What to Write
Every guide we have written, in one place. The long ones are underneath each occasion, and everything below them is the weekly stuff.
The full guides
- What to write in a leaving card Sorted by who is going and why, including when they were pushed rather than jumped.
- What to say to someone made redundant Aimed at the company and the language it used, never at the person carrying the box out.
- What to write in a retirement card For the last day, the whip-round, and the cake nobody ordered.
- What to write in a get well card Including the section nobody else has: when get well soon does not apply.
- What to say to someone going through a divorce For the friend who finally did it, and the ones who told them to years ago.
- Funny Christmas card messages Sorted by who is getting the card, plus what to write when they have had a rough year.
The cards themselves
The guides tell you what to write. These are the things you write it in.
- Leaving and new job cards
- Redundancy cards
- Retirement cards
- Get well cards
- Divorce cards
- Christmas cards
- Menopause cards
- Empty nest cards
- Midlife crisis cards
- Milestone birthday cards
- Thinking of you cards
- Wedding and engagement cards
- Valentines cards
Everything else
- What Not to Say to Someone Going Through a Divorce Every one of these gets said with good intentions. That is why they keep getting said. “You’re better off without them” Possibly true.
- What Not to Say to Someone Who Has Been Made Redundant Most of the advice about this is written as a list of nice alternatives. Here is the other half, which is more useful: the things people actually say, and why each one lands badly.