# 16th anniversary - wax!? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [October 14, 2016, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/16th-anniversary-wax/768519 "2016-10-14T16:00:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![August\_West](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/august_west/32/18069_2.png) [@August\_West](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/August_West)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2016, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/16th-anniversary-wax/768519/1 "2016-10-14T16:00:34Z")
My wife and I are about to celebrate our 16th wedding anniversary and we usually do the “traditional” wedding gifts. but try to put a clever spin on them. My clever center must be malfunctioning lately, because the traditional gift for 16 years is…wax. I’m drawing a complete blank. What could I get her that isn’t candles or a body wax? Help me out, smartest, hippest, people of the internet. ---
**Author:** ![sitchensis](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sitchensis/32/4892_2.png) [@sitchensis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sitchensis)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2016, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/16th-anniversary-wax/768519/2 "2016-10-14T16:02:30Z")
You could get her a wax at a spa, or a box of crayons. They also have those massage candles but that shouldn’t be the main gift. ---
**Author:** ![Procrustus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/procrustus/32/2994_2.png) [@Procrustus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Procrustus)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2016, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/16th-anniversary-wax/768519/3 "2016-10-14T16:04:34Z")
Wax [envelop seal kit](https://www.amazon.com/s/?ie=UTF8&keywords=envelope+wax+seal+stamp&tag=googhydr-20&index=aps&hvadid=92695826909&hvpos=1t2&hvnetw=g&hvrand=5511520426211368073&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=b&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9033413&hvtargid=kwd-13383498379&ref=pd_sl_3702lm7q8b_b) Very romantic ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2016, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/16th-anniversary-wax/768519/4 "2016-10-14T16:08:15Z")
Car wax. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2016, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/16th-anniversary-wax/768519/5 "2016-10-14T16:32:03Z")
[Wax makes all women happy!](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U4TAgafXLAc) ---
**Author:** ![Dendarii\_Dame](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bbce88/32.png) [@Dendarii\_Dame](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dendarii_Dame)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2016, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/16th-anniversary-wax/768519/6 "2016-10-14T16:32:52Z")
“Wax” is slang for vinyl records. Do you have a record player? An LP? If not, maybe an iTunes gift certificate. _American Hot Wax_, about DJ Alan Freed, is a DVD. [https://www.amazon.com/American-Hot-Wax-Tim-McIntire/dp/B00003CWL9](https://www.amazon.com/American-Hot-Wax-Tim-McIntire/dp/B00003CWL9) ---
**Author:** ![Whiskey\_Dickens](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/9fc348/32.png) [@Whiskey\_Dickens](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whiskey_Dickens)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2016, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/16th-anniversary-wax/768519/7 "2016-10-14T16:33:59Z")
Gift cert for a Brazilian wax. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2016, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/16th-anniversary-wax/768519/8 "2016-10-14T16:35:38Z")
A weekend trip to some vacation spot, including a visit to a wax museum. ---
**Author:** ![N9IWP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/n9iwp/32/3154_2.png) [@N9IWP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/N9IWP)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2016, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/16th-anniversary-wax/768519/9 "2016-10-14T17:12:29Z")
A beehive? Brian ---
**Author:** ![Amateur\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/59ef9b/32.png) [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2016, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/16th-anniversary-wax/768519/10 "2016-10-14T17:13:34Z")
Just give her a coupla good wax. She’ll understand. ---
**Author:** ![Gukumatz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/74df32/32.png) [@Gukumatz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gukumatz)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2016, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/16th-anniversary-wax/768519/11 "2016-10-14T17:25:39Z")
A trip to see Madamme Tussaud’s in London. (Or New York, Las Vegas, Washington, San Francisco, Hollywood, Nashville or Orlando if that’s more convenient.) ---
**Author:** ![SmellMyWort](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea5d25/32.png) [@SmellMyWort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SmellMyWort)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2016, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/16th-anniversary-wax/768519/12 "2016-10-14T17:27:56Z")
Skis! ---
**Author:** ![Cartoonacy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/848f3c/32.png) [@Cartoonacy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartoonacy)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2016, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/16th-anniversary-wax/768519/13 "2016-10-14T17:28:13Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > A weekend trip to some vacation spot, including a visit to a wax museum. That’s an idea. Take a trip to New York City, where you can visit [Madame Tussaud’s](https://www.madametussauds.com/new-york/en/), and maybe take a side trip two hours south to Easton, PA, where you can take a tour of the [Crayola factory](http://www.crayolaexperience.com/easton). ---
**Author:** ![Cartoonacy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/848f3c/32.png) [@Cartoonacy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartoonacy)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2016, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/16th-anniversary-wax/768519/14 "2016-10-14T17:36:13Z")
If your anniversary is this weekend, or within the first two weeks of November or December, you can go out for a moonlight cruise or carriage ride, and watch the moon waxing. ---
**Author:** ![Dendarii\_Dame](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bbce88/32.png) [@Dendarii\_Dame](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dendarii_Dame)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2016, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/16th-anniversary-wax/768519/15 "2016-10-14T18:10:46Z")
> [@Gukumatz](#): > > A trip to see Madamme Tussaud’s in London. (Or New York, Las Vegas, Washington, San Francisco, Hollywood, Nashville or Orlando if that’s more convenient.) Or Baltimore, with a museum called Great Blacks in Wax. [great blacks in wax - Google Search](https://www.google.com/search?q=great+blacks+in+wax&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8) ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21825_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2016, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/16th-anniversary-wax/768519/16 "2016-10-14T18:30:20Z")
[**Lips?**](https://www.google.com/search?q=wax+lips&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjsht-79trPAhWGVj4KHY31AHsQ_AUICCgB&biw=1338&bih=943) it’s a link - the red kinda hides it… ---
**Author:** ![justanothermike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c2a13f/32.png) [@justanothermike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/justanothermike)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2016, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/16th-anniversary-wax/768519/17 "2016-10-14T18:44:43Z")
I give you Wax and raise you Herbal Tea: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nw6NlI1vy9Y](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nw6NlI1vy9Y) ---
**Author:** ![jnglmassiv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f07891/32.png) [@jnglmassiv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jnglmassiv)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2016, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/16th-anniversary-wax/768519/18 "2016-10-14T18:47:37Z")
Speaking of lips, maybe some fancy lip balm? Those are often mostly wax. > [@Cartoonacy](#): > > … take a tour of the [Crayola factory](http://www.crayolaexperience.com/easton). Has anyone here ever done this? If so, is the smell as overpowering as I’m imagining? ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2016, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/16th-anniversary-wax/768519/19 "2016-10-14T18:51:46Z")
> [@jnglmassiv](#): > > Speaking of lips, maybe some fancy lip balm? > Those are often mostly wax. > > Has anyone here ever done this? If so, is the smell as overpowering as I’m imagining? How about wax lips? ---
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2016, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/16th-anniversary-wax/768519/20 "2016-10-14T19:08:42Z")
You could wax poetic and write her a poem. Or just take her to a Karate Kid movie. Regards, Shodan [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/16th-anniversary-wax/768519.md?page=2)