Tomorrow is my anniversary.....

[Darren]

Tomorrow will be 6 years for the wife and I. I haven't bought her anything or made any plans yet. Any suggestions?

[jimoshel]

Go up to her, put your arms around her, look her in the eye and say, "I love you."

Then take her out to a nice place for dinner and after ordering but before eating give her a present. A piece of jewelery is always nice.

[neohic]

Mine loves simple things. Birthdays... anniversary... Christmas... I'm the king of planning simple things that seem like such a huge ordeal that have a ton of thought put behind them and turning nothing into a huge adventure. For example, my wife's birthday is January 6th and this is our first year living at our new part of the state. This year, she had to work so I dropped her off and when came back I had three options laid out.

 

• 1. Hit up a local hockey game and kick it in the avid fan section. (We aren't sports people by any means so from time to time we enjoy going to some sort of game and hoot and holler along side the craziest person we can find and almost turn it into a cheering competition.)
   
  2. Go to a local play house. I found one that was featuring a local cast of West Side Story. (I was actually hoping that she would've picked this option. For the most part, I hate musicals... however, I'm a sucker for West Side Story and The Sound of Music.)
   
  3. Hang out at Caribou Coffee with some board games for the evening. I had several options that I had along when I picked her up so if she were to choose the Caribou option then I'd be prepared.

 

In any case, she chose option number three and we sat until they kicked us out just sipping on some coffee, rolling dice, and almost making a scene when she kept winning at Yahtzee... I'm talking like seven times in a row! Beating me bad too!! Anyhow, with setting up an evening of options there always has to be that unexpected gift at the unexpected time. In her case, we had been at Caribou for a couple hours and she was having a nice time with a quiet evening and out came a framed puzzle. A puzzle? Yup... years ago she was all about big cities to the point that she was almost ready to pick up and move to New York. She found little things to pacify her wanting to move like fancy nick-nacks to remind her of past vacations. One of such was a puzzle of the New York skyline that she almost had put together when her cat decided to use it as scratching post. The puzzle was ruined and that was that. Well, years later, I found the same puzzle, took the time to put it together, frame it (made the frame and had a piece of glass cut), and hide it in the basement. She lit up! Something so simple yet a throwback from years ago that I still remembered her getting all worked up that her cat destroyed the first one... hey, it was a hard puzzle!

 

The moral of the story is don't be afraid to be cheap. Look at your city's website for local events and plan from there. Be ready to have a backup in case you pick something and it sucks... but try and make it look like you're just winging it. Pair that up with a thoughtful gift at an unexpected moment and call it a night.

 

If all else fails, you can always resort to the traditional wedding anniversary gifts for each year. Sixth is iron or sugar. Typically, I'll work something around the traditional gift each year and put a fun spin to it. Bare minimum would be taking the first half of Jim's advise. Maybe take out the old scrap book, put some slow jams on the ipod, and just stay home.I'm not too far behind that the wife and I just celebrated our 5th year a month ago. Good luck and congratulations!

[Zenobian_84]

:agree: Very good advice here. This coming September will be my 3rd year anniversary with the GF. Not only is it our anniversary, but it'll be my 20th birthday :clapping: Usually, I sacrifice my day to take her out someplace nice. Last year I took her out for a day of shopping, and we caught a movie around 6 (Disney's Tangled) and then I took her out for a romantic dinner. Ended the day with some adult activities and she went home satisfied all 'round :yes: ;) Like Neohic said, always have a backup plan, because it always seems that no matter how much time you spend planning everything to the last detail, SOMETHING will probably go wrong. Just another case of Murphy's Law, hard at work.

 

In any case, enjoy your anniversary with your wife! I can only hope I'll get to that point someday. :cheers: