Dating & Anniversary?
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Dating & Anniversary?
| Wed, 02-25-2004 - 11:41pm |
Saturday Feb. 28 makes 3 years I have been with my boyfriend!! We are having a disagreement. I feel and have always felt that anniversaries are associated with marriage. Every year on Feb 28 we have went out to dinner or dinner and a movie. Not alot. He thinks we should go all out because its our "anniversary". I know that technically it is an anniversary. But I feel that things like that should be for marriage anniversaries. To me the real anniversaries are after marriage. He disagrees. And thinks we should go all out now and celebrate like we've been married 100 years. He's even went so far and told me that I dont care about us or what we have because I feel like anniversaries are associated with marriage. I tried telling him that being together for 3 years is very special to me. and that I'm excited more then he knows. Am I wrong for how I feel?

In any event, I think that it is very nice that your bf wants to commemorate your time together, and I don't totally understand what your objection is. I know married couples who celebrate not only their wedding anniversaries but also dating anniversaries - i.e., 4 years ago we had our first date.
Would you be okay with having a celebration but just not calling it an anniversary? Is it the word anniversary that bothers you?