ProudGrandma Posted December 18, 2023 Share Posted December 18, 2023 So, do you give your children anniversary gifts? And if so, what do you gift them? Our daughter and her husband are celebrating their 2nd anniversary December 31st... so last year was sort of obvious...#1. But we can decide if it's appropriate to continue. Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KungFuPanda Posted December 18, 2023 Share Posted December 18, 2023 Babysitting 😁 6 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freesia Posted December 18, 2023 Share Posted December 18, 2023 I don’t have married kids, but my MIL often sends us money to go out which has been super helpful at certain times in our marriage when finances are strained. My parents never sent anything which is totally fine bc I don’t think it’s necessary. It’s just nice Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ProudGrandma Posted December 18, 2023 Author Share Posted December 18, 2023 22 minutes ago, KungFuPanda said: Babysitting 😁 If only there were children.... and if they didn't live 12 hours away... 😞 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ProudGrandma Posted December 18, 2023 Author Share Posted December 18, 2023 22 minutes ago, freesia said: I don’t have married kids, but my MIL often sends us money to go out which has been super helpful at certain times in our marriage when finances are strained. My parents never sent anything which is totally fine bc I don’t think it’s necessary. It’s just nice Yeah...I thought about that. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bambam Posted December 18, 2023 Share Posted December 18, 2023 My MIL always sent us an anniversary card. I thought it was strange but okay. My folks did nothing. I'm probably not going to send any anniversary cards to my married daughter. To me, anniversaries are for spouses unless it is a major milestone - 50, 60, 75 - and then I'm all for congratulating them on that because not many make it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaybee Posted December 18, 2023 Share Posted December 18, 2023 (edited) I usually wish the couple a happy anniversary through text, but we don't give them gifts. We have enough to deal with handling Christmas and birthdays. If we lived close by, we'd keep the grandkids so they could go out, but we don't. And next spring, we will keep the grandkids so the oldest couple can go on a little trip for their 10th; it involves us traveling about 12 hrs. or so to get there, but we can do it, so we will go. Edited December 18, 2023 by Jaybee 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melissa in Australia Posted December 18, 2023 Share Posted December 18, 2023 Nope Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Annie G Posted December 18, 2023 Share Posted December 18, 2023 We do not send anniversary cards or gifts to our married kids. Like mentioned above, unless it’s a big milestone we leave it for the couple to celebrate. Having said that, if one of our married kids was struggling we might send money for a dinner out. I’m probably an outlier though. I feel like I can barely keep up with remembering birthdays for kids, spouses, grandkids… 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustEm Posted December 18, 2023 Share Posted December 18, 2023 Gifts seem odd to me for our anniversary Dh and I don't even get each other gifts. Some years we've given each other gifts but mostly we just celebrate it in other ways. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KatieJ Posted December 18, 2023 Share Posted December 18, 2023 We do not give anniversary gifts. Due to the size of our family, Had to draw the line somewhere and anniversary gifts didn’t make the list. We do acknowledge it and have done many an anniversary babysitting evenings and overnighters. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gardenmom5 Posted December 18, 2023 Share Posted December 18, 2023 No anniversary gifts when I visit them (they're out of state) I do a lot to help with kids. We've also done overnight babysitting (I can't physically do it by myself, so dh is either with me or someone else is.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J-rap Posted December 18, 2023 Share Posted December 18, 2023 My parents always gave us a little money to go out for a nice dinner somewhere (not necessarily on our anniversary), which was so sweet and appreciated! I did that for awhile with my kids who are married, although I'm not as good about remembering. 😄 We're generally not into so much gift-giving in our family, but when I remember, I like to do something a little special for them. I like the idea of offering to babysit! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anne Posted December 18, 2023 Share Posted December 18, 2023 I don’t give anniversary gifts to my married children. I have done some babysitting for them when they’re celebrating those anniversaries - but I babysit for them frequently, so that’s not unusual. I’m pleased with myself when I remember to verbally wish them a Happy Anniversary (not a given!🤷♀️) 😂 Anne 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
QueenCat Posted December 18, 2023 Share Posted December 18, 2023 When we were young, my parents always sent us $100 so we could go out somewhere nice to eat. Without the kids... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaybee Posted December 18, 2023 Share Posted December 18, 2023 10 hours ago, hjffkj said: Dh and I don't even get each other gifts. Some years we've given each other gifts but mostly we just celebrate it in other ways. We don't give each other anniversary gifts either. We try to find funny cards sometimes, but mostly we go out to a nice restaurant. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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