# First one year anniversary.
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-one-year-anniversary/31282
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion
**Created:** [August 30, 2000, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-one-year-anniversary/31282 "2000-08-30T01:55:17Z")
**Posts on this page:** 11
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### Author:  [@Diesel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diesel)
#### Post date: [August 30, 2000, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-one-year-anniversary/31282/1 "2000-08-30T01:55:17Z")
My first real girlfriend and i have our one year anniversary coming up very soon. Does anyone have some appropriate gift ideas for the occasion?
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### Author:  [@bouv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bouv)
#### Post date: [August 30, 2000, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-one-year-anniversary/31282/2 "2000-08-30T02:06:59Z")
paper is the traditional first-year anniversary gift. How 'bout a card? Try to stay away from humerous cards, though, as women see this as a “special” and “romantic” event. SO get a mushy-lovey-duvey card, ok? By the way, buy my book! (It’s not out yest, so don’t go looking)
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### Author:  [@fierra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fierra)
#### Post date: [August 30, 2000, 10:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-one-year-anniversary/31282/3 "2000-08-30T10:02:13Z")
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> \*Originally posted by bouv \*
> \*\* By the way, buy my book! (It’s not out yest, so don’t go looking) \*\*
but if you just give her a card, she’ll think that you haven’t tried - a book would be perfect (if she likes books & you get her one that she’ll like & you can write in the flyleaf)
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### Author:  [@silent\_rob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silent_rob)
#### Post date: [August 30, 2000, 10:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-one-year-anniversary/31282/4 "2000-08-30T10:30:42Z")
I’ve heard of tickets being big first year anniversary gifts. Though, this is usually for wedding anniversaries and is for trips. Though in your case, I wouldn’t recommend that.
Does she have a favourite singer or band that’s coming to town? Or maybe she’s a big opera fan and there is a nice operahouse near you. You could get her and you tickets to something like that.
Though, if there is not, a book would be very nice also. Maybe there’s some author that she really likes that you could get an older edition of one of their books, maybe even first edition. Though watch out for this, as it can get very expensive. You might, however, get a real find.
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### Author:  [@manhattan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/manhattan)
#### Post date: [August 30, 2000, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-one-year-anniversary/31282/5 "2000-08-30T13:53:44Z")
This thread is better suited to IMHO. I’ll move it there now.
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### Author:  [@Sea\_Sloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sea_Sloth)
#### Post date: [August 30, 2000, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-one-year-anniversary/31282/6 "2000-08-30T15:13:27Z")
The best 1 yr. anniversary gift I ever got was a suprise picnic on a secluded beach with crackers, brie, grapes, smoked salmon, olives, and champagne. It was private, romantic, and special. An anniversary is a good time to really appreciate each other by spending time talking about your relationship and what you love about each other. You know, quiet together time.
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### Author:  [@Lazarus7](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lazarus7)
#### Post date: [August 31, 2000, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-one-year-anniversary/31282/7 "2000-08-31T00:31:18Z")
While reading this thread I came up with an idea for a present for my wife for our one year anniversary (still a couple of months away) … now a tiny bit of background - I am really really bad at gift giving. really bad … oh no, just in case you missed it, really bad! I think the gift is ok, until I see the look on her face - so bad!
Anyhow, my idea was this. I could give her a rock … a normal rock. Then tell her that my love was solid as a rock (even put that on a card) … took me about 15 seconds to realize this was probably a bad idea. Must be getting better at gift giving I tend not to figure those things out at all.
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### Author:  [@BoBettie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BoBettie)
#### Post date: [August 31, 2000, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-one-year-anniversary/31282/8 "2000-08-31T01:13:17Z")
Laz, you are SO close on this one…
Rock…diamond…do it!
Zette
(who got a surprise diamond anniversary band for her 1 year wedding anniversary. My husband couldn’t think of anything else. Cool!)
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### Author:  [@Lazarus7](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lazarus7)
#### Post date: [August 31, 2000, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-one-year-anniversary/31282/9 "2000-08-31T16:41:16Z")
ah … but isn’t the diamond ring enough? … no, I guess it is not.
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### Author:  [@Phobos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Phobos)
#### Post date: [August 31, 2000, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-one-year-anniversary/31282/10 "2000-08-31T21:31:20Z")
> [@](#):
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> \*Originally posted by bouv \*
> \*\*paper is the traditional first-year anniversary gift. \*\*
…if you’re married, that is.
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### Author:  [@Endora](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Endora)
#### Post date: [August 31, 2000, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-one-year-anniversary/31282/11 "2000-08-31T23:53:52Z")
I think that giving her a normal rock is just fine, as long as the next words out of your mouth are “and here’s a little rock for your (finger/ear/neck/whatever),” accompanied by some sort of set precious stone. That would be a clever delivery.
For my recent one-year boyfriend/girlfriend anniversary, I got a very nice putter and golf lessons. He got a framed Ben Hogan print. I guess golf was an unofficial theme. Most women would be horrified if they got a putter for an anniversary, but, then, I’d be fine with a really nice blender, too, so I guess I’m just not the norm.