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Conference turris::womannotes-v2

Title:	ARCHIVE-- Topics of Interest to Women, Volume 2 --ARCHIVE
Notice:	V2 is closed. TURRIS::WOMANNOTES-V5 is open.
Moderator:	REGENT::BROOMHEAD

Created:	Thu Jan 30 1986
Last Modified:	Fri Jun 30 1995
Last Successful Update:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:	1105
Total number of notes:	36379

971.0. "Wedding Aniversaries - Four down and counting" by GIDDAY::WALES (David from Down-under) Wed Jan 31 1990 17:15

    G'Day,
    
    	Today is our fourth wedding aniversary (that long!).  So far we
    have both followed the idea of buying presents along the lines of the
    standard list ie. presents made of a particular material for each year. 
    It can really make you think sometimes for an appropriate present. 
    Last year was easy.  The third is leather so there was no problem
    finding ideas for that one.  This year is flowers/fruit.  Now thatwas
    easy for me, just send her an arrangement of flowers and then out to
    dinner tonight.  Now I'm not the sort of male that is really into
    receiving flowers and I'm certainly no fruit eater so it was a little
    more difficult for Ivy.  She did it though.  She bought me a video tape
    called 'Burke's Backyard'.  This is a spin-off from a TV program of the
    same name.  We are moving into a new house in about 3 months so the
    gardeniong ideas will come in very handy.  What a great idea - I would
    never have thought of it!
    
       I have actaully seen two, one traditional and one modern.  They
    basically have the same things on them except for different years.  We
    have been using the traditional so far but I may swap for the seventh
    as that is leather again on the modern list.  How many people actually
    go by these lists?  What are some of the better ideas for some of the
    materials that are supposed to be used??
    
    David.

T.R	Title	User	Personal Name	Date	Lines
971.1	list?	FLOWER::PIERCE		`Thu Feb 01 1990 15:40`	6
	I would love a list if you have one..could you post it here? Thanks Louisa (2yrs)
971.2	you get presents?	TINCUP::KOLBE	The dilettante debutante	`Thu Feb 01 1990 18:39`	5
	RE:0 I didn't know anybody went by those lists. I've heard of them but other than the 25th and 50th year celebrations I didn't know they were actually used. But what would I know? In 15 years of marriage my husband only remembered by birthday twice, something like an anniversary present never crossed his mind. liesl
971.3	Bouquet	ACESMK::POIRIER		`Fri Feb 02 1990 08:48`	5
	We don't go by the list either, but my husband always manages to get me something special. Our first anniversary he had my wedding bouquet replicated in silk - it was really a special gift. Suzanne
971.4	reminds me of a story	FSHQA2::AWASKOM		`Fri Feb 02 1990 09:43`	6
	Well, the first anniversary is paper. It's the only one that I got a gift that matched the 'official list'. I was 8 months pregnant and got a carton of disposable diapers (from my parents). Turned out to be tremendously useful. Alison
971.5		LEZAH::QUIRIY	Christine	`Fri Feb 02 1990 17:16`	7
	I love these sorts of things -- could someone post a list or lists (traditional and/or modern)? Not married but interested anyway, CQ
971.6	Here's both - Modern and Traditional	GIDDAY::WALES	David from Down-under	`Sun Feb 04 1990 05:35`	42
	G'Day, OK, you asked for it. Here is the list from my diary. Year Traditional Modern -------------------------------------------------- First Paper Clocks Second Cotton China Third Leather Crystal/Glass Fourth Fruit/Flowers Appliances Fifth Wood Silverware Sixth Candy/Iron Wood Seventh Wool/Copper Desk Sets Eighth Bronze/Pottery Linens/Laces Ninth Pottery/Willow Leather Tenth Tin/Alumin(i)um Diamond Jewellry Eleventh Steel Fashion Jewellry Twelfth Silk/Linen Pearls Thirteenth Lace Textiles/Furs Fourteenth Ivory Gold Jewellry Fifteenth Crystal Watches Twentieth China Platinum Twenty-Fifth Silver Silver Thirtieth Pearl Diamond Thirty-Fifth Coral Jade Fortieth Ruby Ruby Forty-Fifth Sapphire Sapphire Fiftieth Gold Gold Fifty-Fifth Emerald Emerald Sixtieth Diamond Diamond Have fun, David