Do you send cards for anniversaries?

Georgiegirl256

I was going to choose "no never, why would I?" Because basically that question is correct "why on earth would I?". I won't be sending one to my husband and I don't expect to get one back, if he does, well that nice and will be appreciated until it's time for card recycling!

In the end up though I chose "only if they invite me to a party celebrating it", because that is the only time I deem it to be appropriate. I would hope though if I did forget, then they wouldn't kick up an almighty fuss, or that could be the end of our relationship/friendship, as I would deem that to be a total overreaction.

Spendless

ringo_24601 wrote: »

Now I don't know how people can use 'I never remember' as an excuse anymore.

My wife and I have a joint calendar on our phones. It's got everyone we need to remembers anniversaries and birthdays. We've also got to organise everyone's activities and outings in the house.

It's really not that hard to remember stuff these days - let a computer/phone/tablet do it for you.

Phew, ordered a present, and Amazon will deliver it tonight

The date of our wedding is part of my husband's computer password. He works in IT. He has to enter that date several times a day to access his laptop. 2 years ago when the world cup was on, I came home from work and mentioned it was our WA (He's been working away the night before so it was the first time I'd seen him that day). The conversation then went
him 'but it's not the xxth (giving incorrect date)
me 'No, because that's not the date we married'
him 'well, why have I got the <incorrect> date on my mind...thinks a bit 'oh I know, it's because England are playing that day!'

psychopathbabble

I send a card on friends first wedding anniversary but that's about it. Not close enough to any of my family to even know when they got married let alone how long they have been married for.

ETA: If I was invited to a celebration then yes I would buy a card. DH and I got married in January but we will get each other cards every year, it's just a nice thought.

tiger_eyes

When my parents' 30th anniversary coincided with my father's 60th birthday and my mother's 55th, my siblings and I took them out for dinner. That's about it. No other cards or gifts from us any other year. I think we had a family party a few years back for my parents' 25th.

Jagraf

Never ever ever - not even to each other. We get one card from my godmother.

Mojisola

Why isn't there a simple option for "Yes, I send a card"?

"Yes, I send a card and gift and we have a family meal or similar to celebrate" takes things into a completely different league.

cyantist

There isn't really a good option for me. The only people I ever send anniversary cards for, we didn't attend the weddings.
We send one to our friends, even though we didn't know then when we got married. We do this because they get us a card (even though they didn't come to our wedding as they didn't know us at the time) so I feel like I should.
We always send one to my parents, though occasionally it gets there a bit late as I always remember the day, but usually not far enough in advance to sort a card and post it. We buy them a present for special anniversaries.
I have always got a card from my parents on our anniversary, and we usually get 4-5 cards in total (not including the one's we send to each other). We tend to make a bigger deal of our anniversary than birthdays or Christmas though, often going on holiday to celebrate or at the minimum buying a present that is the traditional gift for that anniversary. To me, the day I got married is more important than the day I was born.

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Just had our first anniversary card go up, for tomorrow. They all come down on Friday as it's our sons birthday.. I've got to write mine tonight.

I swear funky pigeon makes so much from our household every year...

Person_one

Mojisola wrote: »

Why isn't there a simple option for "Yes, I send a card"?

"Yes, I send a card and gift and we have a family meal or similar to celebrate" takes things into a completely different league.

The option above that one would surely be appropriate? Or if not then the 2nd from top?

Mojisola

Person_one wrote: »

The option above that one would surely be appropriate? Or if not then the 2nd from top?

Only my very close family, like parents or siblings

Yes, I send a card every year if I attended the wedding

No, neither of those apply.