# Six month anniversay with my girlfriend; how can I make it special? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [September 15, 2010, 9:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/six-month-anniversay-with-my-girlfriend-how-can-i-make-it-special/553826 "2010-09-15T09:26:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Red\_Barchetta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/da6949/32.png) [@Red\_Barchetta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Red_Barchetta)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2010, 9:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/six-month-anniversay-with-my-girlfriend-how-can-i-make-it-special/553826/1 "2010-09-15T09:26:51Z")
So my six month anniversay with my girlfriend is coming up on Thursday and I was wondering what I can do to make it special. We already have plans for dinner (made by her) so I want to do something to show I care for her (though I also don’t want to go overboard either–we’ll save that for the year anniversary ;). If it matters, we’re both in our mid 20s. Ideas? ---
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2010, 10:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/six-month-anniversay-with-my-girlfriend-how-can-i-make-it-special/553826/2 "2010-09-15T10:09:56Z")
possibly in addition to something else, I find a really well-chosen card can be quite meaningful. But you have to take the time to find one that really resonates with her/your relationship and isn’t just generic. ---
**Author:** ![One\_And\_Only\_Wanderers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/838e76/32.png) [@One\_And\_Only\_Wanderers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/One_And_Only_Wanderers)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2010, 10:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/six-month-anniversay-with-my-girlfriend-how-can-i-make-it-special/553826/3 "2010-09-15T10:16:51Z")
Maybe a really nice bottle of wine to go with the dinner? ---
**Author:** ![HazelNutCoffee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ac91a4/32.png) [@HazelNutCoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HazelNutCoffee)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2010, 10:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/six-month-anniversay-with-my-girlfriend-how-can-i-make-it-special/553826/4 "2010-09-15T10:20:17Z")
My boyfriend writes me silly limericks about how beautiful I am. 😛 It’s kind of our thing. Similarly anything specific to your relationship and stuff you’ve done together would be nice. ---
**Author:** ![kambuckta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/53a042/32.png) [@kambuckta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kambuckta)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2010, 10:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/six-month-anniversay-with-my-girlfriend-how-can-i-make-it-special/553826/5 "2010-09-15T10:25:45Z")
What’d make it REALLY special is if you wash the dishes afterwards. A domesticated bloke makes women go all weak at the knees, trust me. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![lindsaybluth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/90db22/32.png) [@lindsaybluth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lindsaybluth)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2010, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/six-month-anniversay-with-my-girlfriend-how-can-i-make-it-special/553826/6 "2010-09-15T16:30:34Z")
You’re in your mid 20’s and are celebrating monthly anniversaries? Is this your or her first relationship? ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2010, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/six-month-anniversay-with-my-girlfriend-how-can-i-make-it-special/553826/7 "2010-09-15T16:34:48Z")
For our six month _wedding_ anniversary, I gave Pepper Mill a pair of wooden chopsticks (wood is the material for the traditional six-_year_ wedding gift, but there isn’t one for six months). She still uses them. She used them yesterday. For our one-year anniversary (paper), I made her a framed origami Bride and Groom. ---
**Author:** ![Shot\_From\_Guns](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ccd318/32.png) [@Shot\_From\_Guns](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shot_From_Guns)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2010, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/six-month-anniversay-with-my-girlfriend-how-can-i-make-it-special/553826/8 "2010-09-15T16:36:24Z")
Oral. ---
**Author:** ![meow\_meow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f04885/32.png) [@meow\_meow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/meow_meow)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2010, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/six-month-anniversay-with-my-girlfriend-how-can-i-make-it-special/553826/9 "2010-09-15T16:49:23Z")
Anniversaries are an ANNual event. That is, once a year. You can’t have a 6 month Anniversary. Sorry. ---
**Author:** ![MeanOldLady](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/meanoldlady/32/10737_2.png) [@MeanOldLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MeanOldLady)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2010, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/six-month-anniversay-with-my-girlfriend-how-can-i-make-it-special/553826/10 "2010-09-15T16:51:09Z")
> [@lindsaybluth](#): > > You’re in your mid 20’s and are celebrating monthly anniversaries? Is this your or her first relationship? > [@Shot\_From\_Guns](#): > > Oral. Have I told you two lately that I love you? Because I do. ---
**Author:** ![lindsaybluth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/90db22/32.png) [@lindsaybluth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lindsaybluth)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2010, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/six-month-anniversay-with-my-girlfriend-how-can-i-make-it-special/553826/11 "2010-09-15T17:00:43Z")
> [@MeanOldLady](#): > > Have I told you two lately that I love you? Because I do. I take it that we are now in a three-way couple and I am very excited. Any ideas for our first anniversary on 10/15? ---
**Author:** ![Shot\_From\_Guns](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ccd318/32.png) [@Shot\_From\_Guns](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shot_From_Guns)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2010, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/six-month-anniversay-with-my-girlfriend-how-can-i-make-it-special/553826/12 "2010-09-15T17:02:06Z")
> [@meow\_meow](#): > > Anniversaries are an ANNual event. That is, once a year. You can’t have a 6 month Anniversary. Sorry. Meows are a noise a cat makes, not a person. Unless you’d like to convince us you’re a cat, you can’t have that name. Sorry. > [@MeanOldLady](#): > > Have I told you two lately that I love you? Because I do. The three of us are pretty amazing, aren’t we. Yes, that \*is \*intentionally punctuated as a statement, because there is only one possible legitimate answer. ETA: @ **lindsay** : Hot. And you already know what I’ll be expecting. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2010, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/six-month-anniversay-with-my-girlfriend-how-can-i-make-it-special/553826/13 "2010-09-15T17:06:14Z")
**RB:** what did you do on your first date? > [@meow\_meow](#): > > Anniversaries are an ANNual event. That is, once a year. You can’t have a 6 month Anniversary. Sorry. Yeah, it’s a mesaversary. > [@Shot\_From\_Guns](#): > > > [@MeanOldLady](#): > > > > Have I told you two lately that I love you? Because I do. > > The three of us are pretty amazing, aren’t we. > > Yes, that \*is \*intentionally punctuated as a statement, because there is only one possible legitimate answer. > > ETA: > > @ **lindsay** : Hot. And you already know what I’ll be expecting. Pictures, or it didn’t happen… and it _must_ happen. ---
**Author:** ![Duckster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/duckster/32/1244_2.png) [@Duckster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duckster)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2010, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/six-month-anniversay-with-my-girlfriend-how-can-i-make-it-special/553826/14 "2010-09-15T17:10:48Z")
> [@kambuckta](#): > > What’d make it REALLY special is if you wash the dishes afterwards. Make sure you are only wearing a clean apron and clean white socks. Nothing else. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Shot\_From\_Guns](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ccd318/32.png) [@Shot\_From\_Guns](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shot_From_Guns)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2010, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/six-month-anniversay-with-my-girlfriend-how-can-i-make-it-special/553826/15 "2010-09-15T17:20:12Z")
Oh, for the love of god, not the fucking _socks_. Especially not \*white \*socks. Ugh. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2010, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/six-month-anniversay-with-my-girlfriend-how-can-i-make-it-special/553826/16 "2010-09-15T17:20:37Z")
Hell, that’s what I’m wearing now. ---
**Author:** ![Shot\_From\_Guns](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ccd318/32.png) [@Shot\_From\_Guns](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shot_From_Guns)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2010, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/six-month-anniversay-with-my-girlfriend-how-can-i-make-it-special/553826/17 "2010-09-15T17:23:52Z")
Your poor fiancee. ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2010, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/six-month-anniversay-with-my-girlfriend-how-can-i-make-it-special/553826/18 "2010-09-15T17:32:17Z")
Back in the day, wasn’t the 6-month anniversary give a mix-tape? Don’t know what the equivalent would be now… ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2010, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/six-month-anniversay-with-my-girlfriend-how-can-i-make-it-special/553826/19 "2010-09-15T17:37:28Z")
“Hey, let me borrow your iPod for an hour.” “No.” “Bitch, you’re going to ruin Christmas!” ---
**Author:** ![Enderw24](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ba9def/32.png) [@Enderw24](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enderw24)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2010, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/six-month-anniversay-with-my-girlfriend-how-can-i-make-it-special/553826/20 "2010-09-15T17:40:13Z")
> [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#): > > **RB:** what did you do on your first date? > > > [@meow\_meow](#): > > > > Anniversaries are an ANNual event. That is, once a year. You can’t have a 6 month Anniversary. Sorry. > > Yeah, it’s a mesaversary. That’s what I called my date with Jar Jar Binks. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/six-month-anniversay-with-my-girlfriend-how-can-i-make-it-special/553826.md?page=2)