Do You Celebrate the Anniversary of the Engagement, or the One You Met?

Floss

We don't celebrate the date we met any more, we did until last year when it was 10 years and DH gave me an eternity ring.

We do celebrate the anniversary of our engagement, as it is also our wedding anniversary.

minerva_windsong

Our anniversary is the date of our first date - we knew each other for about eight months before that but we weren't a couple until then, so it made more sense to count from that point. Plus we got engaged four days after our fifth anniversary so having two in one week feels like a bit much!

I don't think we'll do anything much to mark it after this year (but we don't do much now other than cards), but in an odd way I'm quite sad about losing it...

Stephb1986_2

We met on the 05/05/2007 we got engaged on the 25/12/2009 and we're getting married on 05/04/2014

So not easy to forget dates really

Steph xx

TopQuark

Neither. I'm not even sure when we got together - think it was July/August time in 2006 (he knows better than I) and I don't know the exact date we got engaged either; it was June time last year. We will get married on the 7th June 2014 though, I do know that much!

ajdj

For this very reason we've set our wedding date to the date we usually celebrate our anniversary (of the day we met). Well actually, our wedding date is 25th July and we met on the 26th but we wanted a Saturday wedding! OH didn't want the confusion of 2 anniversaries

FBaby

Got married 6 months ago, but for us, our meeting date will remain the anniversary date will celebrate, for one because that's the date we've celebrated for 5 years, so it feels right to continue and because it really is the one important date for both of us. We met on the internet and both felt by the end of our date that we were the 'one' for each other. We have gone back where we've met each years so far and go through every detail of that 2 hours.

We have already said that we will go back for a meal or tea at the hotel we got married for our wedding anniversary, but that date will never be as special to us as when fate got us together.

TopQuark

FBaby wrote: »

We have already said that we will go back for a meal or tea at the hotel we got married for our wedding anniversary, but that date will never be as special to us as when fate got us together.

Interesting point FBaby - and makes me think that places can be as important as dates. As I said, I'm a bit rubbish at remembering exactly when we met, but the place holds special significance. We met when we were both working in the Philippines 8 years ago. What is a strange co-incidence is that now, in the year we get married, we are moving back there! I just got a new job at the place we used to work so after the wedding we'll be Asia-bound once more. Funny how life turns out eh?!

Faith177

We also make a nod at the day we got engaged but it was the most outstanding proposal so not much to remember really lol.

We will always celebrate the anniversary of our first date only because we were together quite a while before we married and we went through a lot together and I think that needs noting.

Gonzo1987

We got engaged on my birthday so it will be a celebrated day regardless! But we will be married before we've been engaged for a year, so don't suppose we'll celebrate it. We like to remember the date we officially got together, but, it's our wedding that we'll go for a meal for or something.

redfragglebiker

We got together on June 20th (6 years ago this year) and he proposed on May 4th Last year (Yes I did mention it was Star Wars day after the fact and he just rolled his eyes!) We're lucky enough that 20th June falls on a Saturday next year so our getting together date will be the same as our wedding anniversary date. With all that in mind it seemed logical to just go on celebrating our getting together anniversary date! (Just to note he originally wanted to propose on our anniversary date but had gone and bought the ring on the same day he proposed. He then realised that a) he couldn't wait that long cos keeping the secret would kill him and b) he was away for two weeks over our anniversary date with work - if he'd had his way our anniversary, engagement and wedding date would all have been the same!)