42 Special 30th Birthday Wishes

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Turning 30 is like finally reaching the sweet spot where fine wine meets old age. The lucky birthday boy or girl is still young enough to enjoy the last bit of their youth with all their five senses intact! Whether it’s your dear brother, sister, son, daughter, partner, or best friend hitting this important milestone, they deserve amazing birthdays every year. And this year is no exception – in fact, it’s one of the biggest ones yet!  As the saying goes, “time and tide wait for no man [or woman]”, so let’s help the lucky 30-year-olds make sure they don’t waste a minute of their wonderful day thinking about anything that doesn’t fill their hearts and minds with pure joy. Now, let’s dive in and find the perfect birthday greeting to make your loved one’s day truly special in every way possible.

Short and sweet 30th birthday wishes

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  1. Happy 30th birthday wishes to you as you celebrate completing thirty years of your wonderful life. This is definitely a birthday worth celebrating so have all the fun you can!
  2. Happy birthday old timer! Wishing you nothing but good vibes and prosperity in your thirtieth year and many more years ahead.
  3. Woohoo! You’ve finally hit the big 3-0! This calls for the most wonderful celebration to herald the start of this new superior decade of being the fabulous you in all your glory.
  4. Happy 30th birthday amigo! It’s time to reset the clock and create more amazing memories to mark the end of the past decade. Get your party gear on and let’s go!
  5. Welcome to your thirties, the age where life begins, as they say. Hope you have a fantastic day with every family member you’re close to and all your amazing friends.
  6. Sending happy 30th birthday wishes to the birthday boy, or “man” should I say. You’ve now excelled from a young adult to just an adult, but thankfully not yet a senior citizen! 
  7. Sending you a special birthday wish to bless you with all the luck you can receive as you enter your thirtieth year. Have a fantastic day and another incredible decade ahead.
  8. I love short birthday wishes. Straight to the point without messing around or wasting brain power. On that note, Happy 30th birthday, have a fantastic day. Peace! 
  9. Sending the lucky birthday girl happy 30th birthday wishes as she leaps into another incredible decade. I hope this new year breathes fresh air into your beautiful life.
  10. Wishing the birthday boy, or should I say, birthday man, an amazing 30th birthday with heaps of love, laughter and all the cake one can handle. 

Funny 30th birthday wishes

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  1. Happy freaking birthday to my best friend who’s always gone above and beyond to support me in all of my ventures, no matter how crazy they might have been! Here’s to staying forever young at heart even when our bones eventually start screaming out old age. 
  2. On the bright side, you’ve now technically past your “party years”, so you can spend more time focusing on self-improvement and achieving your dreams. The bad news is conversations just aren’t as fun. Talking ‘adult’ just doesn’t seem as fun as it used to when we’d watch our elders speaking about grown-up things when we were kids.   
  3. I was going to buy you a traditional birthday card, but who wants a constant physical reminder staring them in the face every morning that they’ve just reached their dirty thirties? So instead, I decided to send you this digital birthday message that you can read, digest, and delete to erase any references to old age with ease.
  4. Happy 30th birthday you old fart! At this age, a fun surprise is finding $10 in the pocket of a jacket you haven’t worn in a while, and then trying to trace your thoughts back to when you were last stressing about losing $10. Have a fantastic day celebrating your birthday, I hope somebody buys you a wallet as a birthday gift.
  5. Welcome to Club 30! I’m referring to your age, not a new local venue. Get used to your back going out more than you do and prepare to trade the hair from your head in for new hairs in the most random places. This important milestone comes with many surprises and  I wish you the best in dealing with all the new and unexpected challenges ahead!
  6. Enjoy all the cake you can today, because now that you’re thirty, the number of comments about slowing down and watching what you eat is about to increase substantially. Anyone who tells you to eat slowly today most likely has an ulterior motive to hoover up the food before you get to it, make sure you beat them to it!  
  7. Happy freaking birthday to the stunning birthday girl! Here’s to staying young in mind and soul for as long as possible, even if the body didn’t get the memo! Only a few more years left to have a proper lingerie party before everything starts sagging so here’s to a fun-filled and exhilarating birthday weekend ahead!
  8. Wa-hey! Happy 30th! You’ve finally checked out of your 20s and into the first year of your thirties. Considering all the senseless stunts you’ve pulled over the past thirty years, I can hardly believe that you have lasted three entire decades without becoming a victim of natural selection and being wiped out by one of many dangers that you’ve dodged. 

Cheeky 30th birthday wishes

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  1. Happy 30th birthday buddy! Some people make all their mistakes in their 20s, but knowing you, there’s plenty more to come as you enter this next decade. So get ready for more clumsiness, longer recovery periods, and the inevitable burden of new boring, but essential, responsibilities. Funny how the tone and level of adulting have changed since last year when I sent you your 29th birthday wishes!
  2. Happy 30th birthday you old fart! While some may usher in this new superior decade by establishing a new workout regime and fixing their diet, others treat it as an excuse to party harder than ever and have the craziest birthday weekend of their lifetime. If I had to say which category you fall into, I would have to say the latter and then some!
  3. Happy 30th birthday you old dawg! You know that old cliche – “You’re aging like a fine wine…”, well I must say that’s actually true in your case…you look like you’ve spent three entire decades in a dark cellar gathering dust on your lid and a few cobwebs around the neck! You’ll probably look like an ancient mummy by the time we dish out your 31st birthday wishes!
  4. Hey, remember when you were in your 20s and a fun time meant hanging out until stupid o’clock in the morning with a bunch of amazing friends exchanging dumb stories? Well, news flash, those days are now long gone and a “fun time” now means getting into a cosy bed by 9 pm for a full eight hours of uninterrupted sleep.

Heartfelt 30th birthday wishes

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  1. Happy 30th birthday to an amazing person who spends very little time appreciating themselves and how awesome they are. Such a marvelous person should be rewarded for their kind and loving nature and extremely selfless attitude. You deserve amazing birthdays every year, not just when you hit age thirty. 
  2. Happy 30th birthday to the dearest person in our circle. You don’t realize how fabulous you really are. You’re loved by so many and we’re forever grateful to have such a marvelous person in our lives. We wish you all the happiness that the next decade has to offer as you reach this important milestone and celebrate thirty years of greatness!
  3. Sending you this heartwarming birthday message filled with all the joy and love you need to make your 30th birthday the incredible special occasion it deserves to be. I hope you receive just what you wished for over the next year and all of your other amazing birthdays ahead. 
  4. Sending a love-filled 30th birthday greeting to an amazing person in all senses of the word. I wish you nothing but good health, the greatest love, and countless laughs in your 30th year and all the other exciting years ahead. I pray you receive just what you’ve wished for as you reach this important milestone.
  5. Happy 30th birthday! Old age brings new wisdom and appreciation of the simpler things in life. The things that bring us true happiness and not just temporary pleasure. You’re still a far cry from being labeled “old”, however, you become smarter, wiser, and more humble with each new year. We love the awesome person that the past 30 years have made you and wish you many more decades of being as incredible as you are. 
  6. Here’s a lovely heartwarming birthday greeting for my best friend as they turn 30. We’ve come a long way from speaking slang as kids to talking adult. Now we’re young professionals with the world in the palms of our hands. I’m happy we’re still so close and I have the privilege of celebrating another important milestone in your life with you.   
  7. Happy freaking birthday to the most blessed 30-year-old on Earth! You’re loved unconditionally by so many and have brought happiness and joy to more people than you can count in the three decades you’ve been around. Sending you nothing but love, well-wishes, and positive energy as you step into the exciting thirtieth year of your life.
  8. Wishing you a wonderful celebration filled with beautiful moments and heaps of love from your nearest and dearest. This important milestone deserves the greatest celebration to show you just how adored you are by so many. Who knows what fun surprise awaits you on your special day?!

Inspirational 30th birthday wishes

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  1. Happy 30th birthday to a truly amazing person. Here’s to celebrating thirty years of growth, maturity, and perseverance. You’ve hopped every hurdle and tackled every obstacle life has thrown at you and you show no signs of tiring or giving up. Enjoy today’s wonderful celebration as you look back on three entire decades of grit and victory.  
  2. Wishing a very happy birthday to a real go-getter. Not that you need it, but here are four pieces of advice as you reach this important milestone: Eat slowly, speak less, act kindly, and dream big. There are many more words of wisdom I could impart to you, but we have a whole year to go through the list as you enter this wonderful new chapter. 
  3. You must feel blessed to have accomplished so much in just thirty years. Now you can finally start planning your next set of goals, aiming for even higher targets with a breath of new life like fresh air that uplifts your spirit. Have the most wonderful celebration on a birthday worth celebrating for so many reasons.
  4. With all the unbelievable adventures you’ve had in the past few decades, who knows what new escapades and thrills the years ahead hold? You’ve got a long way to go until you reach old age, so feel blessed and have a very happy birthday celebrating 30 extraordinary years! 

30th birthday wishes for friend

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  1. Happy 30th birthday wishes to my dear friend who looks as if they never age. You still haven’t told me what your secret for staying young is, but sooner or later I’ll find out! Even at 30, you could have fooled me for someone in their early 20s. Enjoy your wonderful birthday celebration and another year of feeling young, fresh, and full of life!
  2. Happy birthday to my best friend and biggest supporter who never lets me down when I need them. You’re like my guardian angel and I can’t imagine where I would be in life if I didn’t have someone as smart and caring as you to lean on when times get tough. Thanks for having my back since I can remember. I always got you too, no matter what.

30th birthday wishes for sibling

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  1. Happy 30th birthday to my dear brother whom I adore, even though at times growing up you could have sworn I was trying to get rid of him! All jokes aside, I’ve witnessed you grow from a shy little boy into a confident and intelligent man with the world at his feet. I’m proud to have such a marvellous person to call my sibling. 
  2. Happy 30th birthday to my amazing sister! So much has changed in the past decade, but one thing that always stays the same is your love and our bond as siblings. I can’t wait to share more heartwarming moments with you as you begin this wonderful new chapter and a fresh decade. Here’s to creating more amazing memories to look back on,

30th birthday wishes for partner

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  1. Happy 30th birthday to you, my love! Wishing the dearest person in my life many more unforgettable moments in the next decade and beyond. You deserve amazing birthdays every year, not just this one, and I hope that I can make this another incredible birthday worth celebrating.
  2. To the love of my life, I wish you a fabulous 30th birthday filled with love and all the happiness of entering this new wonderful chapter. Here’s to celebrating the start of your 30s with some delectable birthday cake, fine wine, and a plethora of your favorite dishes with your sweetheart right by your side.

30th birthday wishes from parents

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  1. Happy 30th to our beloved birthday boy who’s definitely not a boy anymore! By this point, you’ve probably known more than we did at your age. You might hear a few cheeky remarks today about hitting old age, but you’re nowhere at that stage yet – I mean, we’re just about getting there now! Have the best birthday and keep shining son!
  2. Happy 30th birthday to our dear Daughter. We wish you a very special birthday today. We still remember writing your first birthday card and how your eyes lit up when you saw your first birthday cake, now here we are thirty wonderful years later with our adult daughter who we’re unbelievably proud of. It might be your birthday today, but we’re the ones that feel blessed to have such an amazing child.

Conclusion

As we wrap up this joyous celebration, we hope you found the perfect birthday message to wish your special person a marvelous day and year ahead as they hit the big 3-0. Remember, turning 30 is an important milestone and a once-in-a-lifetime moment worth savoring like a fine wine. Whether you’ve chosen a wish that lets the recipient know how loved they are, or a cheeky birthday greeting to poke a little fun at them, we hope you found the right birthday message to suit your needs. Now, let’s give them a happy freaking birthday they’ll never forget!

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