Extend Your Best With These Engagement Wishes for Your Cousin

Cousins can vary from those you consider your best friends forever to those you see once every decade. Nonetheless, when your cousin gets engaged, it's time to pop the cork and celebrate! And the best place to start is with some celebratory engagement wishes for your cousin and their partner.

Since you're here, we bet you want to craft a message that's more meaningful than just, "Congratulations on your engagement, cousin!" We've got you covered. In this article, you'll find some of the best cousin engagement wishes to write in a card, express verbally or include along with an engagement gift to your cousin and their soon-to-be spouse.

In this article:

• Engagement Card for Your Cousin Template
• Simple Engagement Wishes for Your Cousin
• Funny Engagement Wishes for Your Cousin
• Sweet Engagement Wishes for Your Cousin

Engagement Card for Your Cousin Template

Use these prompts as a jumping-off point for your engagement wishes to your cousin to ensure you say exactly what you're feeling. Keep it short with one or two of these or combine a few for a longer, more meaningful message. And don't forget to circle back to these prompts when it comes time to jot down some wedding wishes for your cousin.

• Tell your cousin how excited you are for them.
• Welcome your cousin's partner into the family.
• Talk about the relationship you share with your cousin.
• Reminisce about something from your family's shared history.
• Share with your cousin why you think his or her partner is perfect for them.
• Share some words of wisdom for your cousin and their partner.
• Express to your cousin how excited you are to share in their wedding day.
• Offer your support with wedding planning.
• Share your excitement for their future with their soon-to-be spouse.
• If you're close, relay how they're more of a [brother/sister/sibling] to you than a cousin.

Simple Engagement Wishes for Your Cousin

Sometimes the best wishes for a cousin's engagement are short and sweet. Whether you add one of these to an engagement card, include it in a text or say it in person at their engagement party, these sentiments will get your point across quickly and gracefully.

• Wishing you both a long and happy life together.
• Here's to your upcoming "I do!"
• Our family is growing bigger and happier with the news of your engagement. Congrats!
• Congratulations on your engagement! I know you two will make each other very happy in marriage.
• Cousin, we can't wait to see you take that trip down the aisle!
• Dearest cousin, I'm sending my warmest wishes to the two of you.
• Here's to a beautiful future for the two of you!
• Sending my warmest wishes to you both on the announcement of your engagement.
• Wishing you all the best as you prepare for your walk down the aisle and for the rest of your lives together.
• Congrats on your engagement. Wishing you both all the happiness in the world.
• My favorite cousin is getting married! Congratulations to you and your wonderful fiancé.
• Cheers to your engagement and the wonderful journey ahead—so excited for you!

Funny Engagement Wishes for Your Cousin

Those of you with a quick wit may not want to get too sappy and sentimental when it comes time to express your congrats. That's why we've included a few funny engagement wishes for your cousin. But don't worry: You won't find any toxic or inappropriate comments here!

• Engaged has a nice "ring" to it! All the best to you both.
• Congratulations on your engagement! Enjoy this special time together before the stress of planning your wedding hits full force!
• They say you don't marry the person you can live with, but rather the person you can't live without (remember that the next time your partner leaves their dirty laundry on the floor).
• This wonderful news means we'll be adding a permanent new place setting at the table for family gatherings (and another voice shouting across the dinner table).
• Congratulations on your engagement! Now you've got the monumental task of tackling the wedding registry.
• Don't forget to register for all the things your partner wants. It's sure to keep the peace. Congrats on your engagement!
• Wishing you a lifetime of love, happiness and the occasional 'I told you so!'
• Congrats on your engagement! May your life together be as amazing as your wedding Pinterest board!
• Engaged! Time to start planning a wedding and pretending you're not stressed about it. You've got this!
• Wishing you a lifetime of love, laughter and arguing about where to eat for dinner!

Sweet Engagement Wishes for Your Cousin

Do you want to share engagement wishes for a cousin who's like a brother or sister? Let them know just how much they mean to you with this collection of sweet and meaningful congratulations messages for your cousin's engagement.

• You guys couldn't be a more amazing couple! Congratulations to two truly wonderful people.
• I've been lucky enough to witness most of your big life events, but this one is my favorite so far. Congratulations!
• Congrats! You two are living proof that soulmates exist!
• Here's to falling in love and staying in love for a lifetime. Best wishes to you both.
• Congratulations! May your married life be full of joy and fun.
• You're engaged! I'm so thrilled you found your forever person.
• Cheers to the happy couple! I'm beyond excited for you both.
• Best wishes to my beloved cousin and [his/her/their] [wife/husband/spouse]-to-be—I can't wait to see the beautiful life you two build together.
• Congratulations on your engagement! We know your partner will make our family even more wonderful.
• Here's to a lifetime of love, laughter and beautiful memories together.
• Many happy engagement blessings to my wonderful cousin and their amazing partner. Wishing you both a lifetime of happiness.

Additional reporting by Shyla Watson