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When you first start seeing someone Really Great you celebrate being together for a month<\/em>. Six months gets heavy fanfare. A whole year warrants a weeklong celebration and fifty cute selfies.<\/p>\n

But for some reason, maybe it\u2019s familiarity, or the introduction of children, or just the general energy-sucking cycle of daily life, the celebrations go from 100 watts to about 20 watts by the time you are actually<\/em> married, and have earned a legitimate, legal anniversary.<\/p>\n

Case in point: I recently texted a mate to wish her and her husbo a happy anniversary. She text back saying: We both forgot.<\/p>\n

I found this so dismaying that I immediately sent over a Celine Dion impersonator to serenade the two.<\/p>\n

Marriage isn\u2019t always cupcakes and Jesus juice, but it\u2019s important to show each other your marriage is a priority, and that you still love them. An anniversary is a reminder as to why you love and married this person.<\/p>\n

My husband and I will nick any excuse to kick up a fuss, especially if it involves a weekend away or a new restaurant or drinking strong, well-mixed alcohol in elegant glasses.<\/p>\n

We don\u2019t give a bee\u2019s burp about those gifts you’re \u2018meant\u2019 to give each year, like paper, silver, or leather, or insect wings, but we do think you should give each other a \u2018memory\u2019 \u2013 commemorate each other, and what you have achieved in another year of marriage by doing something<\/em>, whether it\u2019s something you\u2019ve always wanted to do, or something you used to do but never do anymore, or just doing nothing<\/em>.<\/p>\n

And yes, the longer you\u2019ve been married, the more extravagant and obnoxious those things are allowed to be. (I plan on buying a diamond-encrusted pergola for our 20th<\/sup>.)<\/p>\n

In case you\u2019re struggling, here are some ways to give your anniversary a figurative tequila shot this year:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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