dancer67 Posted June 10, 2015 Share Posted June 10, 2015 My husband and I got into a discussion about this. I am pretty sure I screwed up as to how many years we have been married. If you were married in June of 1988, how many years would you be married this year? 26 or 27? I saw on my Timehop. that back in 2013 I put I was married 25 years. I think I messed that up. I would count from our one year anniversary, which would be in June of 1989? See, told you it was stupid. :confused1: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Butter Posted June 10, 2015 Share Posted June 10, 2015 27. We got married June 1998 and just celebrated our 17th anniversary. 2015-1988=27. You were right in 2013. That was 25 years. It works the same as birthdays. I was born in 1978. I am 37. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SamuelsMommy Posted June 10, 2015 Share Posted June 10, 2015 You count the same way you count birthdays. Subtract the year you were married from the current year and that's your answer. So, 2015-1988=27 On your anniversary this year you will be married 27 years. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dancer67 Posted June 10, 2015 Author Share Posted June 10, 2015 Well, my husband still says 26. This is how he figures it. We were married in 1988. Our first year anniversary was in 1989. So HE says you count from 1989 as that was the first year we were married.(He says we were not married a full year the day we were married) 2015-1989= 26 year anniversary. UGH...................... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PrairieSong Posted June 10, 2015 Share Posted June 10, 2015 Well, my husband still says 26. This is how he figures it. We were married in 1988. Our first year anniversary was in 1989. So HE says you count from 1989 as that was the first year we were married.(He says we were not married a full year the day we were married) 2015-1989= 26 year anniversary. UGH...................... Nope. According to your husband's way of figuring it, if you started counting at 1989 then on your anniversary in 1990, you would have been married one year, or maybe he is calling 1990 your first anniversary. But that's not right because if you married in 1988 then in 1990, you have been married two years. It's your second anniversary. Yes, you start counting from the day you were married, but that is sort of "day zero", the same as the day you were born. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Butter Posted June 10, 2015 Share Posted June 10, 2015 Well, he's right that you aren't married a full year the day you are married. You also aren't a year old the day you are born. Other than that he is just plain wrong. 1988 - 0 years - got married 1989 - 1 year 1990 - 2 years 1991 - 3 years 1992 - 4 years 1993 - 5 years 1994 - 6 years 1995 - 7 years 1996 - 8 years 1997 - 9 years 1998 - 10 years 1999 - 11 years 2000 - 12 years 2001 - 13 years 2002 - 14 years 2003 - 15 years 2004 - 16 years 2005 - 17 years 2006 - 18 years 2007 - 19 years 2008 - 20 years 2009 - 21 years 2010 - 22 years 2011 - 23 years 2012 - 24 years 2013 - 25 years 2014 - 26 years 2015 - 27 years 17 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rocassie Posted June 10, 2015 Share Posted June 10, 2015 An anniversary is like a birthday, it is celebrating the 1st year of marriage, 2nd year of marriage, etc. You celebrated your wedding and 26 anniversaries of your wedding for a total of 27 years married. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dancer67 Posted June 10, 2015 Author Share Posted June 10, 2015 I think that is where he is confused. The whole 26 anniversaries of our wedding, but we have been married 27. So he thinks that if someone wishes you a Happy Anniversary, it is 26 anniversaries. Therefore, 26 years LOL..... OMG, you guys must think we are nuts.................. :lol: THANK YOU for clearing this up. Geesh, at least now I know what to write on the darn card. :laugh: 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gardenmom5 Posted June 10, 2015 Share Posted June 10, 2015 basic multiple digit subtraction. 27. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PrairieSong Posted June 10, 2015 Share Posted June 10, 2015 I think that is where he is confused. The whole 26 anniversaries of our wedding, but we have been married 27. So he thinks that if someone wishes you a Happy Anniversary, it is 26 anniversaries. Therefore, 26 years LOL..... OMG, you guys must think we are nuts.................. :lol: THANK YOU for clearing this up. Geesh, at least now I know what to write on the darn card. :laugh: No, if you have been married 27 years then you have celebrated your wedding and 27 anniversaries, not 26. See Butter's chart above. Just think of your wedding day (or the day you were born..it's counted the same way) as day zero. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris in VA Posted June 10, 2015 Share Posted June 10, 2015 Remember, an anniversary celebrates a finished year, like a birthday. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alice Posted June 10, 2015 Share Posted June 10, 2015 I think the answer is you've been married long enough that you can't remember how long it is. :) We got married in 2000, I can't tell you how many men told my husband he was so lucky because it would always be easy to remember how long he had been married. I was like "Seriously, that's an issue". And now even though it is really easy, I still find we both get it wrong sometimes. 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MyThreeSons Posted June 11, 2015 Share Posted June 11, 2015 I totally don't understand how there's any confusion about this. Is the OP's husband also confused about how old he is? ETA: I had forgotten about the custom in some Asian countries where a person is considered "one" on their birthdate. Maybe the OP's dh has something like that in mind. ETA, again: No, that explanation doesn't make sense, because if that were the case, the OP's dh would be saying they're celebrating 28 years this year, not 26 as he's claiming Sigh ..... 12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J-rap Posted June 11, 2015 Share Posted June 11, 2015 I've never known anyone to be confused about how long they've been married, as long as they remember the year. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garga Posted June 11, 2015 Share Posted June 11, 2015 In China, you are considered 1 year old the day you are born. The first anniversary is celebrating the completion of one year of marriage. It is the anniversary of the date of the marriage. So in 1989, you celebrated the 1st anniversary of the wedding. Definition of annivesary: the date on which a couple was married in a previous year. So in 1989 you celebrated for the first time, the date on which you had been married in 1988. Since you celebrated it for the first time, it was your first anniversary. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lara in Colo Posted June 11, 2015 Share Posted June 11, 2015 Divorce him and end the whole discussion (lol) 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Retired Posted June 11, 2015 Share Posted June 11, 2015 I married July 1990 and it will be my 25th so you have 2 years on me Happy 27th anniversary :cheers2: 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
go_go_gadget Posted June 11, 2015 Share Posted June 11, 2015 He's getting confused by the ordinal number ''first'', because there isn't one for zero. ''Ordinal'' has the same root as ''order'', and there isn't a zero-th place in order--as in, something that comes before the first thing--because then that thing would itself be the first thing, contradicting the premise that it comes before the first thing. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chocolatechip Posted June 11, 2015 Share Posted June 11, 2015 Divorce him and end the whole discussion (lol) I know this was supposed to be a joke. But some people really take divorce very seriously, and this just kind of falls flat: sad instead of funny. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KungFuPanda Posted June 11, 2015 Share Posted June 11, 2015 It's your 27th anniversary. You will complete 27 years together and begin your 28th year of marriage. The chart needs to be printed and put on your fridge. It's ok to do the I Told You So dance. This is also the correct time to use the phrase BOOYAH!!!! Save the BOOYAH to punctuate the exact moment when he finally gets it. If you have a small child get them to subtract 1988 from 2015 for him. Disclaimer: This advice may result in a sub par anniversary gift. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KungFuPanda Posted June 11, 2015 Share Posted June 11, 2015 I know this was supposed to be a joke. But some people really take divorce very seriously, and this just kind of falls flat: sad instead of funny. I vote "funny" in the spirit it was intended. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lara in Colo Posted June 11, 2015 Share Posted June 11, 2015 Thanks, KungFuPanda---- 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bettyandbob Posted June 11, 2015 Share Posted June 11, 2015 I teach math. This discussion and some of the logic mention disturbs me almost as much as cashiers who are confused by change. It's basic math. If dh can't do the math use butter's chart. Why is your dh subtracting a year? Is he thinking about the Super Bowl. We've had 49 Super Bowls, but the first Super Bowl is counted so the age of the Super Bowl is one less than the number of Super Bowls. Birthdays and anniversarys don't confuse me, but my birthday used to be close to the Super Bowl--as a child my birthday was Super Bowl Sunday at least twice, probably three times. People used to say I was as old as the Super Bowl. I'm not, the Super Bowl is a year younger. I had my first birthday when the first Super a Bowl occurred. So, while there habeen 49 Super Bowls, the event has only been around 48 years. Would dh understand better if he looked at your wedding date as the premier event, even though it's not called an anniversary. How does he explain the year between 1988 and 1989. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MyThreeSons Posted June 11, 2015 Share Posted June 11, 2015 When I was a class officer in high school, I had to sell tickets for some event. The staff member who was handing out the tickets to us was going by the serial numbers printed on the tickets, which started with some not-round number; let's say it was 768. He was supposed to be giving us each 10 tickets, so he gave the first person 768 through 778, then next person would get 779 through 789, then 790 through 800, etc. He looked at the starting number for each group, and added 10 to it. I pointed out that he was actually giving everyone 11 tickets, not 10. He said no, do the math. Everyone looked at me like I was an idiot. Eventually, I got everyone to count their tickets and they agreed that they had 11. He argued with us. I finally got him to understand when I took it back down to two tickets: start with ticket number 768 and give me two tickets. What's my upper number? 769. What's 769 - 768? One. So if he wanted to give us 10 tickets, he needed to add nine to the starting number in the group. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dancer67 Posted June 11, 2015 Author Share Posted June 11, 2015 I thought all the responses were so funny. I am laughing over here. I know. I said it was a stupid question, LOL............... Maybe we have been married to long to even remember......... So yes, it is 27 years. Today. He gets it. Now. Good thing he didn't have anything inscribed :lol: :lol: Thank you all!!! 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MyThreeSons Posted June 11, 2015 Share Posted June 11, 2015 Just curious: Did you do anything special to celebrate your 25th anniversary? Two years ago, or last year? :laugh: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dancer67 Posted June 11, 2015 Author Share Posted June 11, 2015 Just curious: Did you do anything special to celebrate your 25th anniversary? Two years ago, or last year? :laugh: YES!!! LOL........we took a vacation.(2 years ago) But then again, when we were discussing all this yesterday, I really thought *I* was the one who screwed up the years. Oh Mylanta..............He gets it now. Of all things to get confused over. And yea, I better not get a sub-par anniversary present. :laugh: 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maize Posted June 11, 2015 Share Posted June 11, 2015 I think the answer is you've been married long enough that you can't remember how long it is. :) We got married in 2000, I can't tell you how many men told my husband he was so lucky because it would always be easy to remember how long he had been married. I was like "Seriously, that's an issue". And now even though it is really easy, I still find we both get it wrong sometimes. You know, you just changed my life. I've reached the point where I stutter when someone asks how long I have been married; it somehow never occurred to me that I could just subtract 1 from the current year since we got married in 2001. Life will be so much easier from now on :D 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyJoy Posted June 11, 2015 Share Posted June 11, 2015 So glad you got it sorted out! I hope your head isn't too bruised from face-palming or banging it on a wall! This thread reminds me of 1st grade when I was trying to explain to a whole group of my classmates how I could be older than them. "But January/February/March/etc. comes BEFORE November!" they kept protesting. They could not wrap their minds around that fact that I was born in the previous year and thus older. I felt like I was going insane trying to explain it! They all thought I was insane. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
happi duck Posted June 11, 2015 Share Posted June 11, 2015 Happy Anniversary!! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dancer67 Posted June 11, 2015 Author Share Posted June 11, 2015 Happy 27th anniversary..............LOL :lol: And thank you! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KungFuPanda Posted June 11, 2015 Share Posted June 11, 2015 You know, you just changed my life. I've reached the point where I stutter when someone asks how long I have been married; it somehow never occurred to me that I could just subtract 1 from the current year since we got married in 2001. Life will be so much easier from now on :D I have a kid who was born in 2000. This method is only useful for half the year because he wasn't born in January :-) 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scarlett Posted June 11, 2015 Share Posted June 11, 2015 I know this was supposed to be a joke. But some people really take divorce very seriously, and this just kind of falls flat: sad instead of funny. I vote funny even though I take divorce very seriously. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Butter Posted June 11, 2015 Share Posted June 11, 2015 I have a kid who was born in 2000. This method is only useful for half the year because he wasn't born in January :-) My 2000 kid was born mid-February and loves that she can use the year to easily know how old she is. She was 4 when her cousin pointed it out to her and it made her so excited. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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