How important is your Wedding Anniversary?

[Dana49]

Our 25th anniversary is coming up in February. Since we've been married, we celebrate by either taking a weekend getaway or going out to a nice restaurant. Next year, our 25th anniversary will be spent at the Polynesian Resort.

 

[pixiemomma]

Not a big deal but we will probably use our 10th as an excuse for another Disney Cruise (all of us).

 

[momrek06]

Our Anniversary is no big deal. I will say, OP, I start talking about it maybe a week before the date as to..."do you want to do anything?"...type of discussion. (hence, with my discussion, I doubt DH would forget it). We always plan an away "DATE". It may NOT even be the MONTH of our Anniversary. We booked our WONDER cruise in Oct (our month) to go in Feb. So we celebrated a few months after. This past was our 25th.

I basically could care less about my Bday, DH could care less about his bday and both of us could care less about our anniversary....

That being said...we have ALWAYS and I mean ALWAYS gone overboard for our two DS'. One June 14th (major Flag Day partying) and Dec 30th (always traveling to some fabulous Christmas/New Years vacation). Even as kids, I had the biggest, hugest, expensive parties for the sons. THAT IS ENOUGH!!!

I will say, my DH is an "engineering" nerd and all he thinks about 24/7 is NUMBERS...never dates...hahaha...I know if I did not mention OUR date at least a week in advance...he would NEVER remember and be like.."huh"..!!!!

Bottomline, OP, your DH you and I am sure he does not forget this date ON PURPOSE.

 

[goodeats]

Monday is our second anniversary. Last year we went away for the weekend (same hotel where we spent our wedding night). This year we have a friend's wedding on the 15th a bit far from home, so we're making a weekend out of it. On Monday we'll probably have steak and wine. Like my birthday I can't imagine he'd ever forget our anniversary. I tend to make a big deal out of such things!

I don't believe in gifts for anniversary. I'd rather spend that money on something to do.

 

[tmt martins]

I myself and other say the Ann is no real big deal.

But I want to send a big Congrats to all as it really is a lot of work to be hitting them year after year with so many failed marriages now a days .Some just taking the easy way out other just not ment to be regaurdless of who's fault it is.

Remember to pick your battle wisely and talk everything else out.

 

[Micca]

We don't always do something elaborate like a trip, but it's very important to us. We've been married 32 years, I could never forget that day.

 

[need_a_Disney_fix]

Our wedding anniversary is very important to DH and I. We may not do anything flashy every year, but on the given day we feel especially blessed. It was pretty rocky at one point early on and because of that, we have learned not to take each other for granted. I am so honored to say that DH and I will be celebrating our 28th anniverary this year. I cannot imagine life without him. I love you, Jim, and I thank you for helping me raise our two wonderful kids.

 

[Brianne]

We've been married 15 years so far. It's been hit or miss on how or if we celebrate our anniversary over the years, although we've been making it a point to try to get away overnight without the kids for at least that occasion. My personal goal is to stay at every Disney resort eventually so I've been using our anniversary for that excuse.

Sometimes you have to take the bull by the horns & do it yourself. If you want to do something, book it, set it up, whatever. DH doesn't have a romantic bone in his body---I've come to terms with it & set it all up myself. I envy some of the stories I hear about marriage proposals & so on sometimes, but in the end I got a pretty good guy.

 

[grinningghost]

We don't make a big deal out of it really. But we at least go out for dinner - and one year, we celebrated it at WDW, but only because we happened to be going at that time, we didn't plan the trip because of our anniversary.

 

[disneysnowflake]

This year will be #19 for us.

DH doesn't really think it's anything but another day.
To me it's a big deal because it's our day. That's just the way I am.
It's usually my making a special dinner for him and that's about it. He's a really great guy though, just not a holiday/birthday/anniversary guy.

I randomly asked DH one day, "When is our anniversary?

DH replied, "September 5th, baby"

Me: "What?"

DH: "September 5th"

Me: "We were married on October 1, 1987."

DH: "Uhhh... no we weren't, were we?"

Last year we celebrated our 18th anniversary at WDW on October 1, 2005. We had breakfast with Donald in AK, spent the day in AK, had dinner at Chef Mickey. He even wore a matching Mickey shirt that matched my Mickey dress.
It was the best anniversary we ever had.

September 5th, baby.

 

[Kteacher]

We had our vows renewed on a cruise ship one year, and have taken a cruise every year since then , usually with some close friends who share the same anniversary day. We may not always be sailing on the exact date ( June 23rd ) but we usually try to sail as close as we can. This year we leave on July 16th. We have a tradition of sharing a bottle of champagne at sunset up on the top deck of the ship at least one night of the cruise We're celebrating 22 years of marriage ( 27 years together! ). I am married to a wonderful man

 

[slk537]

DH is actually very romantic. He takes our wedding anniversary very seriously, but is really hit or miss for Valentine's Day. One of my favorite V-Day stories is when he forgot and bought me ribeyes and menthol scented baby bubble bath (I loved the lavender scented one and he got them mixed up...). I got him a gorgeous framed photo of our new baby and me...and if you had ANY idea how I felt about being photographed, you would know that was a priceless gift. And for me? Meat and menthol/stuffy nose bubble bath.

Anniversaries are a different story though...we each plan every other year

1 - DH's year: arranged for dinner at the Country Club where we had our wedding reception and pre ordered the wedding day menu
2 - my year: dinner out. I think. I was in a wedding and we had no money after the dress, gift, etc.
3 - DH's year: DH plans surprise 5 day trip to WDW, where we honeymooned.
4 - my year: dinner out. New baby (2 weeks prior)
5 - DH's year: MNSSHP during a planned trip to WDW
6 - my year: dinner out. Lousy restaurant. DH bought me a ring I was dying for.
7 - DH's year: dinner out - don't remember what else
8 - my year: Dinner out with DS. DH bought me an anniversary band.

Wow. I really suck at anniversaries, don't I??? I need to go kiss DH. He may buy me the kind of bubble bath stuffy nosed babies use (and meat...can't forget the meat) for Valentine's, but he does VERY well for anniversaries...

I think I need some romance lessons.....I get #10 and I'm thinking Disney Cruise so maybe that can make up for all the others.

 

[redshoes]

My wedding anniversary is very important to me, but not because of the way we celebrate the day. My anniversary is important to me for the pure reason that I get to remember that on that date in 1999, I made one of the best decisions I have ever made- I said Yes. We celebrate in hit and miss ways: one year we went away for the weekend, one year it was dinner out at our favorite restaurant, one year I was in the hospital for an emergency surgery, and this year we took the kids to Tony Roma's because we couldn't find a babysitter. Sometimes he plans the activity, sometimes I do. Sometimes the celebrating is outstanding and sometimes its less than great, but no matter what I try to remeber that its not about the date; its about the years we've spent together and how much we still love and respect each other through all that we have been through.

 

[DaisyD]

We go away somewhere every year. This year is our 20th and it will be Vegas for a few days and then a cruise. Our 10 anniversary found us in Hawaii for 21 days.

 

[T1130]

Well it used to be important to us. We went away for our first two. And on our 3rd our dd was born. I told the doctor that is the one day I am not going to the hospital. Well exactly midnight my water broke. When I woke my Dh up to go to the hospital he thought I was waking him up to wish him a Happy Anniversary.

So now my dd `s birthday seems to take over my anniversary.

 

[PaulaSue]

It is very impotant to me BUT it doesn't have to be celebrated on that day JUST celebrated. (we went to Disney for our 10th, 4 months early actually ver Dh's and DD's b-days)

I am like that for all holidays and b-days. DH's work schedule is crazy and I am just happy to have him when I do.

 

[antmaril]

DH and I will celebrate our 32nd anniversary on Wednesday We always do something. We just returned today from five days in Vail, Colorado (which was fabulous, by the way.)

We will probably go out for a nice dinner on Wednesday evening. Sometimes we exchange gifts and sometimes not, but we always acknowledge our anniversary in some way.

 

[poohandwendy]

Our anniversary is very important day to both of us and we always celebrate it (sometimes just dinner, sometimes something more elaborate). This wednesday (7/12) is our 20th and I could not be happier with him or our marriage.

 

[Evil Genius]

We usually try to go away around our anniversary. If we can't get away, we'll go out for dinner and see a play or rent a room with a jacuzzi. Just time for ourselves.

 

[JVL1018]

For anniversaries 1-6 we "gave" each other a trip to WDW.
We give gifts(lots of them!) for birthdays and Christmas and Mothers and Fathers Day, but anniversaries..I'm never really sure what to buy for him. I feel like it should be romantic, but what? So we always just went away in the fall, usually within a week or two of our anniversary.

Anniversary #7 I was 9 months pregnant-DD was born 6 days later.
#8 I am sure we went out to dinner, I think with DD.
#9 I had just had DS a month and a half prior so no trip. We did go out to dinner-we had gotten that as part of DH's big baby shower(LOL)gifts from his office when DS was born.
DH got me more DVC points and a digital camera for my birthday/anniversary that year(within a month of each other)
#10 we went to WDW(with the kids)
and the rest so far 11-13, out to dinner no kids. I believe #12 we went to WDW again.


So never any gifts except for the camera/DVC year.
Always cards though!!