Hello and happy anniversary! Congratulations are in order to you and your person, who have cruised right on past the soft launch and talking stages and settled into a lasting, real-deal romance. Now it’s time to remind the world that you found love and kept it—which means all you have to do is find the perfect anniversary caption to let all of Instagram know that you’re, well, still in love.
Hi, that’s where we come in. Sure, in an ideal world the most precise words to express your eternal devotion to the object of your affections for all the world to see would simply fall from the heavens. But look, not all of us have Taylor Swift-level abilities when it comes to putting our deepest romantic feelings into words.
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Lucky for you, *we* happen to have plenty of experience in that field. Moreover, we can confirm that you have options when it comes to broadcasting your love on your social media platform of choice. Whether you’re trying to play it cool, be unabashedly in your feels, or you low-key just need a cute quote to pair with the completely fabulous anniversary photos you’re planning to post, rest assured, we have ideas for you.
But first, a few tips on nailing the perfect “Hi, yes, we are still in love” post.
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- Keep it short and sweet. No one wants your whole love story. Hard truth alert, it’s probably kind of boring anyway. Save it for the “About Us” section of your wedding website or whatever.
- No one cares about your hardships. Your “ups and downs” and “bumps in the road” and “everything we’ve been through”? Yeah, boring. You guys are a couple, not like, pioneers forging a new life in the great unknown. Whatever trials and tribulations you’ve faced are not nearly as interesting as you think, promise.
- For the love of god, banish the phrase “thanks for putting up with me” from your vocabulary. Not only is it basic as hell, but it’s also kind of weird and sad? Like, it’s your partner, they’re not “putting up with you.” And if they make you feel like they are, well, time to say bye bye.
Okay, now that that’s out of the way, here are enough ideas to inspire your anniversary captions for years to come. Yes, you can literally just steal them, we won’t tell.
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If you don’t wanna sound basic (but know you will anyway)
- Insert obligatory cringe anniversary caption here.
- Three years [or, you know, however long it’s been] and I still unironically love this person.
- Well, well, well, if it isn’t us back with yet another anniversary post.
- Just your annual reminder that yes, we’re still in love.
- Bet you thought we'd break up by now!
- Content Warning: Sincerity. But, yes, I am still very much in love with this person and want the world to know.
- Hi, yes, we are still in love. That's all, thanks.
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If every song reminds you of them:
- “Take my hand and take my whole life too.” —Elvis Presley, Can’t Help Falling in Love
- “Seven years and it's been you and I, always” —Charli XCX, 7 Years (Obviously this one only works if it’s a seven-year anniversary, but hard opportunity to pass up!)
- “Don’t read the last page, but I stay when it’s hard or it’s wrong or we’re making mistakes.” —Taylor Swift, New Year’s Day
- “Cause when you know you know.” —Lana Del Rey, Margaret
- “Isn’t it just so pretty to think all along there was some invisible string tying you to me?” —Taylor Swift, Invisible String
- “I've loved you three summers now, honey, but I want ’em all.” —Taylor Swift, Lover (Okay, once again, only works if it’s been three years and, ideally, if your anniversary is in the summer.)
- “I love you more than I have ever found a way to say to you.” —Ben Folds, The Luckiest
- “Everywhere I’m looking now, I’m surrounded by your embrace. Baby, I can see your halo. You know you’re my saving grace.” —Beyoncé, Halo
- “I'm begging for you to take my hand, wreck my plans, that’s my man.” —Taylor Swift, Willow
- “We go together like sound and sight, black and white, day and night. We go together like left and right. Oh, we go together.” —Vampire Weekend, We Belong Together
- “You and me, forevermore.” —Taylor Swift, New Year’s Day. (If you think there’s too much T-Swift on this list there’s actually not nearly enough.)
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If you’re all in your feels:
- The best love stories never end.
- I have loved you for [insert number of days since you got together—yes this may require some math] days.
- I’ve loved you for [insert number of years/months/days/etc] and I will go on loving you for all the rest of them.
- I said yes to a life with you.
- Ever thine, ever mine, ever ours.
- Today, tomorrow, always.
- Can’t wait to grow old with you by my side.
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If you’re a badass:
- Just your annual reminder that we’re still fucking.
- I’m everything, he’s just Ken.
- Yep, we’re still together, haters.
- I’m only posting this so all the dudes in my DMs know I’m spoken for, thanks.
- The five-year anniversary is wood? Please, I get that every morning.
- Wouldn’t trade you for anyone.* *Except Harry Styles.
- Annual reminder to my [insert husband, wife, girlfriend, boyfriend, honey, etc.] that today is our anniversary!
- Just posting this so my [insert husband, wife, girlfriend, boyfriend, honey, etc.] doesn’t forget our anniversary this year.
If you’re in a movie-worthy marriage:
- “I would rather share one lifetime with you than face all the ages of this world alone.” —Lord of the Rings
- “The best love is the kind that awakens the soul, that makes us reach for more, that plants the fire in our hearts and brings peace to our minds.” —The Notebook
- “I love you even when you’re sick and look disgusting.” —Love Actually
- “I’m in love, I'm in love and I don’t care who knows it!” - Elf (I mean this obviously works best if your anniversary is near the holidays, but still cute either way.)
- “So how does it happen, great love? Nobody knows…but what I can tell you is that it happens in the blink of an eye. One moment you’re enjoying your life, and the next you’re wondering how you ever lived without them.” —Hitch
- “I vow to fiercely love you in all your forms, now and forever. I promise to never forget that this is a once-in-a-lifetime love.” —The Vow
If you reached that one-year milestone:
- One year down, forever to go.
- Three Six Five
- 8,760 hours (but who’s counting?)
- One year of loving you has not been nearly enough. How about a lifetime more?
- One year went by way too fast—let’s do it again this year? (And every other year for the rest of our lives?)
- 365 days of smiles, snuggles, and forgetting to take the trash out.
- Ready for another trip around the sun?
- 1 year. 12 months. 52 weeks. 365 days. You do the math.
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If you’re, like, married married:
- When did we become an old married couple?
- Don’t let them fool you—being married gets more fun every year.
- Couldn’t imagine spending the last [insert number of years] with anyone else.
- No marriage is perfect, but [insert number of years] of this one have been pretty damn close.
- Married but not weird about it.
- Happy wife, happy life.
- Love may be blind, but marriage is a real eye-opener.
- Here’s to another year with my better half.
- A “perfect” marriage is just two imperfect people who refuse to give up on each other.
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If you need to borrow a quote:
- “The secret of a happy marriage is finding the right person. You know they’re right if you love to be with them all the time.” —Julia Child
- “Reader, I married him.” —Charlotte Brontë
- “You are my destiny, my eternity, my life.” —Simone de Beauvoir
- “Whatever our souls are made of, his and mine are the same.” —Emily Brontë
- “The best thing to hold on to in life is each other.” —Audrey Hepburn
- “In all the world, there is no heart for me like yours. In all the world, there is no love for you like mine.” —Maya Angelou
- “We loved with a love that was more than love.” —Edgar Allan Poe
- “I saw that you were perfect and I loved you. Then I saw that you were not perfect and I loved you even more.” —Angelita Lim
- “Grow old with me, the best is yet to be.” —Robert Browning
If you started your journey as friends:
- Part-time lover, full-time friend.
- Dating your best friend is like getting 11 chicken nuggets when you ordered only 10.
- If you’re not dating your best friend, WYD?
- Marriage is just a suuuper-long slumber party with your bestie.
- Okay, yes, the whole "I'm in love with my best friend" thing is boring and played out, but it's also fun as hell?
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Meg Rotter is content producer and writer who’s obsessed with celebrities, entertainment and relationships. Follow this Brooklyn-based Virgo on Instagram
Kayla Kibbe (she/her) is the Associate Sex and Relationships Editor at Cosmopolitan US, where she covers all things sex, love, dating and relationships. She lives in Astoria, Queens and probably won’t stop talking about how great it is if you bring it up. Follow her on Twitter and Instagram.
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