Does your dating anniversary mean anything now that you're married?

mopsie · February 2011

Once DH and I got married, we stopped celebrating our dating anniversary and switched to our *real* anniversary. Do you celebrate (or even remember) your dating anniversary?

ajtjirsnow · February 2011

Ours just passed, and we didn't do anything. I'm not sure if he remembered it, but I did. I guess we celebrate the 'real' one now too. Which is actually better for us because it's in August, a month you wouldn't typically celebrate anything! I always like to spread out the gift giving! lol.

meangene · February 2011

No. I don't know that we ever established a "dating" anniversary. I remember the day we met and we usually mention it to each other every March, but that's about it.

Rainne38 · February 2011

No, we don't celebrate it. In fact, now I can't remember the exact date. Our anniversary is close to the real date, but I haven't thought about it since we got married.

CocoP2008 · February 2011

We remember it, but we don't celebrate it. We're not big on that kind of stuff anyway. No anniversary gifts either, just cards.

Congrats on your silver status too, by the way.

GoBleu · February 2011

We are sentimental nerds so we actually married on the date 5 years later.

JulySpark05 · February 2011

We only celebrate our Wedding Anniversary. To be honest, I'm not sure what date our dating anniversary was! lol We were together for a little over a year before we got married so we only would have celebrated that one once.

epona3 · February 2011

that's funny you would mention it, since ours is today (10 years of "together" bliss, baby!)

we don't do anything special, but we usually mention it. i always jokingly suggest we watch the same movie again (it was bad, and we didn't really see much of it...)

mopsie · February 2011

DH proposed on our 5 year dating anniversary, and that was the last time we did anything on that date.

erincon8 · February 2011

DD was born on our dating anniversary so the date is now all about her!

mopsie · February 2011

AmandaP2008:
We remember it, but we don't celebrate it. We're not big on that kind of stuff anyway. No anniversary gifts either, just cards.
Congrats on your silver status too, by the way.

Haha, thanks... I've actually been silver for a while... I thought gold was 5,001, but it's actually 6,001. Damn.

Dreamsicle23 · February 2011

I don't even know...we went out for the first time in Feb. 2002 but we weren't an "official" couple until July I think. We never really celebrated a dating anniversary.

Brags0607 · February 2011

Our four year dating anniversary just past. We don't do anything to celebrate, but rather take a stroll down memory lane and talk about the beginning of our relationship. I actually kept a journal of our dating years so I can look back and remember things more vividly. Of course DH can only recall a few aspects and knows the date is some time in January! He is better at remembering our wedding anniversary & loves to give me as many cheesy singing cards as he can find!!

mopsie · February 2011

DH and I were friends for over a year before we started dating, and we never had a first "date", so we just used the day we first kissed as our "dating" anniversary. Even though he kissed me in my sleep a couple months earlier (a story for another time!).

PinkPeony6210 · February 2011

We both remember the date, but we don't celebrate it. The only anniversary we celebrate is our wedding anniversary.

Today is actually our engagement anniversary...lol. Besides it being DD's 8 month "birthday" and Groundhog Day, I was surprised that DH actually remembered he proposed on this day when I asked him.

KRISTA555 · February 2011

It's interesting you bring this up. I have a married couple as FB friends who constantly post anniversaries on their FB status message. For example, "Today it's been 7 years since M and I started dating!" , then 2 months later it's, "Today it's been 5 years since M proposed to me!!" and then 3 weeks later "Today marks 9 years since M and I met and became friends!!" and then a week later, "It's our 4 year wedding anniversary!!"

It's so obnoxious.

I don't even know the date that I started dating DH. I know it was around February or March. So, no, we don't pay attention except sometime around that time of year I might say "hey baby.... we started dating about this time of year" and he says "oh yeah?"

CocoP2008 · February 2011

mopsie:
AmandaP2008:

We remember it, but we don't celebrate it. We're not big on that kind of stuff anyway. No anniversary gifts either, just cards.

Congrats on your silver status too, by the way.

Haha, thanks... I've actually been silver for a while... I thought gold was 5,001, but it's actually 6,001. Damn.

Oh oops, lol! I remembered your post from yesterday trying to get your posts up and saw you were over the next thousand, and assumed your status had changed.

Well, you're almost there...less than 1000 posts to go! Stick out tongue

MrsBalletStar05 · February 2011

I've never remembered our dating anniversary, but DH knows it. We got married about 2 years after we started dating, so I know when we got together and will say how long we've been together..but yeah, I don't know the actual date.

kofmkg · February 2011

GoBleu:
We are sentimental nerds so we actually married on the date 5 years later.

We did the same thing-- only we married on the same date 6 years later.

Otherwise, I think it's goofy for couples to celebrate their dating anniversary if they are married.

mjj13579 · February 2011

It's February 27th - I remember it, DH rarely does. We don't celebrate it - we just celebrate our wedding date

Shandie_725 · February 2011

DH says that without our dating anniversary, we wouldn't have a wedding anniversary to celebrate. To him, our dating anniversary is a bit more special since that's when he proposed too. To me, they're both important. We were dating for 8 years before we got married, so a majority of our special memories happened before our marriage. We'll be together for 10 years this July.

Shandie_725 · February 2011

mopsie:
DH and I were friends for over a year before we started dating, and we never had a first "date", so we just used the day we first kissed as our "dating" anniversary. Even though he kissed me in my sleep a couple months earlier (a story for another time!).

Lol. That still makes me giggle a bit

mrs.kapow · February 2011

Our dating anniversary is Halloween so we always acknowledge it, but never do anything for it. Our wedding anniversary is St. Patty's so it's a similar situation.

marykaybride · February 2011

Our dating anniversary is the day before our wedding anniversary, so we celebrate for two days.

BKHeightsGirl · February 2011

We always remember the date and will mention it but we don't do anything for it. We were dating for 5 years before we got married so I feel like we should acknowledge those years of being together! This May will be 10 years since we started dating and September is our 5 year wedding anniversary. I think the dating anniversary deserves, at the very least, a shout out. LOL.

arishia · February 2011

Our dating anniversary (Feb 6) is really close to Valentine's Day, so we usually go out to dinner to celebrate both at the same time.

CrystalD528 · February 2011

mopsie:
DH proposed on our 5 year dating anniversary, and that was the last time we did anything on that date.

DH proposed on our 5 year dating anniversary too! I thought he was going to wait for a romantic weekend trip we had planned but he chose to propose on our dating anniversary. It was the most exciting Tuesday of my life, until the Tuesday DS was born.

Tmakes3 · February 2011

We don't celebrate it because we don't really have a specific date, but we met on my sisters birthday, which is DS birthday too! We always joke that August 4th is our lucky day.

cristiana · February 2011

I don't remember, but my husband always does. Embarrassed

He usually just mentions it though, we don't actually celebrate it.

emilysmommy2010 · February 2011

We just got married December 27, 2010. I think we will continue to celebrate our anniversary date which is November 1, 2007 because my DH mother died two days after we got married. It sort of makes it a less than happy time.

mommabird77 · February 2011

We remember our dating anniversary and will reminisce about it, but we only celebrate our wedding anniversary.

Summadaze · February 2011

Not married over here.. Our 6 years dating anniversary was Jan 7th.. Just recently I was thinking about whether we would celebrate both or not... Jan 7th is also the day we found out the sex of our princess last year so I think with them both being on the same day I'll at least remember it for a while. I remember the day we found out my son was a boy because it is Dev's birthday... August 7th.. Smile

jenxoxoxo · February 2011

Yes we do celebrate our 'dating' anniversary. We dated for 8 yrs before we got married. We also remember and have a dinner nothing special for our proposal anniversary which happens to fall on halloween. We also celebrate our 'real' anniversary. We just make or go out for dinner, cards and usually no presents.

ColesMommy0606 · February 2011

GoBleu:
We are sentimental nerds so we actually married on the date 5 years later.

This exactly.

jennygirlmt · February 2011

We don't celebrate but we remember it with a "We've been together for 8 years, love you!" :-)

MrsDeHav · February 2011

yup, we always go to the restaurant where we had our first date on our dating anniversary.

BaileyDoodle2010 · February 2011

ours is 2/15, so have always just combined it with V-Day.

stella_blu · February 2011

We'll celebrate our 10 year dating anniversary on Friday. We dated for 7 years before we were married and to us that's the basis of our relationship. We celebrate our wedding anniversary to but I can't see dropping something after 7 years just because there is something else to celebrate.

Sami519 · February 2011

We both remember it, but don't celebrate or anything. Although this year I mentioned it to DH because it was on MLK day and he had the day off. (It was on MLK day on our first date too!)

Jason&Erin82507 · February 2011

GoBleu:
We are sentimental nerds so we actually married on the date 5 years later.

This! We began dating 8/25/02, got engaged 8/25/05 and were married on 8/25/07. Five years later.

marta602 · February 2011

We got married on our dating anniversary, so now it's our real anniversary. It just worked out that way and makes it really easy for DH to remember. He counts how many years we've been togeter from when we started dating instead of married. This year will be 10 years daing and 5 years married.

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