# Do anniversaries matter to you? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [August 3, 2011, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-anniversaries-matter-to-you/591375 "2011-08-03T21:17:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2011, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-anniversaries-matter-to-you/591375/41 "2011-08-08T15:26:00Z")
Meh. I tend to forget birthdays and anniversaries. I also tend to buy my friends/relatives/SO gifts when I see something OI know they would like. So I get looked at funny when I miss my gf’s birthday, even though I bought her what woulda been the perfect BD gift six weeks prior. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2011, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-anniversaries-matter-to-you/591375/42 "2011-08-08T15:28:12Z")
[Mod mod]Changed “anniversaires” to “anniversaries” in title.[/Mod mod] ---
**Author:** ![corkboard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e9bcb4/32.png) [@corkboard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/corkboard)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2011, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-anniversaries-matter-to-you/591375/43 "2011-08-08T15:29:13Z")
We note our anniversary only because it gives us an excuse to get a babysitter and go out for a nice meal. There are a lot of good restaurants around here that we want to go to as a couple, rather than as a family (yes, we bring our kids to restaurants; yes, they’re well behaved; but no, we don’t bring them to places where children would be inappropriate), so we make a date of it. But we don’t exchange gifts or even cards. In fact, today is our anniversary so last night we went to a great restaurant, saw a movie, went home and I allowed her to seduce me, and then she fell asleep on the couch while I watched _Holmes on Homes_. We don’t really make a big deal out of birthdays or Valentine’s Day either. I knew she was the one for me when we were dating- she’d travel to see me a couple weekends a month, and one of her visits coincided with V-Day. I asked what she’d like to do when she came that weekend and she replied, “how about we order a pizza, crack a couple beers, rent a movie and have sex?” The perfect woman. ---
**Author:** ![Floater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/dc4da7/32.png) [@Floater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Floater)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2011, 11:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-anniversaries-matter-to-you/591375/44 "2011-08-09T11:39:01Z")
> [@Vihaga](#): > > I am up for celebrating anything (including anniversaries), but I don’t get this. If I can celebrate a birthday, with my entire family by doing it on a weekend instead of celebrating alone on a weekday, why not? We live too far away for weekday travel time to be possible without taking time off work, and weekends are generally convenient for everyone. Enjoying the occasion and spending time together is way more important than hitting a certain day. Assuming you’re from the USA: On what date do you celebrate the anniversary of the declaration of independence? ---
**Author:** ![Vihaga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Vihaga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Vihaga)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2011, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-anniversaries-matter-to-you/591375/45 "2011-08-09T13:38:32Z")
> [@Floater](#): > > Assuming you’re from the USA: On what date do you celebrate the anniversary of the declaration of independence? On the fourth usually, if we’re going to an event. I think this year the family did fireworks and a picnic on the 3rd instead of the 4th, but I wasn’t able to go. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-anniversaries-matter-to-you/591375.md?page=2)