Comments on: Q&A with J: How to Celebrate an Anniversary

By: Wayne

Wayne — Mon, 30 Apr 2018 22:47:18 +0000

I had to really think about the last time we took a trip somewhere for our anniversary – wow, has it been that long?? Virginia Beach, 2010. Ocean City, and Luray, Virginia, famous for its caverns were frequent spots before that. We always do something, though, no matter how small. Even if it’s a nice, order-in dinner at home with a movie. She loves the beach; I love the mountains. It pretty much works in reverse, too: I like the beach; she’s okay with the mountains. She can’t do camping; I could, but obviously never have, with her. But we never, ever skip an anniversary celebration of some kind.

By: JM0121

JM0121 — Sat, 28 Apr 2018 17:20:51 +0000

In reply to John. John, Was your wife like this when you were dating? (Not the sex part) but lack of affection, acknowledgment etc?

By: J

Sat, 28 Apr 2018 16:32:08 +0000

In reply to Cassie from True Agape. Indeed! We actually talked about how the wrinkles we've gotten through the years are just laugh lines from the times we've had together. :)

By: Cassie from True Agape

Cassie from True Agape — Sat, 28 Apr 2018 16:03:34 +0000

One thing I love about anniversaries is taking a trip down memory lane. I love it when we reminisce how we started. Looking back all the years that have passed and having where we are now in our marriage makes me so proud.

By: J

Fri, 27 Apr 2018 13:26:26 +0000

In reply to Terry. Gorgeous views, I'm sure! Enjoy.

By: Terry

Terry — Fri, 27 Apr 2018 11:29:13 +0000

We don’t typically take anniversary “trips”; most years I get an arrangement of flowers (roses for the first 12(?) years, one rose for each year, then it started varying), I get him a card and we go to dinner. The best anniversary I can remember was our 8th at the Grand Canyon, as we were on a road trip around the southwest and this was where we happened to be when the day came. After a hike down and back up Bright Angel trail (well, part of it) we sat in the Arizona Room (although we weren’t staying there) overlooking the Canyon and eating prime rib and chocolate lava cake :).

We’re about to take our first “real’ vacation in 10 years, and while it’s not an anniversary trip per se we did just celebrate 18 years a few weeks ago. This time it’s Wyoming – Yellowstone and the Grand Tetons. No camping (although we do this occasionally), but we both love the National Parks and hope to be one of those “old” couples we see hiking around together. Given that it will still be chilly in that part of the country, I’m sure there will be snuggling back at the B&B after spending the day looking for bison and wolves, and photographing everything in bloom. Then we’ll come back home and prepare to move from our house into a trailer across town while we wait for our new house to be built. As I told the husband in his card, “Whatever the adventure, as long as we’re together!”

By: J

Fri, 27 Apr 2018 02:00:31 +0000

In reply to John. Well, that's just awful! Bless your heart, John. I'm so sorry.

By: J

Fri, 27 Apr 2018 02:00:16 +0000

In reply to E. Lovely!

By: E

Fri, 27 Apr 2018 01:10:59 +0000

We try to have the same meal for our anniversary as we had for our wedding night. For our tenth anniversary we happened to be near the beach where we got married, so on our anniversary Eve we camped in the sand dunes, and woke up the next morning to watch the sunrise from where we said ‘I do’ (while drinking tea out of a thermos) It wasn’t fancy, but was very ‘us’ and was full of memories and reminiscing about our first ten years.

This year (12th) we got a combined anniversary gift of a bigger thermos, so we can drink even more tea when we are not near a kettle! (We don’t actually do a lot of camping, but we do quite a few day trips)

For the first few years, celebrating our anniversary was not particularly important to either of us, we would do something, but it wasn’t a ‘big deal’. Lately, I have been feeling like it has become a more important celebration, even if what we do hasn’t really changed much, i appreciate the celebration each year in a way I kind of took for granted in the early years.

By: John

John — Fri, 27 Apr 2018 00:50:26 +0000

In reply to J. When I said once in 25 years, I meant only once in 25 years was sex ever a part of any celebration. Thats including anniversaries and Valentine's day. Thats why I hate them.