Dating anniversary?

ToastieSimons · October 2014

Do you celebrate the anniversary you started dating?

DH officially asked me to be his girlfriend 10 years ago next month so we're going to go away for a night (more of an excuse to get away than anything, no gifts, etc).

My parents always make a point to go out on their dating anniversary and they're up to like 43 years this year.

DS2's therapist told me that was weird.

MomIn2013 · October 2014

We don't celebrate it, but we do acknowledge it, as well as the anniversary of the date he proposed. I don't think it's weird at all to celebrate it.

jlpev · October 2014

We always mention it but don't celebrate it. Its on valentines day & we don't ever do anything big for that either.

Andrewsgal · October 2014

We know it but don't celebrate it. We are going all out for our 10th wedding anniversary this year. Mine is in 10 days;) I met DH 11 years ago!

caybeh · October 2014

We don't celebrate it, but acknowledge it.

kcisthebombdotcom · October 2014

I don't celebrate it but I don't think its weird to. Any excuse to reconnect when you have small children is a good reason in my book. I do draw the line at reciting your vows every month. THAT is weird,

jensriot · October 2014

We go out to dinner every year for ours. It's 2 days before my birthday though, so it's really a birthday/dating anniversary dinner. It's kind of nice to recognize that we've been together for 16 years even though married only 7.

yanakimou · October 2014

We don't celebrate since we don't have an exact date, but it was sometime in the fall and our wedding anniversary was yesterday, so we could consider them combined. I don't think it's weird to celebrate it, I think it's good to take any chance you can get to celebrate something.

We would laugh if we had to try be serious enough to recite our vows every month. We would probably end up changing them to make fun of each other or something. I agree that people who do that seriously every month are probably not as happy and in love as they would like to have people believe.

raraavis28 · October 2014

I remember the date we met, started dating, and when DH proposed, but I'm weird and just remember dates easily. I don't expect DH to remember or celebrate (besides our wedding anniversary, obv). If the dating anniversary date is special to you, though, I don't think it's weird to celebrate.

Congrats to all those celebrating anniversaries!

zbeesma86 · October 2014

We have the movie stubs from our first date in a box. We know it but don't celebrate.

Could you imagine how many anniversaries you'd have if you celebrated every first?? First kiss. First time you had sex. First date. First road head. Haha the list can go on & on.

ordinary1 · October 2014

We go out for dinner kid-free for our dating anniversary. Our dating anniversary and our wedding anniversary are almost exactly six months apart.

meglew · October 2014

We acknowledge, but don't go out of out way to celebrate it. It is actually in a couple of weeks. Our 10 year anniversary is next month. We are going to postpone a bigger celebration until the first of the year because DH's brother decided out of all the weekends in the year, the one 2 days after our anniversary is the one he picked to get married. So we have commitments those weekends (as do our babysitters).

Xtine22 · October 2014

mamaalysson said:

I don't even remember our vows. We picked the shortest version out of our officiant's book...that's all I know.

I don't think it's weird to celebrate your dating anniversary. We don't do anything specific, but it's a nice reminder to check in with each other and try to spend some extra time together. I can't see how that could be a bad thing.

We did the same thing.

We barely celebrated when we were just dating. It just so happened a for a couple years we actually had big things plan around our anniversary. Besides that I think we would go to dinner but nothing fancy at all, think Chillis, Friday's, local places on the price point, we always go out for dinner so it was really nothing special.

spring_time · October 2014

I don't think it is weird, but we don't do it. I don't think either of us really know for sure the exact date. I think it is at some point at the end of July.

dmartin726 · October 2014

I acknowledge it, but we don't actually "celebrate" it. We just passed 10 years. Wahoo. And yeah, I don't remember our vows. Like at all.

vlagrl29 · October 2014

I know the date and we always acknowledge it to each other but we don't make a big deal about it. Our marriage anniversary is this Friday and we will be going out to dinner at the restaurant where DH held a surprise engagement party for me. 5 years on Friday!

lilqt3929 · October 2014

I don't necessarily think it's wierd. We don't typically celebrate it but this year I'm hoping to since it's been 10 years that we've been together on October 13th (married only 2). It'd be nice to just go out without LO for a night and reminence about those early years

(not that we need a special time for that but it's much easier without LO to focus on us and reconnect).

HBirdie · October 2014

Not weird to me. I know the date we started officially dating (we were friends before that), but since we got married we haven't really celebrated it. Maybe we should, I think any reason to reconnect with your spouse is a good one.

sschwege · October 2014

We did before we were married, so basically celebrated it twice.

jnksmom · October 2014

We acknowledge it but don't celebrate it. We have been dating 10 years Oct 22. We might go out to dinner since it is 10 years but we don't usually do anything. I don't think it's weird that you celebrate though.

mandymack · October 2014

We don't because it's so close to Valentine's Day

It's been 11 years.

snowbound · October 2014

I don't think it's weird. I don't celebrate it because it's nms but also because it's the same month as our wedding anniversary.

orangegoggles · October 2014

I don't but mostly because DH and I are not sentimental like that. I don't even know the date, just the season lol.

We celebrate our anniversary and thats about it.

I don't think its weird but I DO think it's weird that the therapist told you its weird, wth?

magentawarped · October 2014

We got married on our dating anniversary. So...yes.

mrsmopar67 · October 2014

I know when it is, we just don't make a big deal out of any anniversary though.

minerswife17 · October 2014

magentawarped said:

We got married on our dating anniversary. So...yes.

Aww. I love this. We wanted to but it would've been like 4 or 5 years until it landed on a Saturday and we didn't want to wait that long to get married. Ha

minerswife17 · October 2014

We acknowledge our date-aversary but don't do much. A card for DH and a card and flowers for me. And...well....ya know.

superToots · October 2014

We argue about when we started dating, so every year when I mention it he rolls his eyes

and then we playfully fight.

Ds2 was born the day after. I was so bummed when midnight rolled around and he still wasn't out yet (I was being induced).

MesmrEwe · October 2014

We barely get to celebrate our actual anniversary - let alone when we started dating...

That said - if that's an excuse for a couple with kids to make a break for it and spend time together to reconnect or for that matter, couple time, more power to them - go for it!!

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