# Wedding anniversary gift help **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [June 25, 2002, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wedding-anniversary-gift-help/115796 "2002-06-25T00:16:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![monster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@monster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/monster)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2002, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wedding-anniversary-gift-help/115796/1 "2002-06-25T00:16:32Z")
Help!! My one year wedding anniversary is this Thursday, the 27th. My husband will be in Chicago on Wednesday and Thursday, and is coming home late Thursday night. What I’d like to do is send a gift to his hotel room on Wednesday night. My problem is that I have no clue what to send. Of course, waiting until the last minute doesn’t help much. I have a call into my hubby’s boss, who is also a good friend, to let me know the hotel he’ll be in. (Hey, he travels A LOT and I never bother with details such as the hotel he stays in.) I plan to call their concierge for ideas, but in the meantime, I thought I’d pick your brains. I thought of breakfast, but I don’t know when he is leaving the hotel for the day. I can’t send flowers because then he’d have to lug them home on the airplane. Same with a fruit or gift basket. I’d send him a bottle of wine, but then is he supposed to drink it _alone_? Also, part of the problem is that he usually stays in a “business traveler” type hotel, so no massages or generous room service for him. I need some ideas!!! ---
**Author:** ![brachyrhynchos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/brachyrhynchos/32/376_2.png) [@brachyrhynchos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brachyrhynchos)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2002, 11:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wedding-anniversary-gift-help/115796/2 "2002-06-25T11:33:25Z")
How about getting tickets to something you both would like to go see when he gets home? Send a “gift certificate” on fancy paper (this is the paper anniversiary, right?) detailing the ways you two can spend that day celebrating your first year. This is a tough one. Congratulation, **monster**! ---
**Author:** ![tevya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/4491bb/32.png) [@tevya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tevya)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2002, 12:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wedding-anniversary-gift-help/115796/3 "2002-06-25T12:36:54Z")
I just wanted to say that **brachy’s** ideas are terrific. ---
**Author:** ![monster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@monster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/monster)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2002, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wedding-anniversary-gift-help/115796/4 "2002-06-25T13:45:21Z")
Thanks brachy! That really is a good idea. I could fax something over and have them put it into his room. Now, I just need to find something for us to do!!! I’m also condering buying about 20 balloons and having them put into his bathroom or something. While I know he wouldn’t be able to bring them home, I think he’d get a kick out of it. ---
**Author:** ![12hazel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/1/919ad9/32.png) [@12hazel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/12hazel)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2002, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wedding-anniversary-gift-help/115796/5 "2002-06-25T14:24:35Z")
Well… If you shop fast, you can also FedEx him a pair of silk boxers, with instructions to wear them when he comes home Thurs. night. He can wear them on the plane & think of you all the way home! I’d do the balloon thing if he’s away on his birthday - it’s such a fun cheerer-upper! ---
**Author:** ![monster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@monster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/monster)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2002, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wedding-anniversary-gift-help/115796/6 "2002-06-25T15:41:43Z")
OOOhhhh, another good idea from 12hazel. I’m liking the boxer thing. Hmmmmmm ---
**Author:** ![Jorel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f19dbf/32.png) [@Jorel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jorel)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2002, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wedding-anniversary-gift-help/115796/7 "2002-06-25T16:33:13Z")
Maybe you could send him a couple photos from the wedding along with the silk boxers. Congrats on your anniversary Monster. ---
**Author:** ![monster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@monster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/monster)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2002, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wedding-anniversary-gift-help/115796/8 "2002-06-25T18:36:21Z")
Thanks Jorel! You know what stinks is that I’m still waiting to find out what hotel he is going to be staying at. :mad: