What to say
Friendship Day messages
Friendship Day is the most forwarded occasion of the year, which means an original sentence stands out enormously.
The best ones name the friendship rather than the day.
Short
- Happy Friendship Day to the person who has seen the worst version of me and stayed anyway.
- Not a forward. Just wanted to say I am glad you are around.
- Happy Friendship Day. Fifteen years and you still pick up on the second ring.
- You are the friend I would call at 3am, and you know it.
For the friend you have not spoken to in a while
These work any day of the year, not only on Friendship Day.
- We have not spoken properly in months and that is nobody's fault, life just does that. I still count you. Happy Friendship Day.
- Every so often I remember how much of my twenties you were in, and I want to say thank you before another year goes by.
- No agenda. I just thought of you and decided to actually say so this time.
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When is Friendship Day?
In India and much of South Asia it is the first Sunday of August. International Friendship Day is 30 July.
Is it strange to message a friend I have lost touch with?
It is almost never unwelcome. Keep it short, expect nothing back, and do not open with an apology for the silence.