4th wedding anniversary

[Grumpylate20s]

Hi all, New Dad here.
It's our 4th year being married and i wanted to know what you've all done for spouses/significant others. It's not been an easy straightforward year what with baby boy arriving in April and all the restrictions etc. I want to do something meaningful but not sure what to opt for. I've done some research but Linen isn't a great gift imo

Hmm linen as in a night away in a fancy hotel lol. Oh if my hubby bought me some lovely bed linen I'd be well happy 😄

Nobody pays attention to that rubbish! Just ask your wife how you can give her a break and then do it

@EvenMoreFuriousVexation

Nobody pays attention to that rubbish! Just ask your wife how you can give her a break and then do it

We do!! We always make an effort to give traditional presents. Sometimes you have to be creative though.

There some links that list traditional gifts, modern gifts, colours and gemstones so you can usually find something that fits.

4th anniversary is also appliance - DH bought me a pizza oven that year! Greatest present ever!

I like the idea of linen translating into a hotel stay. Great idea!

We ignore the lists of what you should get for each anniversary (and there's more than one version for a start). I'd much rather receive something I actually want rather than something that's been forced to comply with a list that a stranger wrote decades ago.

We tend not to do presents for anniversaries, apart from the first one and the big ones. Instead we agree on something we'd both like to do and spend the money on that. It might be a night away, something for the garden, or go for a walk and a pub meal.

I would suggest asking - how would you most like to celebrate our anniversary? Being thoughtful in a simple way wins over grand gestures and spending money every time for me.

Our 4th anniversary was our most memorable one. I gave birth to our second child on our actual anniversary so she became our anniversary present. Every anniversary since has been focused on their birthday and we move our celebration to the day after so the day is all about her.

For our 4th, as we were a little bit more busy than we had originally planned and my meal was toast in hospital instead of the planned meal out, my husband bought a picnic basket with a linen cloth and prepared a picnic in a place that meant a lot to us a few days later and we had our first family outing as a family of four. It was very simple. No fuss. Just the four of us together.

He gave me a bracelet with all four of our birthstones in it and had engraved the back with "4 years married" and 4 heart shapes.

It was my favourite anniversary.

Okay so the thing is we're having to Isolate due to having Covid symptoms, so until I hear back from the test result, we might be quite limited. But I do like the hotel stay, very creative. Little boy is 3 months and mum is BFing so he would have to come with us too

A hotel with a spa and a nice relaxing treatment for her would be great.

@EvenMoreFuriousVexation just because you don't doesn't mean everybody else ignores it! OP I like the idea of a nice hotel or some lovely new bed linen.

A hotel stay where she could go for some spa treatments. Something like that would be a lovely treat. Also when she does stop breastfeeding treat her to a spa day.

@Grumpylate20s if you're stuck at home, do you have a garden? Picnic out there with a nice new tablecloth / picnic blanket thing and you can send off for lots of treats? Might mean more to have a really nice day in isolation, than to celebrate once all is freer and easier anyway.