Our anniversary is coming...what would you do?

[Aurora63]

It is on Friday. DH has not mentioned it yet. Part of me wants to 'remind' him, but part of me is tempted to stay quiet, and see if he remembers on his own. Woulds you do this, or is it just asking for trouble? Because, of course, if he forgets, I'll get upset and hold it over him for a few days, and I really don't want to cause strife. But I am really curious to see if he will remember. What would you do?

 

[Daisy Duck 5]

Tell him the night before that you are looking forward to tomorrow and that it will be a great day. That way you gave him the hint and it is up to him to figure it out.

 

[mommaU4]

Oh my this is a toughie.
It's always nice to have a little something to hold over the hubby's head once in a while you know. And then if he forgets he'll have to think of something really great to make it up to you. Diamonds maybe? It could be worth it to be hush-hush about it. Huh? Huh? You know what I mean?

Nah, I'm only kidding. You should give him a little clue. Hopefully he'll remember on his own but if not then I think you'd be too upset and that might ruin any fun you guys could have.

Let us know.....

 

[marybet]

How long have you been married? We have been married for 8 years and I usually forget our anniversary, DH is much better at remembering. Tell him now, what is the big deal anyway. It is just a date, and unless he forgets every year I don't see the problem. Who knows maybe his is planning a surprise party.

 

[WDWLVR]

We have a running joke in our house. We have a large master calendar and every year when DH fills it out he always puts the words "just another day" on our anniversary day. We really aren't big on celebrations so often all we have is dinner at my in-laws. However this year and tried to surprise me with a trip to WDW (using some DVC points that ended up in our holding account). We couldn't go over our actual anniversary (luckily he checked and my boss was out of town that week so I couldn't take it off). However we did end up at WDW for a nice long weekend. Just the two of us and it was wonderful!

Bottom line - if it is that important to you then mention it to him. To us we celebrate 365 days a year, not just one.

 

[Aurora63]

A huge celebration is not a big deal to me, just an acknowledgement. I toy with this idea because he is notorious for forgetting things like this. But the more I think about it, the more it sounds like me just being a girl dog (you know what I mean!) So I'll probably mention it, or maybe use Daisy's suggestion. For what it's worth this is our seventh anniversary...which one is that...paper? Appliances? Used lawn equipment? Maybe generators, that would be most appropriate after Wilma! Okay I'm getting offf track here, time for bed, but I'll let you know what happens!

 

[The Mystery Machine]

I would mention it and ask what he wants to do.

 

[drayke]

Give him a card midweek that says how much you are looking forward to celebrating your anniversary together over the weekend.
Sign him up for online date reminders which can be done at lots of places including egreetings, yahoo, and amazon.com. Put the date in his computer calender as a recurring date.
Why enable to fail when enabling to suceed is always more rewarding and healthy. Unless you want to have the fight for the makeup session afterwards...

 

[Candleshoe]

Let's see.. our 10th is coming up in December and I did the leg work. I asked him for his feedback at several steps along the way ie Niagra Falls or New Orleans or Hawaii or Disney? etc.. finances cut several of those out although New Orleans was still doable. But then I decided to cut the trip down really big for finances and found a nice b&b in a nearby city. www.thepaintedladyinn.com I'm so excited.

Not only did I get the room I wanted but I emailed them something along the lines of "My husband is not very good at thinking up romantic things so this is his email and if you think of anything would you please email him and conspire with him to come up with stuff. I'm sure you have a lot of experience with romance at your Inn!"

and then I told DH what I did

Yes I want romance and surprises but I have learned not to expect them without a bit of prompting.

On the other hand DH has a much better memory for the exact date of our anniversary. I don't remember it well, and I cannot for the life of me remember him proposing or any of the first engagement things.

Have fun!

I like Draykes midweek card idea!