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Part 3: What to Write in Your Galentine’s Card | Everything You Need to Know About Galentine’s Day, f/k/a Valentine’s Day Eve!

Hopefully you have seen Parks and Recreation Season 2, Episode 16 (if not we’ll forgive you, this time), where Leslie Knope invites her friends to a Galentine’s Day brunch. You may be wondering what does “galentine” means? To define galentine, simply look to your friends or the girls and theys who you admire most. Friendship love is valid and real and now we have an excuse to celebrate! It is a Valentine’s Day for friends on the day before Valentine’s Day.

February 13th may be the very best thing you can celebrate and you won’t have to wonder what to do with your friends on Valentine’s Day any longer!

So you may be asking “how to celebrate Galentine’s Day?”, if so, you’re in the right place because we have the answers to ALL of your Galentine’s Day questions. Keep reading this series for Galentine’s Day party ideas, the best Galentine’s gifts, and what to write in a Galentine’s Day card.

What to write in your Galentine’s card

Finding the right words can be tough, especially when you are looking for the best way to tell someone how much they mean to you. Happy Galentine’s Day messages can be anything you want but don’t worry, we’re here to guide you.

First, you’re going to want to think about what you are trying to convey. Do you want to encourage them, thank them for always answering your phone calls or picking you up from the airport, or are you going to remind them of an inside joke from 8th grade? Once you have an idea of what sentiment you want to send you can really get started.

Sometimes when finding the right words is hard, steal someone else’s! (No, not like that, you don’t want a cease and desist letter because that is the kind of mail that is super NOT fun) We’re talking quotes. A good place to find quotes is GoodReads because users are able to add quotes from any book so there is a LOT to choose from. In case you are now having decision paralysis and need some guidance, one of our favorite quotes is from the French novelist Marcel Proust:

“Let us be grateful to the people who make us happy;
they are the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom.”

Consider what not to say

Something we try to NOT do when writing messages in our cards is to make it about us. For example: you’re the best thing that ever happened to ME, thank you for always being MY support, Me Me Me. Now, we aren’t saying that talking about yourself or framing your appreciation with how they have affected your life but instead we’d urge you to write about them.

We love to write messages that single out qualities that we love in our people. Your Galentine may be the type of person who brings people together and makes people feel seen. Maybe they are the type of person who always shows up or the type that never gives up. Maybe you’re inspired by their kindness or ability to see hope in even the darkest times. Let them know that you see this special, wonderful thing that they do and that it’s important.

We also love reminiscing on the good old days or even the yesterdays that weren’t so great. Write about a time that was special to you or a time that was terrible and thankfully now you can both look back and kind of laugh? We’ve learned the hard way that the not so great times that have since turned funny are for cards and NOT wedding toasts. (Learn from our mistakes. Also, Emily, we apologize). They may not have mentally flagged an experience so you reminding them means they get to live it again and makes them feel special and cared for because you both remember and care enough to write about that time you ran into the ocean singing Jason Derulo at midnight, or like whatever your memories are, we don’t judge.

Writing messages in cards– especially in cards meant for our big friendships, our galentines, our people who keep us mostly sane – can feel like a big, overwhelming task. When you break it down and realize that this is simply an extension of a text thread or phone call and not a wedding toast (again, we are SORRY Emily), you’ll feel comfortable just talking to them because that’s exactly what you’re doing. Above all else, be you and be authentic. They’ll see you in your writing and feel close to you, which is what it’s all about.

We hope this helped and that you credit us for the absolutely amazing and thoughtful Galentine’s card messages. May we suggest you write those messages on one of our carefully curated Galentine’s day cards?

Happy Galentine’s day to you and yours and to our dear Leslie Knope.

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