What do you do for your anniversary ?

[icebrat001]

6 months from now, Dear SO and I will have been together for 4 years. We've never celebrated our anniversary, and I want to do something special. Any suggestions? What do you do for your anniversary? Or am I making a big deal out of nothing?

 

[mickeyfan2]

Whatever makes the two of you happy. Every couple has a different way of celebrating and that can change from year to year. We prefer not to have a set tradition.

 

[nordkin]

We usually get one another a card and go out to dinner. Sometimes the dinner isn't always on the specific day, but within the week. After 18 years it is not as big a deal as it was when we were first together. We have agreed to celebrate big every five years.

 

[kpm76]

Well, we've only been married 18 months but we spent our first anniversary in WDW Not sure what we will do this year....we're going to WDW in October for my 30th birthday so it won't be that again....maybe dinner out somewhere special.....

 

[Crankyshank]

We normally go out to dinner and exchange antique books (we both collect them).
you're hoping to buy a house before then right? Why not get something for the house?

 

[icebrat001]

you're hoping to buy a house before then right? Why not get something for the house?

If I mention one more thing for the house, I think she will strangle me! Unless of course I'm talking about something like adding a basketball court or a billard table to the house.

 

[pfishgirl]

DH and I spend the weekend at a Bed and Breakfast normally in Cape May, NJ... Not too far from home but not too close either..

 

[barkley]

depends-if you will still be here, i'de go to a special place (to the 2 of you) and make sure a nice photo is taken to hang in the new house.
if you will have moved by then, i would find a place to make your new "special place".

we'll be married 15 years in march. we used to go every year to the same restaurant that we had our first date at. but the place is now gone, and with the kiddies it's impossible to plan much.

i told dh i would like to delay celebrating until we sell our house (hopefully in the next few months) and then find someplace whereever we move to start creating new memories.

 

[ntburns22]

Our anniversary is New years day so we usually just spend it cuddling on the couch watching football recovering from the night before.

 

[lemondog]

We have always just gone out for dinner at a nice restaurant. But I told DH for our 10th (coming up in a little over 3 years) I really would like to go back to where we honeymooned in Jamaica!

 

[Disney Doll]

We usually go out to a favorite place for dinner. One year, our anniversary was on the same day as a charity walk that we were heavily involved in, so we had everyone over for pizza after the walk.

On "big" years (5, 10) we have gone to WDW, as that is where we honeymooned.

Really, any place that is special to you two is the perfect thing to do.

 

[Miller1412]

Ours used to be right before the Academy Awards, so we used to make a marathon session of trying to see all the best picture nominees, but now they are moved up to Feb, so we don't do that anymore. The past couple of years, we've gone to NYC to see a Broadway show and a nice dinner. Last year we went to Disneyworld for our 10 year anniversary.

You can never make TOO big a deal out of an anniversary IMO. Congratulations to you both. You guys are a cute couple.

 

[minkydog]

We usually exchange cards and go out to eat(lunch is cheap!) We never have really made a big deal out of anniversaries until DH had a brain tumor. That shocked us right out of our complacency just in time to celebrate our 20th. Realizing that "the time is now" we booked a 1wk trip to England.

We decided then to make a big trip somewhere every 5yrs. This year is our 25th. We were going to go to Yellowstone,but DH's lung capacity is so low we don't think he can tolerate the elevation. So we looked around for a "sea level" site--NYC, here we come!

 

[pearlieq]

We always go on vacation! It's the best way to celebrate!

 

[binny]

We try to get away for at least a night just the 2 of us.

This year were going to Park City Utah to see our favourite band.


Some years its nothing more than a nice dinner and a small gift.
But most of the time we try to just focus on each other for one night.

 

[indigoxtreme]

We have always gone away for a couple of days, just short trips from Atlanta, Gatlinburg Tn or Savannah GA, Daytona etc. Just to have some time together is what we have always done and it has been great for almost 30 years now (as of 2-28-06.) So this year we are taking a week and spending it at WDW just the 2 of us. But as everyone has said, make sure you just do something together, be together. That is what is the most important thing.

 

[Shelby5514]

Well this year we will be celebrating our 12 years together at WDW!!! DH and I went out on a blind date on Feb. 19, 1994 and got engaged on that same day in 1997. This May we will be celebrating our 7th wedding anniversary . Since your moving to Florida...what about annual passes?

 

[experiment626mom]

We usually go somewhere. Whether it's a big trip or a local hotel with a hot tub in the room, it doesn't matter. We'll go to dinner and then snuggle up with each other and enjoy.

Congratulations on 4 years together.

 

[ImarriedGrumpy]

For our honeymoon, DH and I visited several of the California missions to introduce me to CA history (I moved to CA from WI when I married him). Since then, we visit a new mission each anniversary or for other "romantic" days. It's a fun little tradition, and we collect the decorative tiles for each mission we've visited, and write the date of the visit on the back of the tile.

What has been significant in your relationship? Is there a special place, movie, book, song, etc. that means a lot to both of you or has some significance connected to a key time in your relationship? I'd say build a special night or weekend around that. Make your own tradition, and have fun!

 

[LindsayDunn228]

My 2 year wedding anniversary is the end of this month (that's where the 228 in my name comes from). My husband is actually taking the week off The weekend before we are driving up to Pigeon Forge to have breakfast at the Apple Barn. The rest of the week we are going to do whatever we decide to do and just spend some quality time together. I can't wait!!!

ETA: This year, on the the actual day of our anniversary, we are going to call and make our reservations for our November WDW trip