For daughters, their dads are their first loves; and for sons, their father is their first best friend. Whether or not you are close to your dad, one can’t deny that they make a huge impact in the lives of their children.
More than providers, they are often the rock, the anchor, and the pillar of the family. It’s comforting to know that you can always run to Papa, if ever you get a scraped knee or a broken heart.
• Challenges of Being a Dad in Today’s World
• How To Make Dads Feel Loved
• Best Birthday Wishes for Dad
• Birthday Wishes for Dads Who were Always There for You
• Birthday Wishes for Dads Who Always Try Their Best
• Birthday Wishes and Messages for Your Father
Challenges of Being a Dad in Today’s World
But fathers are humans, too. They’re not perfect. They make mistakes – some, bigger than others – and they usually distance themselves intentionally from their loved ones. There’s nothing that time can’t heal though. With the right words (and the right timing), fathers and their children can still repair the bonds broken by circumstance.
While a mother’s role with their kids is pretty straightforward, the relationship dynamic between children and fathers are more complex. Dads have a tendency to ‘show’ their love rather than be vocal about it. Hence, certain resentments grow simply because dad never said that he was proud.
Another challenge for the men in the family is hitting the balance between providing and spending quality time. On one hand, they may see frequent overtime at the office as beneficial for their loved ones. But the other party may not think so. This disparity, when left unresolved, could result in hidden bitterness, anger, and frustration that will eat away at the core of his relationships.
How To Make Dads Feel Loved
You don’t need to spend lots of money to fly dad to a paradise resort, or buy him a gold watch. Believe it or not, fathers long for and appreciate small, everyday gestures.
For example: tell him that you appreciate all his hard work and that he’s doing great at being a parent. If your dad has trouble expressing his emotions, be the one to say ‘I love you’. Inasmuch as moms yearn to hear compliments, dads are, too! Don’t underestimate how your words can affect your father. He may not look like he wants a ‘pat on the back’ – but he does!
Simple, homemade gifts
You don’t need to wait for his birthday or for Father’s Day to make him feel loved. Listening to him when he wants to tell you something, thanking him for picking up the groceries, or asking him about how his day went, are all good things to do to make dads feel cherished.
Not sure what to say? For those with dads celebrating their birthdays, pick out some warm wishes and messages from the list below. He’ll love reading them in a handmade card!
Birthday Wishes for Dads Who were Always There for You
• I wanted to send you a funny birthday message to make you laugh, but then I realized you are already too happy to have a son like me. Happy birthday!
• I wish to spend more time with you, pops. Keep your smile on and enjoy the day to the fullest. Happiest birthday to you.
• Thank you for being my first best friend. I cannot imagine to even survive my days without you. Happy birthday, my superhero.
• Thank you for always having my back even when I couldn’t keep my faith in myself. You are the best dad I could have asked for. Happy returns of the day.
• You are an inspiration, you make days brighter and night warmer. Thank you for always staying by my side. I love you so much.
• Thank you for being my father, my friend, and my teacher. I look up to you more than I love you. Respect for my pops on his day.
• Happy Birthday Dad! You surely gave us some amazing genes but not the ones that allow you to age backward. We are disappointed!
• Happy birthday to the adorable dad who will loosen his pockets and tighten his hugs for me just with a small tug.
• I am impressed that even though the number of candles on your cake increased, your sense of humor didn’t lose its touch. Happy birthday.
• Here are too many more bad jokes and not so funny memes I love you, my man! Happy birthday, dad!
• From helping me up when I fell to taking me out for practice after I missed the winning goal, you’ve taught me to never give up. I owe my success in life to you, and can’t wait to take you out for your birthday.
• I know I wasn’t always the perfect child, but you have always been the perfect dad. Thanks for fixing the little things I broke and for showing me how to correct my own mistakes as I grew. Enjoy your birthday today. I love you!
• As I was growing up, I remember myself always looking up to you, always admiring you, always having you as my role model. And judging by the person I am today, you’ve been a great role model dad! Happy birthday! Thank you for everything, I love you.
• From barbecues to fishing, to sports, and to computers there is literally nothing you can’t do! You’re like a super dad! And that is why I admire you! Happy birthday!
• Thank goodness looks are genetic! I hope I look half as good as you do at your age. Have a great birthday, and don’t forget to stop by the mirror and celebrate that you just get better looking every year.
• No matter how old you become, you will still be my best friend dad, after all, with whom am I going to watch the game on Sunday night if it’s not with my beloved dad? Happy birthday!
• No words can ever take the place of the feelings of my heart for you, hope your day is joyful.
• If I had a dollar for everything I love about you, I’d be rich! Happy birthday to a million dollar dad!
• I am the best that I can be because you taught me to never give up. Happy birthday, Dad!
• You always helped me chase my dreams, now it’s time you pursue yours. Happy birthday!
• I feel stronger just knowing that my dad believes in me, and I feel blessed knowing that he loves me more than anything else in the whole world. Happy birthday dad.
• Dear dad, I am your princess and you are my million colors of happiness. Happy birthday.
• Happy birthday to the man who taught me to be wise, how to pick myself up after a failure and rise. I love you dad.
• There is nothing in the whole world which can stop me, because I know I have my strong daddy to back me. Happy birthday.
• No matter how many birthdays go by, I will always be the little boy who you taught to fly. Happy birthday daddy.
• You are my best friend, more than just a dad. The fact that every kid does not have a father like you, makes me feel sad. Happy birthday.
• You are the most amazing, good-looking and smart person I’ve ever met in my entire life. Love you dad. Happy birthday.
• Hope your birthday celebration is going to put a big smile on your face and that it will be a day to remember for years to come. Love you.
• Happy Birthday to a dad who is such a great friend to me, what would I do without you. You’re the best.
• Dad, please keep in mind that I love you so much. I’m wishing you a lovely and colorful birthday.
Birthday Wishes for Dads Who Always Try Their Best
• Birthday wishes and dreams are all reserved for you today, daddy.
• I hope every candle you blow out will be a wish come true on your special day, papa.
• Happy birthday to a dad whose first name is brilliant, middle name is awesome and last name is fabulous.
• No gift can ever match the gift of love and affection you have given me all these years. Happy birthday dad.
• The world would be a better place if there were more dads like you. Happy birthday.
• There is not a single birthday gift in this world that can ever be worth your contribution in my life. Happy birthday to the best dad in the world.
• Look how beautifully I’ve been reared under your wing. Thanks dad, for giving me such an amazing upbringing. Happy birthday.
• You are like a large tree which gives fruit, shade and flowers to the whole family. Happy birthday dad.
• Some dads are strict while some dads are lenient. Dad, you are a different breed altogether… you are just super cool. Happy birthday.
• Dad, you have always been a good friend to me and I hope we will remain forever. Happy birthday.
• No matter the challenges we get in life, you are always in my mind. Happy birthday!
• Happy birthday, Papa. May your day be fantastic just like you!
• On your birthday I hope that you sit back and relax, you deserve to have a great time and enjoy the day.
• Happy Birthday to someone who lights up my life, may today bring you much joy.
• To my dearest papa, you are my compass. Thanks for always showing me the right path and for guiding me in the right direction. Happy birthday!
• Beloved dad, you are the only person that I know who does his very best whenever he can. Happy birthday.
• Happy glorious birthday to father your kind of love and care would surely elevate any family. We celebrate you, sir.
• Dad, you are a wonderful mentor and hero to me. I am looking up to you even now. Happy birthday.
• Happy birthday, father and guide. Thank you for being the lighthouse that keeps me safe during the storms of life.
• Dad, happy birthday. I hope today is a day full of love and relaxation. You deserve it.
• Happy birthday to the man who had my best interest at heart, even when I was too dumb to realize it. Love you.
• Sure, you may be a little bit older, but that’s no reason you can’t act like a kid! Have fun on your birthday dad.
• A father of your caliber deserves more than a happy birthday. You deserve a stupendous, breathtaking, extraordinary birthday!
• All these years later you still know how to party, keep rocking dad. We love you
• Relax dad, have a drink and put your feet up. It’s your birthday, and we are going to take care of you.
• Happy birthday dad. May all your fish be big, your beers cold, and your teams win.
• Wear your gray hairs proudly dad. They are memories of all our times. Happy birthday!
• I am impressed that even though the number of candles on your cake increased, your sense of humor didn’t lose its touch. Happy birthday.
• You make me proud of you every single day. Happiest birthday, daddy.
• Growing old was mandatory for you but growing wise was a choice. And you did it like a champ. Happy birthday dad!
Birthday Wishes and Messages for Your Father
• Enjoy all the love and attention on your special day. Happy birthday, Dad.
• Have a wonderful birthday. I wish your every day to be filled with lots of love, laughter, happiness and the warmth of sunshine.
• I hope your special day will bring you lots of happiness, love and fun. You deserve them a lot. Enjoy!
• On your special day, I wish you good luck. I hope this wonderful day will fill up your heart with joy and blessings. Have a fantastic birthday!
• Special day, special person and special celebration. May all your dreams and desires come true in this coming year. Happy birthday.
• Wish your birthday celebration will be as fantastic as you are. Happy birthday.
• The guidance I got in all these years was wonderful. I’m very grateful to you, Dad. Wishing you a very happy birthday.
• What a wonderful and exciting day for you. Happy birthday!
• On this birthday occasion, enjoy some cake and take some time for yourself. You deserve to celebrate big.
• Best wishes in your celebrations and the rest of your life.
• May God bless your beautiful heart and soul with happiness all the days of your life. Happy birthday.
• Looking forward to seeing you on your big birthday.
• Dad, you’re one in a million. In other words, you’re one of a kind. The best, most loving kind. Happy birthday!
• May you live your life with your terms and achieve beautiful moments. Happy birthday.
• Thank you for all the grateful memories that you have given us with your beautiful company. Happy birthday.
• I am so thankful for having a dad like you. Happy birthday!
• Its time to enjoy the fruits of your good deeds. Happy birthday dad!
• Dear Dad, you truly are an inspiration for all of us. Happy birthday!
• We are grateful for all the wonderful memories that you shared with us. You are never getting old in this life.
• Thank you, Dad, for being so kind and supportive. Happy birthday!
• May your life be filled with more of children’s games and less paper works. Happy birthday dad!
• Your fatherly love and care made our life beautiful and kept us out of trouble. Happy birthday!
• May your life be blessed beyond your wildest imagination. Wishing you a cheerful birthday, dear dad.
• Happy birthday, dad! Thanks for being my no. 1 MVP.
• Daddy, you’ve given me so many invaluable things in life and I will always be grateful for them. May your special day bring you plenty of wonderful surprises!
• Thank you for believing in me when I need it most. I wish you a joyous day and a wonderful year ahead!
• You are my teacher and my guide. Stay awesome, dad, happy birthday!
• I will always cherish all the priceless lessons that you have given me. Have a wonderful birthday, dad!
• The most heartfelt birthday greetings to a one-of-a-kind father.
• Dear dad, thank you for always being there for us without getting in the way. May you have many more birthdays to come.
He is the person you will spend the rest of your life with.
The father of your children and someone you know you could always rely on.
You have been through so much together that it is impossible to imagine life without him.
He is your husband, your better half.
Would you let his birthday pass without giving him a special greeting telling him what is inside your heart?
Life has blessed me with more than I could ever ask for. Thank you for being that gift, my love! Happy Birthday
To such a wonderful husband, I wish you good health so we could explore more places together, patience to deal with me when I am having a bad day and love that will strengthen our bond during the good and the bad. I love you! Wonderful birthday!
Seeing you beside me with each waking moment, chatting the night away until we fall asleep and holding my hand when life gets though – It is hard to imagine what life would be like without you. Happy birthday, darling! I am looking forward to conquering more journeys with you!
Time may turn our hair grey, wrinkle our skins, and knock our teeth out. There is one thing that time cannot change though – that is my love for you! Happy birthday!
Thank you for being such a wonderful father to our children, a reliable provider and a sturdy foundation of our home. Best birthday, honey! How could life bless me so!
I can still remember the first time I laid eyes on you. I reckoned, “This guy is too good for me, there is no way that he will fall for a girl like me.” Then, we met at the party, chatting, drinking and dancing all night long. After three days, I did not hear from you. “That was it”, I thought. I desire too much. I want too much. But, you waited patiently outside my class, looking really nervous. With that beautiful smile of yours, you asked me to have coffee with you. The rest was history. Here we are now, sharing a home with our lovely children. I can kiss you anytime I want to. We can go on date anytime we want (That is, if we even the luxury of time). You are my husband. You are mine. Happy birthday, honey! Know that I still wake up thinking that this is all a dream. You are too good to be true! I love you!
Mr.Bean Birthday Video
You are everything in my life rolled in one: my best friend, my lover, my confidante and my soul mate! God has blessed me so much for you are my dream come true! Wonderful birthday, love!
To my sun and star, I will always be the moon of your life, guiding you whenever darkness obscures you path. I love you, my Khal Drogo! Happy Birthday, from your Khaleessi.
May you achieve your life long dreams and be filled with love and care all days of your life. Best Birthday, my husband!
To this very day, you never seize to amaze me, you still like giving me foot rubs when I am sore with all errands. You patiently listen to how I rant about my troubles. You shower me with kisses when I don’t feel beautiful and tells me otherwise. You still plan for our date nights even if we are both busy with work and the kids. I love you! Time may change us but I assure you that my love for you will only grow stronger and I hope that yours will too! Happy birthday, my love!
We are not perfect, we fight, we argue over little things, we have our individual flaws and at times, almost on the verge of breaking up. Even so, here we are, 10 years strong together. We did not take the easy way out. We reconcile, forgive and work things out. I am proud of us, love. Everything that threatens to tear us apart only made us stronger. I am looking forward to 50 more years with you! Happy birthday! I love you to the moon and back.
In spite of the daily dose of morning breaths and the occasional explosive farts and loud burps, you decided to stay anyway. There is no backing out now, my love. Thank you for loving the imperfect me. I love you now and forever.
For me, you are stronger than Superman, richer than Batman, faster than The Flash and sharper than The Arrow! You are the only superhero I need in my life. Thank you taking the decision of fighting life’s challenges with me. Wonderful birthday, my husband!
I do not need a prince charming or a superhero to rescue me in times of distress. All I need is my husband who will stay with me no matter how circumstances try to break me down. Happy birthday, honey! Thank you for always being a reliable shoulder to lean on.
My dream is quite simple: be married to the right man and have beautiful children with him. Thank you for making my dreams come true! Happy birthday, darling!
Happy Birthday Husband Wishes List
To more turns of changing our baby’s nasty diaper, to lulling him to sleep at 3am in the morning; to sleepless nights and a dose of caffeine to get us through the day; to witnessing together his first and last day in school, to walking him down the aisle and giving him away to his wife; until we have our grandchildren and watch them play in our backyard every Sunday afternoons. Let us stay together and witness all these wonderful marvels to come. I love you now and ever. Happy birthday, my love!
Open the champagne and bring out the barbeque! It is your day today! Happy bday, my love!
God has blessed me with an amazing husband and loving children. I couldn’t ask for any better! Thank you for being a blessing in my life. Happy birthday, my darling!
You are the gentle wind that combs away my sorrows, the rain that washes me with multitudes of happiness and the sunshine that chases away the darkness. Happy birthday, my sweetheart! I love you!
Life is not perfect. We are not perfect. But what we have is more than perfect. Have a wonderful new chapter ahead, love. May we venture strongly through the succeeding chapters of our lives together. Happy birthday, my sunshine!
I may not be as hot as you first saw me when I was 16. I may not be as gorgeous when you married me at 26. I may not be as beautiful when we first had our child at 30. But one thing will remain unchanging and only ever growing, that is all the love I have for you! Happy bday, love!
Until we are gray and old, all faded and out of fashion.
Until we have toothless smiles, wrinkly and rocking a cane or walker.
Until we start to forget our names, but not our love.
No matter how tough the tide of life may drift us all the way through,
Let us stay awesome together, hand-in-hand, and we will emerge victorious as the perfect two.
Every single day, I keep falling deeper and deeper in love with you. Your imperfections make you the perfect partner I could ever want and needed for in my journey. You made me see life with great possibilities. We learned so much from each other and looking forward to learning more! Happy birthday, love! Let us ride the tides of life together. As long as we have each other, we will pass through any storm, stronger and wiser than before.
Looking back from the time we first met, until today that we have beautiful children – we have been through so much together, haven’t we? Are you ready to trek further until we are grey and old? Happy birthday, love! Let us look ahead with big hopes and strength into the future together.
Who would have imagined that I will end up with my dream boy? Yes, I am living a dream come true because of you! Wonderful birthday, my darling!
Thank you for supporting my craziest dreams.
Thank you for being the rock and shelter I could lean on.
Thank you for covering me in your warm embrace when I am frozen with fear and sadness.
Thank you for loving me in spite of it all.
Most, of all, thank you for just being you!
I love you, my sun and stars.
You deserve the very best that life has to offer.
Happy birthday!
I don’t need Captain America and his amazing righteousness.
I don’t need Iron Man and his overwhelming gadgets.
I don’t need Thor and his crazy sexiness.
I don’t need Hulk and his incredible strength.
I don’t need Hawkeye and his inhumane sharpness.
All I need is you.
Your imperfect, perfect ways of making me feel loved, secured and cherished.
Wonderful birthday, my husband!
Let us mark this special day with an awesome round of wine and beers with our mates. Let us get all sugar high with all the cakes. Let us stuffed ourselves with the most delicious and mouth-watering steaks in the neighbourhood. Happy birthday, love!
May you never rob, lie or kill.
If you should rob,rob away all the darkness in my life.
If you should lie, lie with me until all the stars fall out.
If you should kill, kill all my doubts and sorrows away.
Happy birthday! I love you always!
Life will try to break us apart. Circumstances will attempt to drift us far away from each other. But my darling, know that all we need is faith in our love for one another. Remember our vows? Play it in your mind when it seems tempting to let go. I will never break apart and I hope you will too. Best birthday! Know that I will always love you no matter what.
Thank you for trusting me with your darkest secrets and insecurities; for coming home and telling me how your day was. Thank you for tirelessly saying that I am beautiful; for looking at me like I am the most perfect girl in your eyes. Most of all, thank you for choosing to love me and deciding on spending the rest of your life with me. Happy birthday!
Funny Birthday Wishes for Husband
To my better half I hope you have the best birthday yet today. You mean the world to me, baby. Love you today and always.
You make me smile every single day of my life and bring so much love to my life, happy birthday baby.
Happy birthday to my man, who is more than I could have hoped for and then some. You are my everything.
I want to take today to tell you that I love you with all I have and today is a time to celebrate all that you are, the amazing person I love. Happy birthday and here's to new memories.
I am looking forward to celebrating another birthday together. I love you more than words, baby. Happy birthday.
May you have an amazing day today on your birthday and get everything you're dreaming of. I love you, happy birthday baby.
To the man who has stolen my heart, I love you and I wish you the very happiest birthday. Hugs and kisses.
Happy birthday to the one who makes my days complete, I love being on this journey with you. Cant wait for more, I love you.
I look forward to many adventures that we will share together. Happy birthday my love.
To my baby, you mean so much to me and I hope you enjoy this day. Happy birthday to you my love and many more.
To my love, I never knew what I was missing until I found it in you. Now, I feel complete and couldn't imagine life not by your side. I love you to the moon, my everything, happy birthday.
Happy birthday to the one who gets me and lets me just be me. I couldn't ask for more and feel complete with you by my side, love you always.