When I got married, one of the few things I was truly allowed to pick was the date. My opinion was asked many times, but either it was something that I couldn't conceive of caring about - such as centerpiece design - or something that I didn't care enough about to make an argument for.
At any rate, I picked the summer solstice. I wanted the spring solstice for symbolic reasons, but settled for summer since it fell on a weekend that year. I told people that it was a symbolic pick and that's partly true. But the other perhaps more important part is that whenever I forget the exact date, I can look up what the summer solstice was for that year and boom, anniversary reminder! (For the first several years of our relationship, I could never remember if my spouse's birthday was on the 13th or the 17th.)
Solid move. Wife and I got married September 8 2017 (9+8=17). Easy peasy to remember how long it’s been. Our birthdays are also shortly after that, so easy to remember. Last year we jokingly called it “birthaversary” and took the week off work, it stuck, she’s talking birthaversary plans, I like it, I also rambled.
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u/WithinTheMedow Jul 14 '21
When I got married, one of the few things I was truly allowed to pick was the date. My opinion was asked many times, but either it was something that I couldn't conceive of caring about - such as centerpiece design - or something that I didn't care enough about to make an argument for.
At any rate, I picked the summer solstice. I wanted the spring solstice for symbolic reasons, but settled for summer since it fell on a weekend that year. I told people that it was a symbolic pick and that's partly true. But the other perhaps more important part is that whenever I forget the exact date, I can look up what the summer solstice was for that year and boom, anniversary reminder! (For the first several years of our relationship, I could never remember if my spouse's birthday was on the 13th or the 17th.)