight. Looking forward to celebrating your love!
- The engagement is the easy part. For a long-lasting marriage, you need love and respect. Luckily, you have both in spades. Congratulations!
- You’re about to embark on one of life’s greatest adventures together. May the road ahead be filled with gorgeous vistas, smooth stretches, exciting turns, ascending switchbacks and some easy downhill coasts.
- May the spark of your love light the way through the years ahead and always guide you back to each other.
- This is such wonderful news! We couldn’t be more excited about your engagement. It’s not just “yes” to a wedding; it’s “yes” to a lifetime of light and love. Congratulations!
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Funny engagement wishes
- There’s no way to guarantee a lifetime of happiness, but that gorgeous ring is a great start. Congrats!
- Fiancé? Fiancée? Either way, this calls for a parté!
- Thank you for giving me an excuse to pop the champagne. Congratulations on your engagement!
- I’m so happy that you two awesome nerds found each other. Can’t wait for your wedding!
- Marriage is the alliance of two people: one who never remembers birthdays and one who never forgets them. See, you’re perfect together!
- Congratulations on getting engaged! Next up: the joy of the wedding registry.
- Congratulations! I’m 90% happiness, 9% happy tears and 1% up for an open bar at your wedding.
- Thank you for kicking off a stream of great parties: engagement, bachelorette, wedding and anniversary. Congratulations!
- You two are engaged? That must mean we’re officially old! Congratulations anyway!
- Anyone can catch your eye, but it took someone this weird and cute to catch your heart. Congratulations on your engagement!
- You don’t fall in love with someone for their looks, their bank account or their job. You fall in love with them for their ability to whip up an amazing breakfast. Here’s to a lifetime of great mornings!
- Thank you both for removing yourselves from the dating pool. You were tilting the averages with your good looks.
- I’m so happy for you both! You’ve found that one special person you want to annoy for the rest of your lives. Congratulations!
- You’re guaranteed a ring and a life partner, but if you do your wedding registry right, you could also get a brand-new washing machine!
- It looks like you guys are getting serious! Just kidding. Congratulations on your upcoming wedding!
- Pop the bubbly—you’re getting a hubby! I’m so happy for you both!
- Congratulations, you two! I can’t wait to ugly-cry at your wedding.
- I can’t wait to see you two grow old(er) together. Congrats!
- Congratulations on your engagement! Here’s a list of who is crying today: me (happy tears), your mothers (happy tears) and everyone who just realized you’re both off the market (tears of devastation). Can’t wait to celebrate with you!
Like this sort of humor? Then you’ll love these funny quotes about marriage, friendship and everything in between!
Engagement quotes
- “A successful marriage requires falling in love many times, always with the same person.” —Mignon McLaughlin
- “When you realize you want to spend the rest of your life with somebody, you want the rest of your life to start as soon as possible.” —Harry in When Harry Met Sally …
- “Love keeps the cold out better than a cloak.” —Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
- “You’ll be the prince and I’ll be the princess/ It’s a love story, baby, just say, ‘Yes.'” —Taylor Swift, “Love Story”
- “I have found the one my soul loves.” —Song of Solomon, The Bible
- “Love is the longing for the half of ourselves we have lost.” —Milan Kundera, The Unbearable Lightness of Being
- “What a grand thing, to be loved! What a grander thing still, to love!” —Victor Hugo, Les Misérables
- “If soulmates do exist, they’re not found. They’re made.” —Michael in The Good Place
- “May this marriage be full of laughter, our every day in paradise.” —Rumi
- “Don’t get so busy making a living that you forget to make a life.” —Dolly Parton
- “I love being married. It’s so great to find that one special person you want to annoy for the rest of your life.” —Rita Rudner
- “Some people are worth melting for.” —Olaf in Frozen
- “Let there be spaces in your togetherness, and let the winds of the heavens dance between you. Love one another but make not a bond of love: Let it be rather a moving sea between the shores of your souls.” —Kahlil Gibran, The Prophet
- “We loved with a love that was more than a love.” —Edgar Allan Poe, “Annabelle Lee”
- ”Romance is the glamour which turns the dust of everyday life into a golden haze.” —Elinor Glyn
- “To speak frankly, I am not in favour of long engagements. They give people the opportunity of finding out each other’s character before marriage, which I think is never advisable.” —Oscar Wilde, The Importance of Being Earnest
After you’ve sent your engagement wishes and the happy couple is in the full swing of wedding planning, send them these hilarious wedding memes before the big day.
Additional reporting by Chloë Nannestad.
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- Kelly Browne, note-writing etiquette expert and author of 101 Ways to Say Thank You: Notes of Gratitude for Every Occasion; email interview, Aug. 1, 2024
