How did you celebrate your 10 year wedding anniversary?

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I’ve seen people (normally the insta gram types or celebs) do vow renewals which look like full blown weddings and have friends who marked the occasion by going to the pub or for a nice meal. Others got divorced 😂 Ours is looming and I’m interested to know how people celebrated (or didn’t!)

We didn’t at 10, 20 or 25, just a card and a few drinks at home.

We went abroad that year to Morocco, we had been to another part of Morocco for our 1st anniversay pre kids. It was nice to go back to the country, albeit a different part with our children. On the actual date we took the kids to Warwick castle then in the evening we went back to the hotel, got dressed up and went for a lovely meal.

My mum offered to have the kids for us to go on a weekend away in the UK but mine are little and my youngest wouldn't have stayed with her. I'm not fussed about spending it without the kids.

We renewed our vows in the church we got married in with our parents, siblings and 3 children. I had lost my wedding ring on the beach during our July camping holiday so wanted to get the replacement blessed as well and the dates worked. Did it after school on a Friday, no fancy outfits, just the vicar rewording the original BCP vows and adding a bit extra plus a blessing. Next day we took the same people plus some of H extended family out for a nice meal.

I made a joke that if we didn't start spending more time together we wouldn't make it to 20 years - well, we did but marriage had already broken down and we split up before out 21st anniversary.

Yay! Couldn’t be better 🏏

Our actual anniversary is in the next few days, and we are doing absolutely zilch as both are working (DH is even going out for a meal with clients!). However he did take me for a very nice (child free) meal a few weeks ago, and we are going for a Caribbean holiday later on the year, which is a pretty epic celebration TBF. Most years we barely bother with cards!

With a divorce.

We left the kids with my parents and went out for lunch, bought a painting from a local artist and swam in the sea. It was in a brief window between lockdowns so I remember it as we hadn’t been anywhere in ages!

We have always been incredibly lucky when it comes to childcare, and that luxury has enabled us to celebrate our milestone birthdays and big anniversarys with some time away, just the two of us. We usually go abroad, but for our 10th we went to the Lake District for 3 nights. Stayed in a beautiful hotel, spent the actual day on Windermere with a tasting menu at the hotel that evening, hiked up Helm Crag another day. It was really lovely.

Our 10th was mid-covid so take away and bottle of champagne was the best we could do!

We had planned to re-do our honeymoon because we conceived on our wedding night and I was in the midst of morning sickness throughout our honeymoon. Might do that for our 15th instead.

I was in hospital 1 day after (emergency) c section (first and only baby). Dh bought some Thai food and we went to the shabbat room at the hospital to celebrate. Baby started crying mid meal though!

And for some reason the sink in the room was full of what looked like pee.

European city break for 3 nights

We just looked at each other across the kitchen and said ‘gosh, ten years, where has the time gone?’ then just got on with a normal evening.

This year was our 20th anniversary and that was the same.

I’d love to have celebrated both in some way, but although the marriage is good, that’s not the way things are.

We went back to where we had our honeymoon, Stratford-upon-Avon.

Ten years is tin, so I bought him 10 things in tins.

Can't remember them all but a candle, string, whiskey, sweets, biscuits, beans, a mug...

We have quite limited childcare support but for our 10 year anniversary we dropped son off at mil, went back to the hotel we spent our mini moon at, did a spa afternoon, dinner and cocktails, then picked up son after breakfast.

I think we are going to go to Le Manoir as it’s always been on our bucket list and I read that it’s closing in January for renovations. Loved reading all the different ways people celebrated, big and small

Had a weekend away (1 night) at our favourite hotel, stopped at a couple of touristy places on the way there and back. Helped that the weather was glorious, unlike this year!

Relied on Facebook memories to remind us?

though our tenth was in covid times, so would have been even less than our normal (which is non-existent)

We had a party and it was fabulous! It was a great excuse to get everyone together.

10 years is 'tin'.

One of the YouTubers I follow who does food challenges was presented with ten tins of food with no labels. He is making a video of his challenge to make 10 meals.

A couple I know collected tins for the food bank.

Went to New York, had a great time.