"Monthiversary"

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slothiegal

butterscotchjbeans said:

decembergrl2014 said:

For the first year he gave me flowers every month on our anniversary. We stopped that after a year. Technically yesterday was our 2 year anniversary, but now that we're married I think we will just celebrate our wedding anniversary.

Yes, I think stop celebrating after 1 year is cool, and then just keep it simple as a date night that is much necessary !  

Monthly leading up to the year is sweet, and maybe juvenile like others have said. But we are so in love that we fall in the corny as hell catergory.

I guess H and I don't love each other too much 'cause we both say "fuck that shit" when it comes to celebrating monthly anniversaries.  

We did end up going out to dinner the first month after marriage and I made a big deal out of it once we got out, because we knew the restaurant tends to give out free desserts for special occasions (and did not disappoint).  #noshame

chibiyui

slothiegal said:

butterscotchjbeans said:

decembergrl2014 said:

For the first year he gave me flowers every month on our anniversary. We stopped that after a year. Technically yesterday was our 2 year anniversary, but now that we're married I think we will just celebrate our wedding anniversary.

Yes, I think stop celebrating after 1 year is cool, and then just keep it simple as a date night that is much necessary !  

Monthly leading up to the year is sweet, and maybe juvenile like others have said. But we are so in love that we fall in the corny as hell catergory.

I guess H and I don't love each other too much 'cause we both say "fuck that shit" when it comes to celebrating monthly anniversaries.  

We did end up going out to dinner the first month after marriage and I made a big deal out of it once we got out, because we knew the restaurant tends to give out free desserts for special occasions (and did not disappoint).  #noshame

No shame in that free dessert game.

(H and I might be planning on doing the same thing when we go to Disney next month)

southernbelle0915

I have nothing to say about "monthiversaries". This is all I have:

ashsmash07

slothiegal said:

I guess H and I don't love each other too much 'cause we both say "fuck that shit" when it comes to celebrating monthly anniversaries.  

Samesies.

Well, he's not H yet. We can't even remember when our yearly dating anniversary is so I can't imagine celebrating months.

climbingsingle

H never got a piece of our cake. So instead of waiting one year, we thawed and ate the cake one month in. But that was motivated by cake, so.

We didn't celebrate two months and we won't be celebrating any others. I think that's a little silly.

We will celebrate every year though, mostly becasie it's also our birthdays. It's a good excuse to take a trip.

slothiegal

ClimbingBrideNY said:

H never got a piece of our cake. So instead of waiting one year, we thawed and ate the cake one month in. But that was motivated by cake, so. We didn't celebrate two months and we won't be celebrating any others. I think that's a little silly. We will celebrate every year though, mostly becasie it's also our birthdays. It's a good excuse to take a trip.

I never got a piece either!    We keep meaning to thaw our cake and eat it early because A: I DIDN'T GET A PIECE I DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW THAT HAPPENED and B: we don't really want to hold onto a cake for a year.  But we always forget about it (plus, it's at IL's vacation home across town, so it's not like I can just go into our kitchen to get it).

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briscoe1031

The only "monthiversary" we celebrated while dating was our 4 months because it fell on valentine's day. Now we did celebrate being engaged for a year just by doing what we did when he proposed. Went to Buffalo Wild Wings and then our local hockey team's home game.

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themosthappy91

Wow some people are feeling REAL hostile to the monthiversary...

Personally my H and I have never celebrated a month milestone since our six month dating anniversary, but my BFF and her girlfriend do a little something on their anniversary every month (along the lines of what others here have mentioned, just like flowers, date night etc) and I think that's super cute.  I kind of wish H and I did it but I feel like it would be too hard to get into the habit now... but like others said, it seems like a great way to just have a moment to reconnect romantically!

I don't really see what's inherently immature or juvenile about setting aside time to celebrate your relationship and reconnect with your loved one.  It's a reason to be happy folks!

WinstonsGirl

We celebrated our first month dating, but mainly cos it was the day before Valentine's Day, and we figured a 1 month dating thing would be less pressure than V-Day.  Now, I tend to say "Happy 2.1 years" and that's about it, if I remember.  DH will bring me home flowers or M&M's on our engagement anniversary, and we might go out for dinner on our dating anniversary, but that's about it.  It's not really a celebration.  More of an acknowledgement.  

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phira

I don't really care what people do or don't celebrate within their own relationship, but I do hate when people say "one month anniversary" because I'm really annoying and I'll push my imaginary glasses against the bridge of my nose and say, "UM excuse me but an anniversary means it's an annually occurring date."

KytchynWitche

We acknowledged "monthaversaries". As in "Oh hey, we've been together X months. Go us!", kiss, get on with the day. I think at 6 months, we exchanged small (R100/$10) gifts, but that's about as celebratory as we got with monthaversaries, at least as far as I remember. We may have had "special" meals on a couple of them, but that's really more because I found a new recipe I wanted to try.

larrygaga

butterscotchjbeans said:

decembergrl2014 said:

For the first year he gave me flowers every month on our anniversary. We stopped that after a year. Technically yesterday was our 2 year anniversary, but now that we're married I think we will just celebrate our wedding anniversary.

Yes, I think stop celebrating after 1 year is cool, and then just keep it simple as a date night that is much necessary !  

Monthly leading up to the year is sweet, and maybe juvenile like others have said. But we are so in love that we fall in the corny as hell catergory.

Yeah, you're probably more in love than anyone else on this board

artbyallie

phira said:

I don't really care what people do or don't celebrate within their own relationship, but I do hate when people say "one month anniversary" because I'm really annoying and I'll push my imaginary glasses against the bridge of my nose and say, "UM excuse me but an anniversary means it's an annually occurring date."

Which is why we actually do say 'monthiversary.' Too bad if anyone dislikes it. No fucks here.

ashley8918

butterscotchjbeans said:

ashley8918 said:

butterscotchjbeans said:

We didn't celebrate months while dating either. But we thought we would do a special "something" every month leading to our anniversary. I have no idea if he has and idea set for the 18th, but being so close to Christmas maybe going to see the lights and coffee while walking around would be sweet. I most definitely don't want to do dinner or presents every month. 

Regardless of how it is "celebrated", it still feels very middle school to me. I just don't understand the point. 

Also, the word "monthiversary" kind of makes me want to gag, in the same way that things like "totes adorbs" and "amazeballs" do.

I am sorry you gag at some simple stuff like this. I mean, you have commented so many times and said the same thing. 

Mmmm, Nope.You see, the way discussion forums work is this:

You ask a question. (do you guys do this?)

I respond, "no" and explain why.

You post again clarifying things (We don't plan celebrate this way, only that way)

I respond explaining that regardless of the clarification, I still feel this way, and elaborate upon why.

And guess what? I am allowed to do that! There is no inherent negativity or hostility in what I said. Stop being so sensitive. My opinion is my opinion. Accept it as that and move on. Good lord.

P.S. Lookie! I can post pictures too!

maeday2

We don't celebrate them now, so I don't see why we would once married. 

We save our favorite restaurant for birthdays and other big occasions, like an anniversary. If we went there for "monthiversaries" it would lose it's special factor...and we'd be broke. 

littlemushroom

We did celebrate on our one month anniversary of being married. We went out and splurged on a very nice dinner. It was awesome. After that we haven't really done anything other than one of us saying, hey it has been x months now. I think it is sweet if you want to mark the day with a small something or just make it a date night. There is never something wrong with celebrating love.

Maggie0829

I really can't stand cutesy newlywed bullshit.  If you didn't celebrate every month you were together before you were married then why start once you are married?  And why then limit it to a year?  And do you really need to celebrate being married a month?  Was it that difficult to make it through those first 30 days that a celebration is necessary?

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flantastic

AlexaF2014 said:

"Hey, we've been married a month"

*high-five*

Done.

This is how this went.

Aside: I took 6 years of Latin (homeschooled for grade school then my high school had it) and it drove me insane when people would say "X month anniversary" because "You understand that 'anniversary' literally means 'the turning of the year,' right, and is therefore not applicable to months or WEEKS." So OP, thanks for recognizing that, at least.

So we did come up with the appropriate Latin-rooted term - "mensiversary" - because I'm a nerd. Not because we wanted to celebrate them, just to counteract my frustration at others who apparently do.

Now that I'm looking at it, one could definitely use that word for one's period.

princessofgenovia

We're both equally bad with remembering the super special days stuff. National holidays and birthdays, sure. The first time he told me he loved me? I dunno...like maybe a Thursday or something...it was raining or also maybe not....

In fact, we cannot remember the day we met. I mean, we remember it happening yes, but the actual day? Not a clue. FI originally thought it was on a weekend because we were at a party. Until I reminded him that we were in college, so being at a party just proved that it was a day that ended in y. And it was spring, late April-ish. We called each other boyfriend and girlfriend sometime after that, a few weeks. So we picked May 5th as our dating anniverisery because it's Cinco De Mayo and it lines up with the timeline nicely.

We have celebrated each year, by going on out and drinking and eating Mexican food. 

I don't see us being a "every month" type people. On the other hand, he'll bring flowers because he saw some and thought they were pretty. And I'll get recipes from his moms to make his favorite foods because I know he's a hard week and comfort food is good. No need for one special day a month if every day is special. (how's that for sickeningly in love?)

larrygaga

Is this going to be the new ever hart

southernbelle0915

larrygaga said:

Is this going to be the new ever hart

Close, but at least it's not a fucking novel every time.

Fran1985

butterscotchjbeans said:

butterscotchjbeans said:

decembergrl2014 said:

For the first year he gave me flowers every month on our anniversary. We stopped that after a year. Technically yesterday was our 2 year anniversary, but now that we're married I think we will just celebrate our wedding anniversary.

Yes, I think stop celebrating after 1 year is cool, and then just keep it simple as a date night that is much necessary !  

Monthly leading up to the year is sweet, and maybe juvenile like others have said. But we are so in love that we fall in the corny as hell catergory.

Yeah, you're probably more in love than anyone else on this board

@larrygaga awww Thank you. Buy no, there are more girls here deeply in love with their guys.

Pretty sure @larrygaga was being sarcastic...

flyingfoxes

FI is the more sentimental of the two of us, so I can see him bringing it up, but we won't go out of our way to do anything special to mark it. 

I think we'll always remember the dating anniversary date, because it's 20/12/2012, and we got engaged the day after our 1-year dating anniversary...but we don't do anything special for that other than say "hey! we met X years ago!"  

I think we'll do well to get out and celebrate every year on the actual wedding anniversary.  I imagine that'll drop off as the years and life goes by too. 

 

 

ashley8918

butterscotchjbeans said:

butterscotchjbeans said:

ashley8918 said:

butterscotchjbeans said:

We didn't celebrate months while dating either. But we thought we would do a special "something" every month leading to our anniversary. I have no idea if he has and idea set for the 18th, but being so close to Christmas maybe going to see the lights and coffee while walking around would be sweet. I most definitely don't want to do dinner or presents every month. 

Regardless of how it is "celebrated", it still feels very middle school to me. I just don't understand the point. 

Also, the word "monthiversary" kind of makes me want to gag, in the same way that things like "totes adorbs" and "amazeballs" do.

I am sorry you gag at some simple stuff like this. I mean, you have commented so many times and said the same thing. 

Mmmm, Nope.You see, the way discussion forums work is this:

You ask a question. (do you guys do this?)

I respond, "no" and explain why.

You post again clarifying things (We don't plan celebrate this way, only that way)

I respond explaining that regardless of the clarification, I still feel this way, and elaborate upon why.

And guess what? I am allowed to do that! There is no inherent negativity or hostility in what I said. Stop being so sensitive. My opinion is my opinion. Accept it as that and move on. Good lord.

P.S. Lookie! I can post pictures too!

Oh! ETA: you made me gag

Oooh, sassy! And just as juvenile as "monthiversaries". Good job proving your point that you are not childish.