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One year anniversary panic

ElcaBElcaB member
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DH & I will be married one year this Sunday!

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Due to an OOT family wedding this weekend, our real anniversary celebration (a weekend getaway) isn't until November, but I still want to do something special.  

We'll be staying the night in a rented house with family on Saturday night, then heading home sometime Sunday. On Sunday afternoon DH invited his parents over for pizza & football to celebrate MIL's birthday (poor planning on his part, but it's already been done).

I want to do something special, but I'm coming up short. What can I do to make the day special? I was considering having us both write letters & exchanging them Sunday morning in bed when it's just the two of us, but I feel like I need more. It's just tough to make plans in the midst of two family gatherings. Help!
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Re: One year anniversary panic

  • lyndausvilyndausvi mod
    Moderator Knottie Warrior 10000 Comments 500 Love Its
    Sex in a hotel is special enough for me.

    Then again we really do not go out on our anniversary.   Our 1st anniversary was DH being sick and me going out with friends.   To be fair he is a terrible patient and just wanted to be left alone in bed.    






    What differentiates an average host and a great host is anticipating unexpressed needs and wants of their guests.  Just because the want/need is not expressed, doesn't mean it wouldn't be appreciated. 
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  • littlemushroomlittlemushroom member
    Sixth Anniversary 500 Love Its 500 Comments First Answer
    Get a nice brunch/lunch before heading home Sunday? Leave extra early so you have time for sex in your own bed and away from family before the in laws come over? Reminisce about your memories from your wedding day and honeymoon on the way home Sunday morning?

    I got a little taster cake from the place that made our wedding cake in our wedding cake flavor that we shared on our first anniversary. We also looked through our wedding photo book. It was lovely.
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  • OliveOilsMomOliveOilsMom member
    Tenth Anniversary 5000 Comments 500 Love Its 5 Answers

    Could you just make a special dinner for yourselves on Monday?    Or are you looking to do something on Sunday?

    If you want to wait till Monday, then cook a nice dinner when you get home. 

    If you want to do something on Sunday, then have a nice dessert available for you two after your ILs leave.  Maybe having something from the bakery your wedding cake came from?  You could probably slip out pretty easy while everyone is watching football or volunteer to pick up the pizza and also hit up the bakery, if they are close by.  Then, when your ILs leave, slip into some lingerie and have your dessert together before heading up to the bedroom (or wherever!).

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  • thisismynickname2thisismynickname2 member
    5000 Comments Sixth Anniversary 500 Love Its First Answer
    Happy anniversary!
    We attended a wedding the same weekend as our anniversary. Then we went to dinner at an upscale restaurant. It was special! You don't have to go all-out for an anniversary. Just enjoy each other's company. Have fun! 
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  • Cookie PusherCookie Pusher member
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    If coming up with an anniversary idea is causing you to panic, you need to take a deep breath and step back for a minute. I get that you want to make it special, but if you try too hard, you're just going to cause yourself unnecessary stress. Unless your husband is into big/flashy/dramatic/sentimental stuff, just go with something simple that won't cause you to freak out if things don't go as planned. And there's nothing that says you HAVE to celebrate on your exact anniversary either.
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  • ThxSugarThxSugar member
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    I don't have anything add but Happy Anniversary! BTW, I like Mileys idea.
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  • LD1970LD1970 member
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    Celebrate by not getting sick as a dog.  For our first married Valentine's Day (February) AND our first wedding anniversary (March), all plans had to be canceled because first I was sick with a stomach bug and spent Valentine's Day curled up on the bathmat crying when I wasn't hunched over the toilet... and then for our anniversary, he had something flu-like.  It was awesome.
    You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough. ~Mae West
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  • KahlylaKahlyla member
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    I'm a big fan of hotel sex. It's almost as good as conjugal visit sex (so I've heard).
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  • ElcaBElcaB member
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    Love the idea of getting a cake for after the ILs leave, @littlemushroom & @OliveOilsMom. That's exactly what I'll do! 
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  • sparklepants41sparklepants41 member
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    ElcaB said:
    Love the idea of getting a cake for after the ILs leave, @littlemushroom & @OliveOilsMom. That's exactly what I'll do! 
    Yes! And as PPs have suggested, lingerie. No man can resist a woman in lingerie holding a cake.
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