Anniversary Ideas

I dunno about you guys, but I suck with planning cool stuff for my girlfriend. Anniversaries, birthdays, valentines, I look forward to that **** like I do the plague. What cool stuff have you gotten or done for that special someone over the years?

Gift ideas, homemade stuff, activites to do, etc.

We don't do Valentines. My girlfriend isn't so vain. It's such a hallmark holiday, and we both hate two things about it, I) if it's about love, why is it about the guy treating the girl, not both ways (girls rarely get guys anything close to what he is expected to get her) and II) if it's about love, why do people do it once a year with a feeling of necessity because it's Valentines Day.


Stupid.

We only recently started celebrating our "anniversary" (of when we got together), and I'm just taking her for a fancy dinner this year.

For birthdays etc, it's always hard for me. I try to get her something that she really likes, rather than just jewellery etc. for instance, she absolutely LOVES animals, so I got her this thing where we stay over night at the zoo (with other adults). She loved it. All about something that really suits her. You know your girl, what does she absolutely love, and what can you get her based on that

Girls love doing stuff with their boy friends too. So little get aways (even for a weekend or something) can work. Or a fancy dinner, show etc. stuff you wouldn't usually do though preferably. Not something you would do anyway (or that you like as much as her).

If you haven't been with the girl that long and Valentines day comes up, what you do is as follows. a) Find some random small place on the map about half an hour or so away from where you live b) find something slightly interesting about that place such as a nice view, a nice beach, a nice walk or something c) tell your girl you would like her to come somewhere which is really important to you d) take her there, make up some bull**** story as to why it means to much to you and end with "so to me, this is the most beautiful place in the world, and I wanted you to see it...." Not only is this free but will melt any girls heart.

However, you have been with your girl long enough that she will see through such a cheap ruse. Taking her out for dinner is always good as if you pick a good restaurant it shows off how good your taste is. You dont have to bother about gifts I dont think except maybe flowers, you need to get a good gift for birthdays, but anniversaries and valentines it's more about taking them somewhere. But yeah, my advise would be take her on a trip, somewhere romantic and beautiful. If you've got the cash get a room there for the night. It will have to be somewhere you genuinely care about, unlike my suggestion above, or somewhere you have both never been. Take her to some village or small spanish town that you love, walk around, talk about how beautiful it is, buy her dinner in some "authentic" local eatery, get the last bus home or stay the night if you can afford it. And wake her with breakfast in bed which includes a fresh, chopped pineapple.

Alex;3217536 said:

We don't do Valentines. My girlfriend isn't so vain. It's such a hallmark holiday, and we both hate two things about it, I) if it's about love, why is it about the guy treating the girl, not both ways (girls rarely get guys anything close to what he is expected to get her) and II) if it's about love, why do people do it once a year with a feeling of necessity because it's Valentines Day.


Stupid.

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Haha, same here, every year few days before the Valentines we ask eachother if we still hate it so we could keep happily ignoring it.

The best things you can do are so personal that I know I wouldn't take any advice from others.

Last year, I left home the night before our anniversary without telling her where I'm going. In the morning I started texting her hints about where I am and how she would get there - i was 200 kilometers away, in the town we first met. Finally we had a walk through the town to have a dinner at the place where we had our first kiss years ago. As random and corny as it might sound, it worked out great!

That's brilliant. Also, you could probably bet your mates "I can spend most of my anniversary in a pub by myself 200 km away from my girl and she will be happy about it" and make back the cost of the trip!

I think dinner is a cop out TBH. You should do it anyway, but the minimum requirement is that you don't pay the cashier as you leave. As Alex said, you know her better than anyone, so just get something she likes. It doesn't have to be expensive if its sentimental or well thought out. If you have no idea what she likes because you're a dick or don't care about her or something, then I would say buy something obviously expensive (if for some reason you still want to have a relationship with her despite not caring about her). Cashmere sweaters or jewelry are the easiest IMO. Hard to screw those up.

Yeah Valentine isn't a big thing. Anniversaries we do "celebrate" but we don't go off the reservation either. We generally have lots of these "night outs" with dinner and movie or something without it being a significant date anyway. We don't generally get gifts either although I do get her something once in a while.

clash;3217544 said:

Haha, same here, every year few days before the Valentines we ask eachother if we still hate it so we could keep happily ignoring it.

The best things you can do are so personal that I know I wouldn't take any advice from others.

Last year, I left home the night before our anniversary without telling her where I'm going. In the morning I started texting her hints about where I am and how she would get there - i was 200 kilometers away, in the town we first met. Finally we had a walk through the town to have a dinner at the place where we had our first kiss years ago. As random and corny as it might sound, it worked out great!

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Yep, agree with basically everything you've said here.

ShiftyPowers;3217547 said:

I think dinner is a cop out TBH. You should do it anyway, but the minimum requirement is that you don't pay the cashier as you leave. As Alex said, you know her better than anyone, so just get something she likes. It doesn't have to be expensive if its sentimental or well thought out. If you have no idea what she likes because you're a dick or don't care about her or something, then I would say buy something obviously expensive (if for some reason you still want to have a relationship with her despite not caring about her). Cashmere sweaters or jewelry are the easiest IMO. Hard to screw those up.

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I don't agree with spending more necessarily. Meaning is always much more important unless she's a bïtch, who I wouldn't want to be in a relationship with anyway.

Dinner is a cop out, if it's just dinner. It has to be dinner and a show, or something like that (if it's a gift), and dinner somewhere special (like 'your favourite restaurant') etc.

This year we've actually agreed to no birthday gifts though, JUST dinner. And that's because we're saving for our trip, so we've agreed that's more important than any present.

Get her something that only you and her 'get'. Like, something that reminds you of a first date or something. She'll appreciate the fact you thought about it.

Even such as a romantic meal at the same restaurant, as long as you explain why... Or a romantic meal for two (cooked) but then followed by the DVD of the first film you went to see together. That kind of ****.

Just get a cheap motel and do all the naughty things you can think of.






































This is probably why I'm single.

Spa always work

Same thing skip said...and remember dude, dig REAL REAL deep.

xifio

ROMANCE, pfff!!!

Tom;3217688 said:

Get her something that only you and her 'get'. Like, something that reminds you of a first date or something. She'll appreciate the fact you thought about it.

Even such as a romantic meal at the same restaurant, as long as you explain why... Or a romantic meal for two (cooked) but then followed by the DVD of the first film you went to see together. That kind of ****.

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Yep.

I think from this thread alone you can tell who has been in long term relationships.

Smash her back doors in while dressed as keith lemon.

If you have a nice park nearby, picnic, they love picnics. Otherwise, a place that has some meaning to both of you. Such as: where you met, your first date, your first this or that.

#1 Stunna;3220201 said:

If you have a nice park nearby, picnic, they love picnics.

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This what I immediately thought of. Picnic.

Dinners are nice, but overdone and predictable.