Gift idea - thoughts?

mamie329 · May 2010

I saw this while perusing the internet for first anniversary gift ideas.

*This might be more of a chick gift but my HTB got me a really nice journal with blank pages. On the first few he wrote me a love note including all his memories of the first year and how great it had been. Then he wrote a promise:On each anniversary we write each other love letters. Neither of us are writers so this is harder than you think and really causes us to remind ourselves of how lucky we are to have each other and put effort towards our gifts. Whenever we have a fight we have to write the other person 5 reasons why we love them.

After it?s filled I will have a great keepsake and I have to admit when I get mad at him or have a bad day it really helps to have a visual thing I can go to for comfort.

mamie329 · May 2010

So should I take 12 views and no replies as a negative?

rosemary&thyme · May 2010

Hi Mamie!!!!!!!

I think it's adorable.

See you this weekend, maybe...

Philly6*6*09 · May 2010

IMO, I don't like it. My H and I are not the type to be loveydovey and write down our thoughts - never have and never will, and I'm fine with that.

I don't think all people are like us though - so if you like the idea, then do it. Put yourself in his shoes, how do you think he would react?

Leigha12 · May 2010

This would definitely depend on the guy. I know personally my DH would say "aw" but would be thinking "wth?" It would get tossed in a drawer and never seen again until spring cleaning or something. But that's us.

kaleyandjason · May 2010

I think it could work for some people. I wouldn't really like it and neither would J. It would be like Leigha said. It would be stuck on a book shelf or in a drawer never to be used again.

mamie329 · May 2010

'Sup r&t!

DH used to write me mushy letters all the time, and I think he would love to have something like that from me, since oddly enough I haven't really been the best at expressing the things I love about him, and I'm sure he's noticed.

hyr. · May 2010

I agree that it depends on the guy. N and I still havent given each other our wedding day cards because someone {not me} couldnt figure out what to write, so he never filled his out. He didnt want me to give him mine because he didnt have one for me. I dunno where the card I got him even went now.

mofe · May 2010

I think it's a cute idea if you have the right guy for it. M will write me little notes/cards but not sure I could convince him to write 5 things he loves about me in a journal when he's pissed off at me!

megs1383 · May 2010

I think it's a cute idea, but I doubt we would keep up with it.

mbd62709 · May 2010

I'm thinking no. While in theory it is a great idea if you'd do it and keep up with it. How many people actually have DH's that would say yeah, this is a great idea. DH writes me notes and hides them for me. I love finding them. I stick notes in his lunches. I also think I would feel too much pressure to come up with some grand romantic note and feel I failed at the task.

LarkNow · May 2010

This is what I found, searching the interwebs, as a great first anniversary gift: a nice, leather-bound journal. Each year, on our anniversary, we'll take it out and each has to think of one question, then both of us write our answers to both questions. I've ordered the journal, personalized, and I think this will be great. Especially if we make it an anniversary tradition. And the fact that it's questions means it doesn't have to be lovey-dovey; it could just be a reflection on the year.

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