Hyacinth Posted July 25, 2015 Share Posted July 25, 2015 Dh and I will be celebrating 20 years next year and we're trying to come up with 20 things to do before then--things we've always said we'd like to try but, for whatever reason, we never got around to doing. We're calling it our 20 for 20 Challenge. Our (short) list so far includes things like take a history tour of our town, visit a winery that we drive by a few times a year, take a cooking class, try paddle boarding (we actually did that last week so it won't count, but it's part of what got us thinking about this challenge), eat at that swanky restaurant that we hear fantastic raves about but never want to get dressed up for on the rare occasion we do go out...we're aiming for mostly local and fairly inexpensive ideas. So, what would be on your list? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SparklyUnicorn Posted July 25, 2015 Share Posted July 25, 2015 maybe weird sex positions? :lol: Totally kidding. That's a cool idea. We are celebrating our 15th on August 12th. Congrats to the both of you. 14 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SemiSweet Posted July 25, 2015 Share Posted July 25, 2015 Probably depends on where you live, but we've enjoyed whitewater rafting, hiking, visiting local breweries, seeing historical sites, backpacking. I love this idea. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hyacinth Posted July 25, 2015 Author Share Posted July 25, 2015 Sparkly, I won't be posting our final list 😉. 15 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luckymama Posted July 25, 2015 Share Posted July 25, 2015 Sparkly, I won't be posting our final list 😉. :lol: Interesting idea---we'll be celebrating 25 years next fall. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Night Elf Posted July 25, 2015 Share Posted July 25, 2015 DH and I have never been on a picnic. I think that would be lovely. 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caroline Posted July 25, 2015 Share Posted July 25, 2015 Awesome idea! My DH and I will have our 25rh in 25 months. Maybe I could come up with something to do once a month. Ideas--cooking class, local festival, weekend at a local b&b, go dancing, send a note to every member of your wedding party, get a family portrait made 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ottakee Posted July 25, 2015 Share Posted July 25, 2015 Ride a carnival ride together. Dh and I discovered this summer after 22 years of marriage that we had never been on a carnival ride together. The tilt a whirl fixed that. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeacefulChaos Posted July 25, 2015 Share Posted July 25, 2015 That's actually a really cool idea! And coming from me, that's a big compliment - I'm usually not a big fan of anniversary stuff (too much weirdness for me... romance and such. :ack2: ). :lol: :lol: I have no input. I think anniversaries are nearly impossible to figure out what to do with lol... 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris in VA Posted July 25, 2015 Share Posted July 25, 2015 IDK--I think it's pretty much up to the individual couple. Maybe revisit some of your "firsts"--first place you kissed, first place you went for a date, first restaurant, etc. I guess that would depend on where it was. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KungFuPanda Posted July 25, 2015 Share Posted July 25, 2015 Flip through the karma sutra and see if there's anything you've overlooked. Take a couples dance class; maybe ballroom or tango Go to a pottery painting place or glassblowing if you have it. Get tickets for your local symphony/opera/theatre/anything with a live performance. Go for middle eastern food on a night when they have a bellydancer. Sign up for one of those night-out painting class things. Go Letterboxing or Geocaching together. (Atlasquest.com for Letterboxing. You can knock this out in less than an hour on the way to something else.) Cabin camping at your local park? Much less work than tent camping and cheap. Worth it even if you bail before bedtime. Picnic at your local lakefront. Find a drive-in movie Sign up for a charity fun run . . . not a serious one. One where you do the obstacle course for the unsporty. Visit that weird little local museum your town has. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
happypamama Posted July 25, 2015 Share Posted July 25, 2015 On our list is always whatever cool local restaurant we have never visited. We celebrate our seventeenth next week and our twentieth in three years. By then, our youngest will be almost five, and I think I could handle leaving him for a night or two by then, so we have our eye on that anniversary for our first overnight date sans any children. :) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wildcat Posted July 25, 2015 Share Posted July 25, 2015 Sparkly, I won't be posting our final list 😉. *giggle* I have nothing serious to add but I'm taking notes from the other posts. What a neat idea! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TechWife Posted July 25, 2015 Share Posted July 25, 2015 My husband and I are going to finally learn to shag this fall! 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluegoat Posted July 25, 2015 Share Posted July 25, 2015 My husband and I are going to finally learn to shag this fall! :ohmy: 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luuknam Posted July 25, 2015 Share Posted July 25, 2015 For our 10th anniversary we rented a hotel room with a hot tub or jacuzzi or whatever it's called because we'd never done that before. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TechWife Posted July 25, 2015 Share Posted July 25, 2015 :ohmy: :smilielol5: :smilielol5: Let me get a little more specific! We are going to learn the Carolina Shag! 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rockhopper Posted July 25, 2015 Share Posted July 25, 2015 Kinda of in keeping with the suggestion to go cabin camping, see if there's a place near you where you can spend the night in a tree house. Has anyone mentioned a star-gazing event? Find a group that has telescopes set up, or plan to wake up and go out when there's a meteor shower or something else interesting going on in the night sky. Be cheesy and pick out stars for each other! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TechWife Posted July 25, 2015 Share Posted July 25, 2015 You could build and launch a model rocket! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean in Newcastle Posted July 25, 2015 Share Posted July 25, 2015 In the winter: Make snow angels Make a snow couple Go snow shoeing. In the summer: Do a U-pick of __________ fruit or berry Go on a local hike. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TravelingChris Posted July 26, 2015 Share Posted July 26, 2015 WE are celebrating our 30th this fall. I couldn;t think of thirty things because we are always trying new things. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sarasue7272 Posted July 26, 2015 Share Posted July 26, 2015 We went to an escape room last week for my DHs birthday. It was fun. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LMD Posted July 26, 2015 Share Posted July 26, 2015 Cook a brand new recipe together - or invent one! Marathon your favorite movies, pick say 10 each and clear your weekend! Go shopping and pick an outfit for each other, totally their choice, see how you do! Take an old.-timey photo. Read poetry to each other. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elfknitter.# Posted July 26, 2015 Share Posted July 26, 2015 In college, dh helped me get to Ireland for my junior year exchange program. He's never been outside of the U.S., save for visiting Mexican boarder towns. We've never had an actual vacation. One of my bucket list items is for us to go so I could show him a little of what I experienced thanks to him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tsuga Posted July 26, 2015 Share Posted July 26, 2015 :smilielol5: :smilielol5: Let me get a little more specific! We are going to learn the Carolina Shag! LOL! I was thinking... I know she has kids, so what kind of joke is this? Is she unsatisfied? And really, *all fall*? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Night Elf Posted July 26, 2015 Share Posted July 26, 2015 That's actually a really cool idea! And coming from me, that's a big compliment - I'm usually not a big fan of anniversary stuff (too much weirdness for me... romance and such. :ack2: ). :lol: :lol: I have no input. I think anniversaries are nearly impossible to figure out what to do with lol... I feel the same way. We'll be celebrating out 20th in October and we have no plans. It seems so forced, like we're obligated to prove to one another we still love each other. The only thing we do is go out to dinner and we're likely to do that anyway so I don't consider that a celebration. We did think of going out of town for a weekend but we can't come up with a place we'd like to visit. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Annie G Posted July 26, 2015 Share Posted July 26, 2015 My husband and I are going to finally learn to shag this fall! It would take a lifetime of fall dance lessons for me to pull this off. Kudos to you! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eagle Posted July 26, 2015 Share Posted July 26, 2015 Swim in an ocean 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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