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To ask what you did for your 10 year anniversary?

59 replies

FutureMrsD · 08/07/2019 15:56

He and DH have been together for 10 years next month.. where for the time go?!
I am wondering how my fellow MNers celebrated?
We are 26 and 28, been married for 2 yrs and don’t currently have any children (work in progress!).
We go out for dinner and have the odd weekend away, so I’m wondering if I should organise something like this but don’t know how to make it extra special.
We are going to Italy at the end of August (a few weeks after our anniversary), so could do something then potentially..
I am also thinking of putting together a scrap book/photo album of random stuff we have done together.. but I worry I won’t have enough time to finish it as sad as it sounds, we don’t spend much time apart!
Just curious to see what others did and any suggestions would be awesome 🙂

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EskewedBeef · 08/07/2019 17:07

We only mark wedding anniversaries, I don't know when we met. We had a couple of nights on Anglesey for our 10th anniversary.

Poetryinaction · 08/07/2019 17:09

We will have met 9 years ago, married for 7. We have 3 kids and have never had a night away from them... so we're celebrating by going away together for 4 nights. NYC!

Cockadoodledooo · 08/07/2019 17:10

We had a week in a log cabin in Yorkshire, with ds. The last night, we took ds to stay with my folks and then dh and I went and spent the night at the hotel where we'd had our reception. The dinner was fab, the room was glorious. But right over another wedding reception which I'm sure was much noisier than ours had been!

Cockadoodledooo · 08/07/2019 17:13

Oh and 10 is traditionally tin. Dh isn't into jewellery or anything so I wasn't sure what to get (he bought me a lovely cornish tin necklace). Thought about a tin of beans but in the end went with a first edition Tintin book

TheHandsOfNeilBuchanan · 08/07/2019 17:13

We only celebrate our wedding anniversary. We never celebrated any anniversary before we got married, I don't really think it's a thing and it's too hard to put a date on it, we were friends for years, had a bit of a blip into more than that late teens, then mid twenties started spending more and more time together (both moved back to similar area) and then were kind of exclusive FWB, but also were together and going out etc all of the time but didn't acknowledge we were dating, we didn't put a label on it for months, so don't even know where you'd start with that situation!

StCharlotte · 08/07/2019 17:14

For our first and tenth (wedding) anniversaries we went back to the lush hotel where we had our wedding night.

It's 20 years this year and DH has forgotten that he was going to plan something

For your ten-years-together anniversary, maybe a night in a nice hotel and a posh dinner?

Dollywilde · 08/07/2019 17:33

Ah, too many miseryguts on here! You should absolutely celebrate the 10 years together if you'd like to OP.

We came up with a new tradition after we got married that every year on our 'dating anniversary' we'd do something together that we hadn't done before.. very broad category but thought it would give us some fun options! So far we've been to a trampoline park (fun) abseiled (slightly less fun) and done an art class together (brilliant, although I'm the least arty person ever!). Would doing something a bit 'different' work?

We also eat out and travel quite a bit (no kids yet here either) so I know what you mean about that not necessarily feeling special. We'd previously got to the point where we were trying to outdo ourselves to make things feel special and after a while that just get silly/expensive.

nuggles · 08/07/2019 18:10

We didn’t really celebrate but noted our 10 year dating anniversary last week (7 years married).

We had two young DC and 3rd on way so I made a nice meal and surprised him with a few drinks and cheeky desserts. We don’t ever celebrate our dating anniversary but felt a nod to 10 year would be adequate as it is a milestone - for us anyway

WhatsInAName19 · 08/07/2019 18:18

I can't believe someone upthread actually said that they don't think you "should" celebrate anything other than wedding anniversaries. Tell you what, how about you celebrate what you like and everyone else can do the same? OP obviously does want to celebrate it and is asking for ideas, not judgement from a load of miserable randomers.

OP we did exactly the same as you. Stopped celebrating "dating" anniversaries after we got married, but felt that 10 years warranted a bit of acknowledgement. It's been a bit of a rollercoaster and it seemed like a nice point to stop and look back over what's gone before and how far we've come. We've also got a toddler so it was a good excuse for a night away! We went to a local-ish very posh hotel for the evening, had a beautiful dinner and some cocktails and just laughed and enjoyed each other's company. It was wonderful.

Ragwort · 08/07/2019 18:19

Nearly got divorced so I don’t recommend that.

Raera · 08/07/2019 18:20

Easy to remember our "dating" anniversary as we got together the day before DH's 18th birthday.
It will be 44 years at the end of the year. 37th wedding anniversary a couple of weeks ago we went to see Paul Weller at a forest concert.
Tonight we're going axe throwing, not at each other I hasten to add!
Next week a full weekend festival in Suffolk which was our Christmas gift to each other. We prefer events to gifts and meals out and it seems to work for us!

spanieleyes · 08/07/2019 18:20

On our 10th wedding anniversary I had a baby. He just squeezed into the day itself-he was born at 30 minutes to midnight-but he did keep me busy for the day!

Whatsername7 · 08/07/2019 18:24

Op, I am a firm believer that you only live once and you should celebrate everything special to you. In your position Id go away for the weekend - ive always fancied Bergan. We celebrate 10 years married at Christmas and sil has booked her wedding for the following day so we can't go away but we will do a day trip instead. Lots of people making comments asking why are we bothering or suggesting we celebrate at a different time, but I want to celebrate on the date. We have had the highest of highs ans the lowest of lows a d its a bloody miracle we are still together tbh!

babysharkah · 08/07/2019 18:27

Both forgot our 10 year wedding anniversary had been together 17 years by that point. We were on holiday and the date just didn't click. At least we both forgot!!

Groovee · 08/07/2019 18:29

We went to London. For our 20th last year we went to Budapest.

Fatted · 08/07/2019 18:33

Once we got married, we didn't bother with the 'getting together' anniversary. Which was a good thing really because that was Christmas!

blue25 · 08/07/2019 18:36

A week away in the sun. Bliss!

traylou · 08/07/2019 18:38

I surprised my hubby last week on our 5th wedding anniversary with a saucy executive outfit www.boujilingerie.com/collections/sexy-secretary-outfit-costume/products/sexy-secretary-costume ! We were supposed to go out to eat but didn't make it, we ended up having fun and then ordered takeaway instead. It was definitely a night to remember ;0)

dreichhighlands · 08/07/2019 18:43

OP we always celebrate our getting together anniversary, 25 years this year.
We also note our wedding anniversary although it is less important.
I think our relationship can manage having 2 days a year focused on it.

DCIRozHuntley · 08/07/2019 18:45

It's our 10 year wedding anniversary this year. Happily the kids have an INSET day that weekend so we're going to go away with them. We'll probably go out for breakfast on the actual day.

HowsAnnie25 · 08/07/2019 18:47

It was our 10th wedding anniversary last weekend. We dropped the children at my inlaws then went to stay at a hotel. Except we got stuck in traffic for hours in 30 degrees heat so decided to come home as soon as we could turn around and had a BBQ in the garden instead, then Wetherspoons for breakfast the next day!

twosecs · 08/07/2019 18:50

We're in an almost exact same situation except we had our first baby last month so our options are a bit limited! Normally we just mention the date, but I agree 10 years feels a bit special.

We're spending the same amount as we would on a meal in our favourite restaurant on our favourite (posh versions) of a meal we can make at home. With some v expensive whisky and wine!

No cards or presents, but a nice evening to think how much has changed!

avalanching · 08/07/2019 19:55

The year we were together 10 years we still had quite young children so we just went to the restaurant we went to for our first year "anniversary".

For our 10th wedding anniversary next year we are planning an American road trip from New Orleans to Chicago.

avalanching · 08/07/2019 19:57

And OP like you were have only been with each other (high school sweethearts) and we tend to celebrate both most years (though wedding anniversary takes precedence and the together one less so except significant numbers).

10 years is a special number, go celebrate, ignore those saying it's unnecessary.

Strawberrypancakes · 08/07/2019 20:00

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