Exchanging Gifts for 1 Year Anniversary

Hi ladies, I know I don't post on here much but I need your opinion on something.

My husband and I are not exchanging gifts for our one year anniversary tomorrow. We bought a house in June and took a vacation to where we honeymooned at the beginning of this month as our anniversary trip. Money is tight so extra gifts are out of the question.

My question is, would any of you ladies still expect to be surprised with a gift anyway? Flowers or just something small?

TIA!!

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I'll put my opinion on here too:

I absolutely don't expect a gift from DH nor would I pull a 'You should've gotten me something anyway!' However, I think flowers would be a nice gesture even if they cost $1 from the grocery store. I just like getting them and it's been awhile since my kitchen has seen a pop of color Truly the best gift I could get right now is actually seeing him for our anniversary. He's a pilot and just left for work until Tuesday

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happy anniversary

if we said no gifts i would def not expect a gift from dh

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DH and I don't exchange Valentine's Day gifts (we just don't like the holiday), and people are always shocked that DH doesn't even get me a card. If we say no gifts, we meant it though! If you and your DH just bought a house and went on vacation, I would say no gifts are needed.

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Posted by miamimerger

DH and I don't exchange Valentine's Day gifts (we just don't like the holiday), and people are always shocked that DH doesn't even get me a card. If we say no gifts, we meant it though! If you and your DH just bought a house and went on vacation, I would say no gifts are needed.

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This is how we feel about Valentine's Day, also. We never exchange other than the first year we dated and even that wasn't gifts. It was flowers, cards, and DH cooked and baked for me.

I still would think it would be nice if you got flowers though. DH is usually pretty good with getting me flowers at random times. I hope he'd do the same for our first wedding anniversary. But I also wouldn't be too disappointed if I didn't get anything other than a hug and a happy anniversary.

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nope when we say no gifts we mean no gifts

even tho DH got me flowers, which i wasn't expeciting i wasn't mad that he got them for me :)

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dh and i are going to florida fo our one year so we said no gifts but i told him i better get flowers!!

to be fair i ask dh for flowers all the time lol..i love flowers and he never gets them cause he says its a waste of money ..the last time i got them was the day of the wedding he had them sent over so if i dont get them for our one year i will be mad lol

but we said no gifts so nothing besides that lol

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In the months leading up to the wedding we agreed to no gifts due to saving money. Men are VERY literal. If you tell them- no gifts- they wont get you gifts. I didn't care. He did do nice things like take me out to dinner, which I very much appreciated!

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We were planning to go away and now we arent but, if we did that would have been our gifts to each other and I wouldnt expect anything else.

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No if we say no gifts it means no gifts. Dh buys me flowers often soo it woudn't bother me to not get them on a specific holiday.....I actually prefer when I get them 'for no reason'

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Thanks for your opinions ladies! It wasn't an issue that was really bugging me but just wanted to see what you all thought.

It's officially our anniversary and I opened the card he left for me and I'm just even more in love with him! I can't wait until he gets home and we can celebrate!

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As of right at this moment DH & I are planning 2 vacations around the time of our 1st Anniversary. It has been an annual event that in July we go away w/a group of friends. We decided since our anny was on a holiday weekend we would go away for the extended weekend to celebrate (cape may or some place similar) & then go away w/our friends for a week later in July. Now......I am hopefully going to be preggo at that time soooo...I plan on suggesting to DH that we forgo presents (but I will hint that flowers & a card would be nice ) and save our $$$$ for the impending little guy or gal. I will still prob buy DH something small but meaningful BUT.....ITA w/what the other ladies are saying if a couple agrees to 'ABCD' neither person should expect 'EFGH'.

HTH!

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My parents are awesome and are sending us on a cruise as an anniversary present. We're going a week before our actual anniversary though. Instead of doing gifts we're going to get a couples massage on the cruise. On our actual anniversary we'll probably go out to dinner and definitely exchange cards. But if we had an agreement to not buy gifts I would not expect anything more than a card.

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Ive learned that I have to be as specific as possible with dh so if I say no gifts that literally means NOTHING not even a card....if I say no gifts but flowers and a card would be nice than I get flowers and a card. men

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Nope. From the beginning of our relationship we kinda decided that we both hate Valentine's Day...that we don't like the idea of having to make grand gestures on a certain day to let each other know how we feel...so we decided not to celebrate. I thought maybe at least I'd still get a card...nada (but I was fine with it). Sometimes I'll buy him Reeses that day (his fav) but other than that we say 'Happy V Day' and that's it.

So...short answer is no haha.

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i would say just a card!

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Posted by miamimerger

DH and I don't exchange Valentine's Day gifts (we just don't like the holiday), and people are always shocked that DH doesn't even get me a card. If we say no gifts, we meant it though! If you and your DH just bought a house and went on vacation, I would say no gifts are needed.

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We are exactly the same way!