Anniversaries

RedJacks25 · September 2013

How do you usually go about deciding what to get your partner for your anniversary? Do you get them something they've been wanting or asking for? Do you get them something romantic and coupley? Do you have a tradition that you do every year? Do you try to surprise them every time? Has there been one thing that you've gotten them over the years that you know they loved the most?

Clearly I'm trying to get some ideas here for our upcoming anniversary...

KeptInStitches · September 2013

I don't think we've ever gotten each other anything for our dating anniversary. We usually go out for dinner, but that's about it. We make a much bigger deal out of birthdays and Christmases, though.

KytchynWitche · September 2013

Usually I make something special for dinner, we stay home and watch TV. Giftwise, anything peanut butter-y or vinegar-y, and he's happy. We're kinda foodie people.

southernbelle0915 · September 2013

I don't think we've ever given anniversary gifts - a card and flowers maybe. We might do something more special now that we're married. We're a lot more into experiences than physical gifts so we'll go on a trip, a weekend away, or take a cooking class together.

Maggie0829 · September 2013

We haven't gotten each other anything for our past two anniversaries. I think for our first anniversary we went out to dinner and used our joint credit card to pay for it. For our second, I think we got some Chinese and watched Ghost Adventures.

manateehugger · September 2013

We both barely remember our anniversary. No gifts for us. For birthdays, we usually do "activity" gifts.

RedJacks25 · September 2013

I guess we're just gift-grubby, lol. We don't always do physical gifts, but we always do something. I don't think either one of us has ever thought about not doing something for our anniversary, even if it's just a trip to the zoo.

itzMS · September 2013

For our 1st wedding anniversary last month, we took two days one night away at a golf resort about an hour from home. We agreed to buy each other cards.

Since the resort offers childcare (and has a waterpark geared towards kids/families), we might make this a longstanding tradition.

We do physical "surprise" gifts for birthdays, and when we decide to do Christmas presents (not every year depending on finances/timing), we'll go shopping together and each buy the other 4-5 nice things.

ElcaB · September 2013

We usually keep it pretty low-key. Typically, we'll make or go out to dinner and just spend quality time together. Whatever we do, I always quiz FI about our first date, like what color shirt I was wearing and what we both ordered...because I'm a nerd.

Pepper6 · September 2013

We don't do gifts for anything other than Christmas. Usually, we either go to a really nice dinner, or if we can, we go on a trip.

fre3doms · September 2013

For our 1 year dating anniversary he got me one of those electronic picture frames and put inside the SD with pictures from our times together. We were long distance at that point so it was a really sweet gift. This past year, in March we went out for dinner and gave each other really nice notes. Our wedding and dating anniversary will be less than a month apart so we'll probably just celebrate the wedding but we'll see.

For his birthday in August I bought him a t-shirt he wanted and then 2 games. We went out to eat at one of his favorite restaurants and then watched a movie together.

CLoGreenEyes · September 2013

We usually try to have more a fun experience together than getting each other gifts. There will usually be a nice dinner out, and we might do a small vacation or day-trip together as well.

We used to also do cards/letters to each other, but BF ran out of inspiration a couple years ago - said he couldn't think of anything to write besides, "I love you." So that has kind of fizzled, lol.

kefryar · September 2013

I get him whatever he says he wants. Usually it's craft beer. Craft beer freak.

ranzzo · September 2013

Our first wedding anniversary is on the 29th of this month. I got H tickets to Cinematic Titanic and I made him a scrap book of our wedding day to go with the paper anniversary.

We went over board on birthdays this year. He got me a 3DS and then really wanted one as well so I just bought him one for his birthday. We normally have a $50 limit on gifts for all occasions. We decided that next year's birthdays need to go back to the normal limit.

WinstonsGirl · September 2013

I got DH toilet paper for our first anniversary, since that one is paper. I though it would be fun to try and do it every year. It was pink with sheep on it with little hearts over their 2 heads, cos they were in love. I also got him a canvas of our favourite wedding photo, so I wasn't totally cheaping out.

He got me a beautiful strand of pearls, since he heard pearls were the first year stone. I told him he went way overboard, especially since I got him toilet paper, but he said it was the first year and he wanted it to be special compared to future years. He promised he'd be good next year.

We also had guests sign cards for us rather than a guest book. There were 20 total, and they were labeled from anniversary 1-5 (4 in each year). We opened the first 4 on our anniversary over dinner and read through the comments and advice people had left us. It was awesome, and the best part of our night I think.

He might bring me flowers on our first date anniversary, or engagement anniversary, but they're started to fall by the wayside since getting married

GypsyWife_ · September 2013

One year I got my husband a jacket, another year I got him whiskey glasses with our initials engraved on them last year I went to the sex shop and bought massage oils lubes and porn for us for a gift.. He usualy gets me flowers a card cash lingerie. We haven't celebrated our anniversary very long since we both forgot the day we were considered married. We made up a date that was somewhere around there. Weve been going out for dinner and a movie or a comedy show to celebrate. Its fun.

bride2b71614 · September 2013

Our tradition is ice skating. We go every year. The most memorable anniversary we had was our second year. He put together a scrap book (that still gets added to) of our relationship. I made him a nice meal, and then we went desert hopping (a macaroon place, a place where you could get s'mores etc.). If we are giving I splurge on a hockey jersey that he's been eying all year or a pair of hockey tickets. He knows what I like. Over all it depends on the person you are with and what their preferences are.

Majelin86 · September 2013

We decided on no gifts, just funny cards. For our 5yr anniversary last year we did mini-golf, batting cages and then a movie. We've just done dinner & a movie for our other ones. I think it will be the same when we're married.

lovesclimbing · September 2013

Our first anniversary is coming up in a few months and we need to decide what we're going to do. Our anniversary falls just ten days before my little sis is getting married so we'll have my family here and it'll be a kind of busy. I'm sure we'll do something but not sure what. We've been pretty much dead broke since getting married, so we'll have to see how our financial situation is before deciding what we do for gifts.

MissMWood · September 2013

We generally skip presents and go away for our anniversary! Just a little weekend away usually!

erinlin25 · September 2013

we do not do gifts; if its a weekday we will do dinner somewhere and then try to plan something fun for the weekend. Pretty much same goes for birthdays.

karlipregler · September 2013

We used to get each other something every year, sometimes surprise things, and sometimes we would just make lists of things we wanted. Now as we're together for longer, it's just as acceptable to get cute cards and enjoy each others company.

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