What details go with our wedding anniversary


Back to Anniversary Etiquette

Wedding Anniversary Etiquette – Frequently Asked What… Anniversary Questions

What is my Wedding Anniversary symbol or material?

If you know how many years you have been married or you know the year you are planning to celebrate then you can find out what your anniversary is from our anniversary gift by year page. All those that have a traditional symbol or material associated with the year are listed on the traditional wedding anniversary list.

I forgot my Wedding anniversary this year what should I do?

If your partner is upset by this then we would recommend a period of grovelling followed by a period of penance!!  In this day and age, it is often easy to forget important days such as Anniversaries. To ensure marital bliss we recommend you sent a reminder on your smartphone at least one month prior and probably a week prior also for future anniversaries.

What are the Anniversaries that are considered major?

At AnniversaryIdeas we think every Wedding Anniversary is special, it’s a special day, once a year, that you share something in common with your spouse. There are however milestone anniversaries that are considered by society to be more important than others. These, chronologically, are the First, Fifth, Tenth, Twentieth, Twenty-fifth, Thirtieth, Fortieth and Fiftieth anniversaries. Of these the 50th anniversary ranks the most important.

Hi, I’m researching the wedding anniversary materials. What I’m looking for is what each material means. Do they represent something each year. Please email me back if you have any information about the subject, or where I can find this kind of information. Thank you.

I’m afraid we can’t help you in your search for the meanings of the material against the Anniversary. The closest we have come to this is the suggestion that the materials are selected in the order that they would wear out. We have however never had this collaborated by any research we have carried out.

It will be my in-laws 40th wedding anniversary shortly.  What can I do to make it special and inexpensive?

We’ve many resources that can help you, our 40th anniversary gift guide, or our 40th anniversary gift for couples, or our blog on low cost anniversary gifts. furthermore, see our 40th wedding anniversary gifts and ideas page for all the traditional, modern and flower themes associated with the Ruby Wedding.

My problem is that I don’t know exactly what our children are doing for us…we do know they are having some kind of a celebration but we do not know the particulars.  SO, we want to be ready for what ever comes up and not have “egg on our face”.   I told them what ever they did, please state “No Gifts Please”.

An invitation to a celebration does not confer an expectation that gifts are expected, the person’s company is considered gift enough. Perhaps express your concerns to your children, they will want you to enjoy the celebration and not fear it!

Please help us find the right motif colour for the 65th wedding anniversary of our grandparents. 

I am afraid we cannot help you with your question either as we have not been able to find many details on the 65th anniversary. Most lists miss out on the 65th. The only list I have found which contains a material for the 65th is the Gemstone list which states Star Sapphire as the Gemstone associated with this Anniversary.

What do you do for the 100th year Anniversary?

A 100th Wedding Anniversary is known as a 10 carat Diamond anniversary and I would be
surprised to hear of a couple achieving this feat. I assume you are talking about a company’s Centenary celebration which is slightly different. Please see our blog post on business anniversaries for the details.

I am giving my parents a surprise 25th anniversary party but I have a concern regarding gifts. my mother hates silver! what are some optional gifts I could suggest?

Unfortunately, both the traditional and modern gift lists show Silver as the theme for the 25th Anniversary. The Appropriate Flower list is your best bet as it shows Iris as the gift theme for the year.  If you don’t fancy the flower theme one thing you could do is recreate the era when they got married and theme gifts on that era. I make it the 70’s which would either be the Glam Rock era or early Disco! [Editor’s note. We’ve been going for a long time and this is an old answer hence the maths putting it in the 70’s]

We are giving our parents a 50th Anniversary and would like to know what we should call the female and male witnesses – attendant and grooms-man?

Most references refer to them as witnesses, which is not a bad term in itself as this is mentioned right back to the birth of marriage ceremonies. If they did some other function at the wedding then these titles would also do.

Is there a traditional colour for the bride of 50 years to wear?

As it is their Golden Wedding the colour is Gold, this doesn’t mean that the outfit has to be all gold you could choose just accessories or anywhere in between. One thing to remember, however; is that it is their anniversary and thus etiquette allows them to decide what they want to wear and how they would like to celebrate.

If one of the children makes a speech, what response and toasts if any, should the parents make?

The replies you give to any speeches made are very dependent upon your family circle & culture; this makes this a difficult question to answer with certainty. Typically anniversary speeches follow along similar lines to a wedding celebration and thus thanking those who organised the event and for the people who turned up to join you in your celebration. One thing to bare in mind is that it is your anniversary and thus you can choose how to respond.

What is the proper way to ask for monetary gifts on an invitation for my parent’s 40th wedding anniversary? They do not want to offend anyone by asking. How can this be placed on the invitation nicely?

It’s extremely difficult to ask for money on an invitation, most reference books on Anniversary Etiquette say that you should never ask for a monetary gift.  One way I’ve seen round this and was successful was to put on the invitation the reason for money, e.g. They are saving for a holiday of a lifetime or what ever the reason and that should you wish to contribute to this then there will be a collection box at the celebration that they can
contribute. At the particular event I attended the box was placed prominently but discreetly in a corner of the room and thus you did not feel you had to contribute.

I was just wondering what the 100th anniversary is.  Any information you could provide would be helpful.

The 100th Wedding Anniversary is deemed a 10 Carat Diamond Anniversary, if it is a business celebration then it is just a centenary celebration.

About Anniversaryideas.

We are a UK based company specialising in wedding anniversary gifts by year for the UK market. We offer free UK shipping and prompt daily dispatch. If you are from America, please see our sister site Anniversaryideas.com where we provide gift ideas deliverable domestically across the USA.


css.php