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Today is our 5 year dating anniversary and a month ago DH asked if we were going to celebrate it. I assumed no we wouldnt, but he wanted to! I was a bit shocked but I am all for it. We agreed it wouldnt be a "big" event, but something we recognize.
So I am baking him his favorite red velvet cupcakes (I rarely ever bake anything and if I do its usually healthy muffins) which will be a treat and making a dish I never make. Lamb Shanks.
If you celebrate or dont celebrate a non-wedding anniversary, why?
And is it bigger than your wedding anniversary?
We aren't married yet and don't celebrate our dating anniversary. I honestly have no idea what day we started dating. Sometime in March of 2007 is all I got, haha.
I was dating two other guys when i first began dating my FI. It was very casual and obviously progressed into something more serious. We did eventually think back to approximately when our exclusive "start" date would be so we could celebrate an anniversary while we dated.
I'm sure we won't celebrate after we get married particularly since our wedding date will be about a month before the "dating anniversary".
my husband and i were friends for a year or so before one day he held my hand as we crossed the road - im clueless to the date, all i remember was it was a easter weekend
We had a "arbitrary" dating anniversary since neither of us really knew exactly when it started since we were friends/coworkers for years before we got together. We both kind of mentioned it on the day that it passed, and had an awwww moment, but that was about it.
we semi-celebrated this year because it was our 5 year anniversary. we didn't do much--on the actual day, we had friends visiting us from out of town, but we went out to dinner a few days later. we decided we'd only celebrate the big dating anniversaries from now on since we have our wedding anniversary instead, so i guess we won't really celebrate again until our 10 year dating anniversary. thoguh realistically, we're big foodies so it's a good excuse to go out to dinner, so maybe we'll keep it up anyway ;)
eta: we met on a blind date so it's easy to know when exactly our anniversary is
We celebrated this past April for our 1 year anniversary =) I think we'll most likely only celebrate our wedding after next year though... but I'll bring it up every year. Next year our wedding shower will be on that day!
Yeah, we had to go and check his credit card statements for the first dinner we had together to find the date a few years ago
We do celebrate our dating anniversary! We met online and met for the first time in person on our first date, and so it is also the anniversary of our first meeting. Now it is the anniversary of our engagement because he proposed on our 3 year first date anniversary. It is alway going to be a special date for us!
We gave up the dating anniversary when we got a wedding anniversary. Ours was fairly distinct because we had "the talk" about being boyfriend and girlfriend.
We celebrate it every year. It's also our wedding date. We will have been together for 4 years that day.
We aren't married yet, but we did have a discussion about whether we'd celebrate it or not. What we decided? Up until we're married, we're still gonna celebrate the dating anniversary. Then, once we're married, on our dating anniversary we're gonna celebrate by buying each other raunchy stuff. It's a way to build up some sexy clothes as well as keep the romance spicy while we're married :P
Good topic. I actually asked my FI about this, and he says we will have a new anniversary after our wedding. I will miss that date, since we have been celebrating it for 11 years. I am sure we will still give each other a speacial look every year on that day.
We've been together for over 9 years and married for a few months. Our dating anniversary still feels like our "real" one to me since we were very committed from the start.
Mr. Hedgie wont let us. He says that isn't important anymore... I kinda disagree but I get his point.
My husband and I just celebrated our 5 year dating anniversary, and I think it will probably be the last big celebration of this. He did amazing on the gift though, I got a second pug! I had been begging and pleading to get my pug a "sister" since the day we brought her home! He had protested, so I was shocked!
We don't. But the day we met, the day we got engaged, and our wedding were all on the same day. Obviously different years. So we celebrate all that with just one anniversary.
We celebrate ours--it is this Saturday actually! We've only been married for 3 months so I'm sure the dating anniversary will fade as we start celebrating wedding anniversaries. BUT our dating anniversary is also our proposal anniversary so I want to continue celebrating as long as possible. We usually go back to our 1st date restaurant (which is also where he proposed).
We aren't married yet, but we still plan to. My friend's parents still celebrate theirs and I think it's the cutest thing ever.
It won't be bigger than our wedding anniversary, but yes, for several reasons.
A) our dating annivesary is also our engagement date and
B) it's Feb. 15. So we always have our own special little Valentine's celebration, just one day later than everyone else. It's fun that way.
We celebrated our 5 year dating anniversary this past February but it was in combination with Valenties day and our 6 month wedding anniversary (we did a 3-in-1) celebration. I dont think we will celebrate subsequent dating anniversaries (except maybe 10 years) but we will probably just acknowledge that we have been together that long.
Our dating anniversary falls on the 6 month mark since our wedding, so sort of our half-versary :) I didn't realize until yesterday when DH pointed it out!
Our wedding is really close to our second dating anniversary. We just had dinner out this year and we probably won't ever celebrate it again, because we will have a more important day to celebrate :)
Since we are married, we just acknowledge it. Before that we celebrated it by going out to dinner and giving gifts.
Yes, but it will end this year. Next year we will skip the dating anniversary and begin celebrating our wedding anniversary.
We celebrated our dating anniversary every November 22nd for the last 9 years of dating..and since this year we FINALLY got married AND we turn 10 years 'together' we are celebrating (pretty extravagantly too, we are going to Paris!!)
We still celebrate the anniversary of our first date. We don't do much...we just go out to dinner, but we do still acknowledge it.
I'm not married yet but when I do get hitched, I can't imagine just not at all recognizing our dating anniversary. I would like to at least do a little something, maybe go to dinner. I'm too sentimental to forget about it lol.
We do, but because our dating anniversary falls on Labour Day weekend. My husband insists on celebrating. I do like having a weekend where we spend the entire time together (doesn't happen all that often), but would be fine without the presents, etc. He gets SO excited though...I have no idea what will happen on our 1st wedding anniversary. lol
We are not married yet, so we do celebrate our dating anniversary. We just past our 1 year engagment anniversary, so I admit we had a nice dinner in the city. We were just really over due for a date night anyways, so it was great to get out.
Once we are married, I have a feeling that our dating anniversary will always be special, even if we just acknowledge it at home snuggled up : )
@ArwenBride: So does my FI! He is more excited on our dating anniversary then birthdays, holidays, anything!
We got married on our dating anniversary :) so even though we have celebrated 7 years of 'dating' we will now get to continue it with wedding anniversaries :)
I don't know if we'll actually celebrate our dating anniversary, but we'll always recognize it. We were together for six years before getting married. I don't want to just toss all those memories out!
Our wedding anniversary will be the week before our dating anniversary, so we'll just celebrate one anniversary, it'll still mean pretty much the same thing: we've been together X amount of years.
Our dating anniversary is Valentine's Day, so I'm hoping we still do SOMETHING. :) Although, it hasn't ever been a big deal I guess. The first anniversary, he was deployed, and the second one we went to Taco Bell (all of our money was going towards our wedding, so it was mutually agreed upon to "skip" V-Day/anniversary). But this year, I'm hoping for at least some chocolate instead of lonlieness or a chili cheese burrito...
We aren't married but we do celebrate our dating anniversery. We plan on getting married the day we started dating, so we won't get two anniverseries (which I'm kind of sad about because I wanted to seperate them) but that's okay!
I was so excited for our first date that I put a star beside it in my calendar at work. So I do know our dating anniversary. We celebrate it every year by going back to the restaurant we had our first date at. It's a special place to us.
However, once we're married, we'll just continue that tradition on through our wedding date. The dates are only a few months apart, so it won't be too far off it we say it's been 5 years (it'll really be 5 years and 4 months).
We don't technically have a dating anniversary, so we only celebrate your wedding anniversary :)
We don't really have a dating anniversary anymore. When we finally got back together (after four and a half years of being broken up), it just sort of happened, and there was no one day we can say was it. Especially since we were living on opposite ends of the globe at that time, there was no specific date we went on or day we kissed. We were both kind of sad about that, but it's okay because we're going to have a wedding anniversary soon!
Our wedding anniversary and dating anniversary are the same, so we will always celebrate both, whether we like it or not! :)
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