Poll: Anniv. gifts

mbrooke1

The husband & I have been together a long time and it's starting to show in our lack of interest in gifts to each other. Our 3rd anniv. is on the 26th. The traditional gifts are leather and the modern is cyrstal & glass - these suggestions always seem funny to me. The only appropriate gift he would like that would fit this category would be a bottle of Jack! Obviously I know you don't have to follow these suggestions, but I'm stumped so I'm curious to see what others do.

So........

1. Do you follow the traditional / modern gift suggestions?
2. If so, what have you done?
3. What kind of anniv. gifts have you given in the past?
4. Have you thought about what you're giving him this year?

OHFallBride06

1. Do you follow tradition / moder gift suggestions? Nope...we went straight for silver for our 1st anniversary
2. If so, what have you done? N/A
3. What kind of anniv. gifts have you given in the past? Last year I gave DH a sterling silver swiss army knife for his key chain with his initials engraved in it. I did this because for our High School graduation I gave him a red one with his initials but he lost it, so I thought I'd step it up a bit and give him sterling. He really liked it. 
4. Have you thought about what you'r giving him this year? It's 9 months away so I have some time, but I was thinking cufflinks. He doesn't have any and will need some in the future.

emilyandbrady

1. Do you follow the traditional / modern gift suggestions?  We just got married in August, so we have not had an anniversary yet.  I love the idea of the traditional and modern gifts.  I plan to do that.
2. If so, what have you done?  Like I said we have not had an anniversary yet, but for our first (paper) I am trying to find an artist to sketch/paint/etc. a picture of us on our wedding day.
3. What kind of anniv. gifts have you given in the past?  For dating anniversaries he has given me jewlery and flowers.  I gave him monogramed cufflinks one year, a love knot sculpture (from 10 thousand villages @ easton--totally cool store btw) another.  THat's all I can remember. 
4. Have you thought about what you're giving him this year?  See #2

Try Ten THousand Villages @ Easton.  They have some really cool things and everything there is made by people in third world countries.  All the e'ees are volunteers and all the $$ made is sent back to the countries to help the people with crops and other development needs.

cassiehunt

Instead of doing gifts for our anniversary, we try and take a trip together. We get each other something really small to open and focus our money on the vacation.

missingjason

1. Do you follow tradition / modern gift suggestions? Not really.  We usually just give something we know the other would like or wants. 

2. If so, what have you done? N/A

3. What kind of anniv. gifts have you given in the past? Well, for our 1st anniversary I gave him a baby! Our anniv was on 5/14 and Chloe was born on 5/13.  I gave him Reds tickets the next year, so I guess that was paper.

4. Have you thought about what you're giving him this year?  Not really.  I will pay attention to what he mentions around that time.  He likes Sambuca (sp?), so maybe a bottle of that. 

brainstorm102

Same as Cassie, we've never given each other gifts, just usually go on a trip around that time. But if we did, I wouldn't follow tradition. (But you know me, the rule-breaker!) LOL!

I'm pretty sure A would certainly be into a bottle of Jack. That's hilarious!

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We've decided each year we are going to do a trip that we call our "anniversary trip", although most years we know it won't be until a month or two after our actual anniversary due to first my grad school, and now Chris' grad school schedule. We did small gifts last year and sort of followed the traditional/modern gift suggestions.

brittle

We do trips as well, no gifts.  First anniversary we went to Maui, (skipped 2nd since DS was so young), 3rd we went to Mexico, and this year we're going to Ft. Lauderdale.  I think a trip is great because you can make memories!

soontobeabride

We don't really do gifts. The 1st anniversary i made a calendar for him with pictures of us. It was paper, but unintentionally so. We try to go to Hocking Hills and stay in a cabin with a hot tub around our anniversary. Haven't managed to do it since DD was born though.

hippohat

We did gifts for our first anniversary, but not traditional/modern. He said for the whole year after our wedding that he'd get me diamond earrings for our first anniversary (I did not suggest this!) and I happily went along with his plan! I think I got him a new computer something or another that he wanted. Since then we don't do gifts anymore - instead we try to have a nice evening out with a great dinner, maybe a movie. Just set aside a chunk of time to spend together instead of spending money on gifts for each other. Like someone else said, we end up making memories with the time spent together. But we also don't really see the point in getting large bday/holiday gifts for each other. Unless there's something we really want, we are trying to save up our extra money (and preparing to make babies!) so the gifts just seem unnecessary.

-c

ASwank

We've only had one anniversary so far.  DH got me the traditional gift -- personalized stationary.  Its been very nice and I use it a lot.  I got DH a personalized Christmas ornament.  We gave each other Christmas ornaments as our wedding gifts -- even though our wedding is in August.  I was trying to carry on that tradition.  I hope in 20 years we'll have one for each year we were married.  The best part is they are relatively cheap and you keep them forever and they never go out of style.

pHeather

1 & 2. Yes, but I'm not sure which one (traditional vs. modern) 3. We try to have a sense of humor about it. 1st Anniv - rolling papers and a journal for him to keep track of who he's beaten in pool . 2nd Anni - bag of cotton balls, squares and swabs and a shirt. 3rd Anniv - he got me a leather bound journal for recipes and I got him a belt. I forget what the joke gift was, but I remember considering a whip. I like your idea for the bottle of Jack. A glass piece could work too. Pre-wedding, we didn't really celebrate anniversaries. 4. Nope - I usually procrastinate until the last possible minute.