Next week is very special.

Next Thursday is my first anniversary with my girlfriend Bridget

I want to buy her something special to celebrate the occasion, but I'm not really sure what. I bought her a silver and gold heart necklace for her birthday last year, so I don't really want to buy her another necklace. She doesn't wear bracelets and she doesn't have her ears pierced, so those are out. I don't want to give her a ring either, thats a tad too proposaly for this stage of our relationship.

Also, I can't really take her out to dinner, because her mother wouldn't like that. Oh, and she doesn't like flowers.


Does anyone else have any suggestions?

Next Thursday is my first anniversary with my girlfriend Bridget

I want to buy her something special to celebrate the occasion, but I'm not really sure what. I bought her a silver and gold heart necklace for her birthday last year, so I don't really want to buy her another necklace. She doesn't wear bracelets and she doesn't have her ears pierced, so those are out. I don't want to give her a ring either, thats a tad too proposaly for this stage of our relationship.

Also, I can't really take her out to dinner, because her mother wouldn't like that. Oh, and she doesn't like flowers.


Does anyone else have any suggestions?

Must... resist... meme... jk.

Anyways, since you've basically blown everything else out the water, I would suggest that you just spend time with her. Nothing fancy, just calm and nice quality time.

One word- Chocolate. Yummy. Makes her fat but meh, she is not my gf.

buy her a box of flavored condoms. i think thats something the 2 of you can enjoy.

Send her the Maple Story installer.

Give her a banana, and wink exaggeratedly.

[COLOR="Purple"]Well, since you can't take her out, my suggestions would be totally out of the question then. I agree, spend time with her. I'm not sure how old you guys are so I can't really give suggestions.

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Spend time with her, that's what we love anyways ..since you can't do anything else anyways lol.


Edit: Wait.. u guys are 21 and her mom doesn't want you taking her out? :f6: wth?

Write her a sappy note!
No, don't. My boyfriend did that for me once and I just couldn't help but laugh. A lot. It may have hurt his feelings...

Why can't you go out? A girl loves a good dinner...(if she's anything like me!) Screw the mother! You've been together a year! Hoorah!

My two-year is coming up, and I don't know what to do!

Write her a sappy note!
No, don't. My boyfriend did that for me once and I just couldn't help but laugh. A lot. It may have hurt his feelings...

Why can't you go out? A girl loves a good dinner...(if she's anything like me!) Screw the mother! You've been together a year! Hoorah!

My two-year is coming up, and I don't know what to do!

i dont think the gf would like that. and if she does, make a video and invite her to join. i think however this might be more a birthday present for you or something, but whatever floats her boat right.

about the 2 year thing, check my first post, it works for you too.

Girls don't always want "bigger" and "better" anniversary gifts Remembering the day is special anyway - anything you do is on top of that.

For Venison as well as Cybuster:
I remember that my gf and her second boyfriend were the soppiest couple you could imagine. They celebrated weekly anniversaries even after they started celebrating monthly anniversaries, and I think they celebrated monthly anniversaries right up to their one-year. Whatever could they do for their one-year? Well, for their one-year anniversary, her then-boyfriend gave her 365 folded origami roses in a huge box, each one folded and dated from the "day they started going out." He was the sort of guy where I could almost believe he actually went and folded one every day. It was terribly romantic, and utterly, utterly unnecessary. (I mean, what is she going to do with them now?) For their second-year anniversary he gave her a large jar of (again) folded origami roses and then told her to pick out two. She did, and gave them to him. He wrote their names on them and put them back in the jar. "Now we are two in a million." Oh gosh, I cringe even to remember.
(My gf has since sworn off romance and now goes for men that treat her badly. What can I say.)

I personally would LOVE the hand-written letter, as long as it's from the heart. My then-boyfriend wrote me letters for various celebrations that I still have and look at and enjoy. If you're not that close yet, try something little and sweet that reminds you of her. It's meaningful to you, and you can be honest about your feelings without feeling trapped by what you think she expects of an anniversary gift.

Girls don't always want "bigger" and "better" anniversary gifts Remembering the day is special anyway - anything you do is on top of that.

For Venison as well as Cybuster:
I remember that my gf and her second boyfriend were the soppiest couple you could imagine. They celebrated weekly anniversaries even after they started celebrating monthly anniversaries, and I think they celebrated monthly anniversaries right up to their one-year. Whatever could they do for their one-year? Well, for their one-year anniversary, her then-boyfriend gave her 365 folded origami roses in a huge box, each one folded and dated from the "day they started going out." He was the sort of guy where I could almost believe he actually went and folded one every day. It was terribly romantic, and utterly, utterly unnecessary. (I mean, what is she going to do with them now?) For their second-year anniversary he gave her a large jar of (again) folded origami roses and then told her to pick out two. She did, and gave them to him. He wrote their names on them and put them back in the jar. "Now we are two in a million." Oh gosh, I cringe even to remember.
(My gf has since sworn off romance and now goes for men that treat her badly. What can I say.)

I personally would LOVE the hand-written letter, as long as it's from the heart. My then-boyfriend wrote me letters for various celebrations that I still have and look at and enjoy. If you're not that close yet, try something little and sweet that reminds you of her. It's meaningful to you, and you can be honest about your feelings without feeling trapped by what you think she expects of an anniversary gift.

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That is disgustingly romantic. I wanted to puke just reading it lol. None of my boyfriends (2) remembered our anniversary. And when my 1st one did, it was 4 years after we broke up... lol.[/COLOR]

bridget on the girls next door likes cupcakes. O:
buy her those! (:

A cute stuffed-teddy bear doll thing, I guess. I think some girls likes stuff like that, my gf has a couple of those in her room, and she gave me "her" favorite one for my birthday as a remembrance of her, and I loved it. -is a guy btw- Teddy bear with a heart box filled with chocolate if she likes that? If not, do something special and just go out and enjoy the sunset. ;P

Spend time with her, that's what we love anyways ..since you can't do anything else anyways lol.


Edit: Wait.. u guys are 21 and her mom doesn't want you taking her out? :f6: wth?

Pretty much. Mummy disapproves of any guy that she'd date, so we kinda have to date behind her back

And Katie, that makes my poem look incredibly tame by comparison >_>;

If you can date each other behind her mother's back, then I'm sure you could take her down to dinner behind her back as well. Taking your girl out to dinner is perfect for the first anniversary - it's nothing too flashy or set up; it's just right (Though I guess that's decided based one what restaraunt you choose to take her to).

Do you mind me asking how old you are?

21. And no, I can't take her out to dinner because her mother will notice that she's not home, and she'll get angry at her when she gets back >_>;

Its only because her mother works weekends that we can actually go out and stuff >_>; otherwise my only chance to see her is for an hour or so after she finishes uni for the day.

21. And no, I can't take her out to dinner because her mother will notice that she's not home, and she'll get angry at her when she gets back >_>;

Its only because her mother works weekends that we can actually go out and stuff >_>; otherwise my only chance to see her is for an hour or so after she finishes uni for the day.

I can sympathise with the "no dating til later" thing that parents seem to try and uphold. My parents once told me they didn't want me to really think about dating until I was in my 20s. They weren't very strict about it, which was kind of them.

I think your situation is all the more reason that you should choose something that might appear "small" to others even if your heart is bursting. Remember...

it's what feels meaningful to you two, not what looks romantic to other people.

It takes a lot of talking and thinking and negotiating to really be able to put that into practice, to help make a relationship deeper.

Ask her simply what she want's.

And then kind of get idea's from what she say's, it'll make your decision easier.

Or you can just propose to her if you care about her that much