Do you celebrate your anniversary?

sandycheeks

Today is my 10th Wedding Annivesrasy and I feel so sad. All OH got me was a card and everyone else forgot. I would have been happy with a bunch of flowers and feel absolutely gutted.

pinkclouds

Nope. Our mothers generally send a card (sometimes belated) but no one else tends to remember and we don't mark it ourselves.

However, that's irrelevant. It clearly matters to you. I think you need to have a word with your nearest and dearest relations and make it clear all festivals/occasions are important to you and that you'd like some sort of acknowledgement on these days. If no one knows you feel sad, then nothing will change.

Anyway... Happy 10th Wedding Anniversary!! An entire fabulous decade of married life. Here's wishing you many more to come.

tattycath

We only got married earlier this year but intend to celebrate our anniversaries.

Sorry you're feeling sad...
Happy Wedding Anniversary!!!! (((hugs)))

Plans_all_plans

What a nice post from pinkclouds!

I wouldn't feel too gutted if I were you: your husband got you a card and felt he'd acknowledged it so I think he would feel bad to know you were upset over it. You could maybe say to him that you would have liked flowers or a meal out and maybe he could do that for you soon, or at least next year!

You should be glad youre not married to my dad, for their 27th wedding anniversary last year he got my mum this card but it had 'happy anniversary' on it http://www.google.co.uk/imgres?imgurl=http://tkey.co.uk/blog/images/tkey.co.uk_tesco_value_happy_birthday.jpg&imgrefurl=http://umapati.publicartforpeple.eu/10082217/tesco-value-birthday-card/&usg=__Rmdgq4Ny-W4ijwcmZsKKx_V65dw=&h=341&w=450&sz=25&hl=en&start=12&zoom=1&tbnid=388dgOyDIpsNVM:&tbnh=129&tbnw=170&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dtesco%2Bvalue%2Bcard%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DG%26rlz%3D1T4ACPW_enGB387GB387%26biw%3D1123%26bih%3D441%26tbs%3Disch:10%2C306&um=1&itbs=1&iact=hc&vpx=373&vpy=124&dur=218&hovh=195&hovw=258&tx=191&ty=101&ei=sOeHTObUFZbKjAf2-8WOCA&oei=kOeHTLO!!!uUOJeFvJ0O&esq=11&page=2&ndsp=13&ved=1t:429,r:2,s:12&biw=1123&bih=441

svjenni

I also got married and will be marking anniversaries

BUT I certainly don't expect anyone to remember/ celebrate mine. I personally remember my friends/ family but don't tend to send a card - i think celebrating an anniversary is a personal thing which I hope DH and i remember by a small weekend away, just us (+kids when they arrive) maybe until or 25th when a big bash would be appropiate.

I think a conversation with your DH s in order - just wanted to point out you didn't mention what you got your DH?

barbie_babe

Congratulations
My husband and I have been married 16 year. We buy a card for each other and we sometimes go out together alone in the day when the kids are at school if I am off work. Otherwise it’s a takeaway and a bottle of wine and kids off to their room early so we can spend time together.
We have never had a card sent to us from our family, which in the earlier years upset me too. Know I am not bothered.
Have a nice evening with your husband and have a chat with him.

Charbird

Happy Anniversary to you!! Our 16th anniversary is on Friday and we get each other a card but don't celebrate other than that, even after my years of hinting!! It used to bother me but now I just cherish what we have all year instead of dwelling on one 'special day'.

jcr16

yep we celebrate all our anniversary. My family have always been really big on celebrating anniversarys. we always get a pressie and card from my parents, aunty's and uncles, grandparents, cousins , brothers and sisters in law etc. we have been married for 8 years now.

however hubby and i don't always get each other a card or pressie. but we will always have a romantic meal, weather it at home or out.

our anniversary is july, so we always organise a big family bbq at our house on the weekend of our anniversary.

but we likewise always send cards and gifts to our family members for their anniversaries.

building_with_lego

My parents were always blown away that I remembered their anniversary, especially the year that I remembered while they both forgot! I have to admit that I've not remembered for the past few years; it's not something that's on most people's radars I think, so please don't feel bad.

I think the way forward is to make a HUGE deal about it in the couple of weeks beforehand... Hubby remembered, that's the main thing, even if you'd have liked more fuss. (I do think it's down to us to arrange the fuss btw.)

FWIW We celebrate out anniversary in early February, with fizz and chocolates, then overtly ignore Valentine's Day- it's quite liberating.

Congratulations, and I wish you many more years of health and happiness!

System

Yes, we were 20 years married this year and still get cards from each other, the children and most of our relatives :-) We don't always get out on our actual day (4th August approx 2 weeks before schools start back, so tooooo tired from all that holiday time) It's good to live in the moment and celebrate the personal things in life.
We are planning a day off/holiday just for the two of us, whilst the gang are all at school!
Linda x

gordikin

We celebrate every year by going out for a nice meal...but as for the recent 6 months anniversary nonsense..that's just nuts! sandycheeks what did you give/do/arrange for your 10th?