How do you celebrate birthdays and anniversaries with your DP?

[nappyaddict]

Do you buy eachother a present, choose a joint present together (anniversaries only obviously unless you have very close birthdays), go out for dinner or perhaps away for the night/weekend?

If you go out for dinner or away do you still do the present thing as well and vice versa?

We don't do much for either birthdays or anniversaries.

Neither of us is particularly bothered about the anniversary thing. With birthdays I used to feel a bit sorry for myself because DH almost ignored my birthday, then realised that it was just the way he is (presents between adults didn't happen in his family) and that there are bigger things to fall out over.

meant to say ...almost ignored my birthdays.. ie many of them were only just acknowledged.

really not fussed about it.

We might go out for a meal or drinks with mates, but don't really do pressies. We are lucky enough to be able to buy stuff as we need it (not mega £££ though!) and for some reason never quite judge gifts to each other properly anyway.

I don't like receiving gifts from anyone.

We do celebrate birthdays and anniversaries We celebrate all sorts of milestones, new jobs, finishing exams, pay rises, summer starting, summer ending I'm a celebrating fool! For birthdays, we do a gift from the partner, and another from the kids, but neither one too big. For our anniversary, it can range from a nice homemade dinner and a love letter (when we have no $) to a week away (when we have some$) For us it is about making memories, and marking the occasion, not about what we get, iyswim?

Another one that celebrates them here!

We always do presents though his to me is usually more expensive as a lack ££££. Usually we go out for dinner or bring in some good M&S food.

I think these milestones are important.

I usually cook him a posh dinner at home, and we buy each other small gifts if its a birthday/anniversery. We rarely go out for dinner, never go away for a weekend together and dont buy huge expensive gifts. Dont really need any of those tbh, I prefer that he tells me he loves me every day and shows it with the little thinsg he does (like baking me my favourite cake, going out in the rain to buy me a bar of chocolate etc).

I buy my own gifts now and he gives me money
don't celebrate anniversaries
or valentines

Awww you're all very unromantic! We always buy each other gifts for birthdays, and either go out or cook a special meal. Gifts tend to be a biggish thing we've asked for and a couple of surprises too.

Caveat - no kids yet!!

Don't do birthdays (apart from saying Happy Birthday)anniversaries, or V day.

I buy him his books for the year for Christmas, and he buys me what I've asked him for.

We go by the old romantic adage that people-who-don't-tell-you-they-love-you-probably-love-you-a-lot-more-than-people-who-tell-you-they-love-you-all-the-time sort of thing.

I think I'd vomit on him if that changed.

He sometimes comes home with a chocolate or two he's bought at the bar (when drink has been taken, great lummock)

Birthdays I buy him something he wants not mega £££s but perhaps a trumpet mute or some such other thing he has expressed a like for,geberally I cook a birthday dinner for us and fil I decorate the house and make him a cake.

Valentines have always bought him a card and a 'little' something.

My birthday? nothing ds1 usually buys me something fab but if i get anything of ds2 and ds3 its nominal and theyve had to get the money off him .

so this year im doinf F.A.