Do you celebrate your wedding anniversary?

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Just that really. Dh and I seem to forget it exists and that’s ok with us but wondered if we are a bit odd. Dh parents went all out every year whereas mine didn’t celebrate it.

For big ones yes, we've been to the Maldives for our 20th, Morocco for our 25th, usually go away for a city break or at least a really nice restaurant in the UK for normal ones. Off to Malta this year for our 30-something.

It's just a nice excuse to do something special, just the two of us. We don't bother with gifts, just a card.

Maybe I’ll wait for a big one then. Been 14 years and 18 together. Making me feel old tbh 😄

Not even once.
We've never done anything, and always forget.
Every year I think I'll buy DH a present, book dinner and pretend to be upset that he's not done anything, but then I forget by the time the day comes!
Been married around 29 years or thereabouts.

yes, we always go out for a nice dinner & swap cards

We might have a take away or a tesco finest type meal but mostly it's low key. Don't have the time energy or money currently to really celebrate it. Its sandwhiched between all the birthdays and christmas for us.

I hope one day we can celebrate it more. Particularly because we never got to do much couples stuff before we had children.
Weekend away or spa break would be wonderful. But that's a good 18 years away.
We have got gifts some years but stick to the bigger years. I find it a bit overwhelming what with birthdays and Christmas.

Usually go for a meal.

MIL will text in the morning and we both look at each other and go 'oh yeah, happy anniversary' and get on with the day!!
We don't do valentines day either.

But then DH will do something like come home with a new ipad when mine has broken or something - it is more about the day to day stuff for us rather than going all out because it is expected.

Yep, no cards or gifts but usually a meal out or weekend away. Any excuse to do something without the kids 😁 and we still like each other so....
I'm surprised how many people here don't even remember theirs, for me it's like a family birthday, I can't not remember it.

Same 😂 we have a big one coming in the next couple of years so we'll make an effort to do something for that I think!

Great mile stone, congratulations!

I always remember it and cook a nice meal on the day. Dh is often clueless, which doesn't bother me tbh.
For our 10th, 25th and 30th we went away together but we married in the summer so, even before those milestones, we have often been on holiday over the anniversary anyway.

We might get a takeaway and nicer chocolate than usual for the weekend snd we will give each other cards but we don’t make a big thing of it . We still have young DC (even though we are 20 years married) so we wouldn’t be going off on romantic holidays or weekends away

We exchange cards and go out for a dinner.

We go out for a meal with good wine or a weekend away most years but if a big anniversary we go on a holiday usually a cruise because that is what we enjoy most.

We do small gifts, cards and always go out for a meal or if it’s a ‘big one’ then will have a night away.

Yes, but it's pretty low-key. Back when we had been married few enough years that there was a theme, we'd usually get each other some completely ridiculous but small present on that theme. These days, we mostly just swap cards. But they have to be dire corny cards - the cheesier the better!
We had a party for our tenth anniversary, but only because it fell at the same time as a party for one of the kids and it was convenient to use the church hall all day. That was worth doing, actually - it was really nice to get together all the people that we haven't seen for ages. Might do similar for our thirtieth in a few years' time - it's just a good excuse to get friends and family together really.

I think, for us, it has been worth remembering our anniversary. Even if it's only to swap cheesy cards. Now that our children are getting to the age we were when we met, it's nice to take a few minutes to remember what we were like all those years ago.

No. Me and DP go big for celebrations. Any excuse for a themed jumper, a take-away, presents, decorations etc.

But getting married was just an administrative procedure for us, so I don't see there's anything really worth celebrating or getting excited over.

Yes we do.
It may just be a meal out, nothing big and we buy each other cards and sometimes a little gift

It was a special one (our silver anniversary) last year, so we went on holiday to celebrate.

This is possibly the most validating thread that has ever existed.

This year I have remembered in sufficient time to book tickets for a musical. Oh and I did book us all a night away at Legoland for our 12.5 to avoid the local traditions

We’re usually away as it’s the Easter holidays, so I suppose in a roundabout way we do. Not that we book the holiday for that reason! We’re not really fussed about it though, usually buy each other a card but never gifts

I raise a glass to him, we didn't get to our first wedding anniversary as the cancer got there first but every year I reflect back on just how happy we were that day. We got married on a beautiful May day just as lockdown was easing and I like to remember how happy we were that day.

Pretty much the same for us. Last year was our “furniture” anniversary, apparently - so DH got me a tiny silver chair in a bottle, and I got him a t-shirt with furniture on it.

If funds allow, and we can get childcare, we go away for a weekend. It’s nice to take some time just the two of us, remember we why got married in the first place.

We usually share a card and some flowers. We will either go out for lunch just the two of us or as a family if the adult DCs are around. Nothing huge unless it is in the 5 times table. The next time that happens we plan a big holiday.

Sounds to me like there’s a lot of solid long lasting marriages out there where anniversaries go unmarked 😁. Same here, unless it’s a biggie - we had a special meal out for our 25th. Big showy celebrations are not what it’s all about. Being there for each other every day is more important.

@Seawolves sorry for your loss.

@Barbann122 i doubt we’ll start remembering it any time soon but it definitely seems to be normal , on here at least, that we don’t celebrate it.