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Write a birthday message that sounds like you, not a card aisle

The card is open and every line in your head sounds fake. Get a message from a real memory, plus a shorter backup.

Updated 17 Oct 2026

The prompt · ChatGPT

Write a birthday message that sounds like me.

Who: [name, relationship]
Age if celebrating one: [optional]
Real memory or trait: [specific]
Tone: [warm / funny / short]
Channel: [card / text / group chat]

Ask me up to 3 short questions first if anything important is missing. Wait for my answers.

Then:
1. A sendable message with that memory woven in.
2. A shorter backup under 25 words.
3. What you left out (cheese, over-the-top praise) and why.
4. One line I must not use if I've said humour is risky.

Only use what I've told you, leave blanks for anything I haven't given, and don't invent facts, quotes or what the other person thinks. Give a sendable version and, when I've pasted a vent, a one-line note on what you left out and why. This is help with wording, not legal advice. UK English.

Stay in this ChatGPT chat. Do not turn on apps or connectors, and do not use memory from another chat.

A short example

Fill the blanks, then paste. name, relationship: a short note you already have. optional: a short note you already have. Leave the rest of the prompt as written.

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