Committed: The Ties that Bond
with Angella Dykstra
I'm a mom of three, a professional accountant, and an amateur photographer and writer. I am not a marriage expert. But my husband and I take "Til death do us part" seriously, and here I'll be sharing how we keep our marriage strong while we both do that insane work-life juggle.
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My husband and I are coming up on our tenth anniversary (!) which has led me to wonder what we should do to celebrate such a momentous occasion. We’re hoping to get away for the weekend (Maybe Vegas! For the first time! We don’t gamble, but we do like tigers).
Whilst pondering such a great milestone, I wondered about the “traditional” gifts. I know that one of the years are paper, and one of them is wood and, well, I really had no clue as to what the annual gifts were supposed to be.
Thanks to About.com, I have been schooled in anniversary gifts. They have the 1st through 100th (WOW) wedding anniversary gifts listed.
The traditional gift for the tenth anniversary is tin. The modern gift is diamonds. Hook. Me. Up. I think it’s time to start playing the anniversary gift game, if only to give us some creative ideas.
Do you do “traditional” anniversary gifts?
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Don’t tell him because it’s a surprise (I’m pretty sure he doesn’t come here to read this - my bad if her does - Hi Honey, if you do! Surprise!). Anniversary plans always fall into my lap (Mr. Man does Valentine’s Day) and this summer is also our tenth, and, and, and…
I’M TAKING HIM SKYDIVING! Waaaaaaah! I’m so excited!
Diamonds though. Diamonds would be good.
Danica | March 16th, 2010 at 11:25 am
we’ve only had one anniversary and it was definitely not traditional
we got married in a bar though so I’m not sure we fall into the “traditional couple” category.
hillary | March 16th, 2010 at 11:44 am
No, we don’t do traditional gifts. For our 10th we went to Europe though and it was AMAZING (that was before we had our 2 year old and my sister lived in Belgium, making it a very affordable trip). For our 15th we spent 2 nights in Vail (while grandma watched the toddler). Both of these were amazing MEMORIES that I’ll treasure more than a little piece of jewelry or tin!
V.W.
Victoria Winters | March 16th, 2010 at 2:00 pm
We do traditional gifts - always have, always will. Neither of us are really into gifts, so I think it just makes things easier!
In 3 weeks we’re celebrating #5: wood. As he works with wood quite well, I’m quite sure my gift will be homemade and gorgeous. I know he’s had it planned for months. I guess I better start thinking what I’m going to do for him…
Sara | March 16th, 2010 at 2:46 pm
Yes, we have always done traditional anniversary gifts, right from the beginning (starting with paper). We’ve been married 10 years and although the materials haven’t always been very interesting (cotton, leather, wood, copper, bronze, pottery, etc) I am VERY excited about the fact that I will DEFINITELY be getting pearls, diamonds, rubies, emeralds and sapphires at some point in the future! WOOT! But of course, it’s always the thought that counts, and I’ve received some amazing “traditional” gifts from my hubby that I will treasure forever.
Hannah | March 16th, 2010 at 3:19 pm
We totally play the traditional gift game - it’s great for getting creative. For the most part we’ve stuck with the “traditional,” although this year a popcorn popper for the family seemed like a WAY better idea than “fruits and flowers.” I may too switch to the “modern” side of things when it comes to number 10!
Jenn | March 16th, 2010 at 8:25 pm
We don’t usually go the “traditional” route, but sometimes it’s fun. For our third anniversary, he surprised me with a couple crystal figurines - I had no idea that was the 3rd anniversary gift. For our 5th, I decided since the designated gifts were wood and silverware, we would go out for Chinese and eat with chopsticks.
We have a savings account that we contribute to throughout the year - using the savings on our grocery bill - and we decide together what to spend it on as an anniversary gift to ourselves.
Teri | March 16th, 2010 at 9:03 pm