Belated birthday letter for your boyfriend

Dear you,

I found the gift I bought for you weeks ago still hidden in my closet, wrapped and ready, and that is when it hit me that your birthday had already passed. I had the present. I just did not have the date. I am so sorry, and a little embarrassed, and mostly sad that you did not get to open it on the right day.

You will get to open it now, along with this letter, because I wanted you to have more than a hurried sorry.

Here is what I would have said on your birthday morning. You are the best surprise of my life. I did not expect to find someone who could make me laugh this hard and feel this safe at the same time. I love that you sing in the car, that you cannot sit through a movie without asking questions and that you always save me the last fry. I love that you believe in me when I am not sure I believe in myself.

S Sam

Dear you, I found the gift I bought for you weeks ago still hidden in my closet, wrapped and ready, and that is when it hit me that your birthday had already passed. I had the present. I just did not have the date. I am so sorry, and a little embarrassed, and mostly sad that you did not get to open it on the right day. You will get to open it now, along with this letter, because I wanted you to have more than a hurried sorry. Here is what I would have said on your birthday morning. You are the best surprise of my life. I did not expect to find someone who could make me laugh this hard and feel this safe at the same time. I love that you sing in the car, that you cannot sit through a movie without asking questions and that you always save me the last fry. I love that you believe in me when I am not sure I believe in myself. Happy belated birthday, my love. The gift was late. The way I feel about you never is. Yours,

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Dear you,

to Sam

S Sam

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🎉 Dear you, I found the gift I bought for you weeks ago still hidden in my closet, wrapped and ready, and that is when it hit me that your birthday had already passed. I had the present. I just did not have the date. I am so sorry, and a little embarrassed, and mostly sad that you did not get to open it on the right day. You will get to open it now, along with this letter, because I wanted you to have more than a hurried sorry. Here is what I would have said on your birthday morning. You are the best surprise of my life. I did not expect to find someone who could make me laugh this hard and feel this safe at the same time. I love that you sing in the car, that you cannot sit through a movie without asking questions and that you always save me the last fry. I love that you believe in me when I am not sure I believe in myself. Happy belated birthday, my love. The gift was late. The way I feel about you never is. Yours,

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Belated birthday · Letter · 191 words · for a card, email or keepsake

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The letter

Dear you,
I found the gift I bought for you weeks ago still hidden in my closet, wrapped and ready, and that is when it hit me that your birthday had already passed. I had the present. I just did not have the date. I am so sorry, and a little embarrassed, and mostly sad that you did not get to open it on the right day.
You will get to open it now, along with this letter, because I wanted you to have more than a hurried sorry.
Here is what I would have said on your birthday morning. You are the best surprise of my life. I did not expect to find someone who could make me laugh this hard and feel this safe at the same time. I love that you sing in the car, that you cannot sit through a movie without asking questions and that you always save me the last fry. I love that you believe in me when I am not sure I believe in myself.
Happy belated birthday, my love. The gift was late. The way I feel about you never is.
Yours,

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