Who is more sentimental, you or your SO?

[RadioFanatic]

The wedding gown thread got me thinking about who in your relationship is more sentimental. For me and my dh, it is definitely my dh. Here is what I wrote in the other thread:

"It's funny you say guys aren't sentimental. My dh is just the opposite. Although we got married in 1998, I never got my dressed officially boxed up until just last year when we moved. I just had it in the hanging bag it came in. I can't tell you how upset my dh would get whenever he saw it in the closet and I hadn't gotten it done. He really would get on me about getting it done - he would try to guilt me into it, saying the wedding obviously didn't mean as much to me as it did to him.

And don't even get me started on the unity candle. We bought a neat candle with the invitation etched into the glass. Well, after the wedding, I cleaned the glass to clear it of the smoke. When my dh saw I did that, he had a conniption. He said I should have kept the blackness on the glass as it came from our wedding day. Everytime he sees it clean, he just shakes his head with sadness. I must have missed one black fingerprint on it when I cleaned it so that's still on there b/c dh said if I ever cleaned that off, we're getting a divorce. I swear, sometimes I think he's the woman and I'm the man! I love him for it being that special of a day for him."
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so what about you guys? Is it you or your SO? Examples please!

 

[Charade]

My SO.

But I try!

 

[Chattyaholic]

Aw, your DH sounds sweet!! Gotta love him for that!!

Mine is not sentimental at all. "Things" don't mean much to him.
I'm the "saver of things" in our home. Cards, newspaper clippings, photos, things our children/grandchildren made...can't part with anything of that nature. Thank goodness we have a big house!!

 

[caitycaity]

it is definitely my dh who is the sentimental one in our relationship. i don't even remember that it is valentine's day. i'm just not very sappy that way and don't get into hallmark holidays.

one year i booked a solo trip home to see my parents over president's day weekend (forgetting that it was also vday)! ooops!

 

[TheDisneyTraveler06]

Probably me.

He's about right up there with me though!

I love my DH!

 

[Tigger&Belle]

Me hands down!

 

[lindakmonty]

me for sure.... my dh could care less about MOST material things!

 

[SleepyMom]

so what about you guys? Is it you or your SO? Examples please!

That would have to be me, DH has very little sentimental feelings for anything, to him it's just stuff. My wanting to keep everything drives him crazy.

BUT, I do have to say that whenever we have had a garage sale or made a pile of clothing for charity he will say something like "you can't get rid of that, Peanut (DD) wore that when we _____________" So the little bit he is sentimental is usually for something that was special for DD.

 

[Shugardrawers]

Absolutely me! He never forgets things like my birthday, our anniversary, Valentine's day. But it's me who remembers where we went on our first date, how he proposed, and on what date we first... But Mr. Unsentimental gets upset when I don't wear my engagement ring or want to get rid of some of the stuffed animals he's bought me. He also had a coronary when I wanted to leave for my first WDW trip with DSis on our first anniversary! He's a closet softie

 

[RickinNYC]

The other half is by far more sentimental than I am. He's the one that says things that start with "Remember when...." and I follow up with, "Oh! Ummm... yeaaaaaahhhh.... sure."

Or better yet, I was talking to a friend of ours and I said something like "...... and I can't believe we've been together for 14 years. Seems like forever." To which Joe WHAPed me on the back of the head as he walked by and said, "15 and half years you idiot."

But I am definiltely the one who does the HUGE GESTURE things like surprising him with a fancy room the Boardwalk, ordering in desert, drinking champagne on the balcony, all so I can give him a ring. He's the type that shyly hands me a ring as we sit by the Xmas tree exchanging gifts.

We're a good match.

 

[RadioFanatic]

He's the type that shyly hands me a ring as we sit by the Xmas tree exchanging gifts.

We're a good match.

Rick, my dh just did that this past christmas too - and it was too cute. I, on the other hand, made him go searching around the house with hidden clues to find out his big present was a trip to Universal.

Also, b/c of some meds I'm on, my hands swell, making me sometimes take off my ring- boy does that upset dh! he gets really sad about it. And honestly, I don't think he has taken his ring off since the day I put it on him. Wish I could say the same!

 

[mickeyfan2]

DH

When we ate at Chef Mickey's for our anniversary they gave us signed placemat for our dinner. Later on I was wiping them off when a CM said, no need to clean them I will just bring you clean ones. I said "sure", but DH said "No, these are the ones we ate our dinner one. We will take these." So the CM brought us a rubber band to put around them after I finished the wiping.

 

[kpm76]

It's pretty equal for us....though DH did a really sweet thing for me on our first Christmas after we were married.....he put together one of those Kodak picture books with pics from our honeymoon in WDW, wrote captions under all of them and at the end said that he knew that I wanted to go back to WDW and that arrangements had been made for us to leave in a few weeks....it was so sweet....

 

[DisneyGirl4188]

I think we both are, although in different ways.

 

[Off_topic]

Me!!!

 

[allie&mattsmom]

DH's got a heart of gold but sometimes I'm almost overboard sentimental. The material things don't mean that much to him. I had saved all of the b-day cards and stuff from my dad and I thank God I did b/c we lost him unexpectedly. They bring me great comfort.

 

[T1130]

I am more sentimental.

 

[Ready to go in Ok]

Definitely DH. I get so nervous in May, because I am terrified I will forget our anniversary in June. He remembers every little detail of meeting, etc.

He also brings me the household appliances when they break.

 

[PeterPanette]

it is definitely my dh who is the sentimental one in our relationship. i don't even remember that it is valentine's day. i'm just not very sappy that way and don't get into hallmark holidays.

one year i booked a solo trip home to see my parents over president's day weekend (forgetting that it was also vday)! ooops!

Wow, I could have written this exact post! Except for my trip was to go and see my brother after surgery.

I rarely wear my wedding band, as it just feels uncomfortable, while hubby will go into an all out PANIC if he has trouble finding his after washing his hands or whatever. We have started out on trips and gotten 30 minutes down the road when he'd realize he didn't have his wedding band, and we had to turn around and go back, regardless of how much I begged him not to.

I threw out my bridal bouquet after it dried up. Hubby's boutonniere is still in a "place of honor" in our fridge, even after 3 moves and 3 different fridges since we were married SEVEN years ago.

We met on the 4th of July, and every year on the 4th, he wishes me a happy anniversary and sometimes even gets me a little gift. I'm always like, "Anniversary? Huh?"

I could probably come up with more examples, but you're probably all already feeling sorry enough for my poor hubby!

I'm just not the romantic, sentimental type. I've come to accept and embrace that. The times I've tried to be turned out to be disastrous.

 

[Dancin Desert]

s/o, by far