Sure, a conventional Hallmark greeting card can be poetic and swoon-worthy, but in many cases, it can also be nauseating and eye-rollingly unrealistic.
That’s because in the real world, love isn’t always super-sentimental, uber-romantic mush. It’s the little things that keep us together through good and bad.
What if cards that humorously but seriously reflected this reality?
The braintrust at Etsy apparently thought the same thing, because a quick perusal of the site’s romantic card collection reveals some very different options.
You won’t see these in your local Hallmark store, that’s for sure.
Scroll through these 13 honest greeting cards for couples with a sense of humor and, in many respects, more reasonable expectations for long-term relationships: