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.
[Mod mod]Changed “anniversaires” to “anniversaries” in title.[/Mod mod]
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.
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.