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MineralMan

(146,338 posts)
Mon Dec 21, 2015, 09:05 PM Dec 2015

It's always easy to remember my wedding anniversary.

24 years ago, today, my wife and I got married under a tree in our front yard. A winter solstice wedding. By coincidence, her birthday is on the spring equinox. I never forget either date.

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It's always easy to remember my wedding anniversary. (Original Post) MineralMan Dec 2015 OP
well that was smart treestar Dec 2015 #1
Thanks. MineralMan Dec 2015 #2
Our wedding date was April 1. We always said we were fools to get married. hobbit709 Dec 2015 #3
Nice! MineralMan Dec 2015 #5
Best wishes! Maeve Dec 2015 #4
Thanks! MineralMan Dec 2015 #6
We got married January 1st TexasProgresive Dec 2015 #7
Even easier! MineralMan Dec 2015 #8
Congrats on your 24th year together, MM. You're damn lucky you found... ChisolmTrailDem Dec 2015 #9
That's what I say every year. MineralMan Dec 2015 #10
Good thoughts to you and your wife. MAMV. MeNMyVolt Dec 2015 #11
I remember the date of the first wedding I ever decorated TlalocW Dec 2015 #12
You'd better not forget malaise Dec 2015 #13
Impossible to forget, I think. MineralMan Dec 2015 #18
what do you do if the date slides a day one firection or the other? rurallib Dec 2015 #14
We refuse to accept the change. MineralMan Dec 2015 #16
Happpy Anniversary! bigwillq Dec 2015 #15
Thanks! MineralMan Dec 2015 #17
Ours is Dec. 7th IDemo Dec 2015 #19
LOL! MineralMan Dec 2015 #20
My son and daughter-in-law got married on 7-7-07. sufrommich Dec 2015 #21
a very happy anniversary to you and your lovely lady, with wishes for many, many more. niyad Dec 2015 #22
Congratulations to the two of you. I would like to say more but I am late Samantha Dec 2015 #23
Our our first anniversary, we both forgot...and went to a Ward Committee meeting brooklynite Dec 2015 #24
We got married on April Fools Day. KentuckyWoman Dec 2015 #25
We did, too! SeattleVet Dec 2015 #27
Happy anniversary! Snobblevitch Dec 2015 #26
Ours is Apr 15th Paulie Dec 2015 #28
Happy Anniversary! Nite Owl Dec 2015 #29
We got married on our anniversary so we wouldn't forget DFW Dec 2015 #30
Happpy anniversary, Mineral Man! lunamagica Dec 2015 #31

hobbit709

(41,694 posts)
3. Our wedding date was April 1. We always said we were fools to get married.
Mon Dec 21, 2015, 09:09 PM
Dec 2015

Our other option was Halloween but we didn't want to wait that long.

 

ChisolmTrailDem

(9,463 posts)
9. Congrats on your 24th year together, MM. You're damn lucky you found...
Mon Dec 21, 2015, 09:19 PM
Dec 2015

...a woman that was willing to put up with you that long.

TlalocW

(15,392 posts)
12. I remember the date of the first wedding I ever decorated
Mon Dec 21, 2015, 09:34 PM
Dec 2015

With balloons. 7-7-2007. The guy was a genius to pick that date... Not so much so for the colors he convinced the bride to go with - red, white, and black in honor of Dale Earnhardt.

TlalocW

MineralMan

(146,338 posts)
16. We refuse to accept the change.
Mon Dec 21, 2015, 09:54 PM
Dec 2015

We can do that. Anyhow, it's always close enough for me to remember.

sufrommich

(22,871 posts)
21. My son and daughter-in-law got married on 7-7-07.
Mon Dec 21, 2015, 10:18 PM
Dec 2015

Did you get married in Minnesota? If so,wasn't it a little chilly? I got married outside on Memorial Day weekend in the U.P and we froze our asses off.

Samantha

(9,314 posts)
23. Congratulations to the two of you. I would like to say more but I am late
Mon Dec 21, 2015, 11:38 PM
Dec 2015

for the Burning of Socks on the Equinox. And I am supposed to be bringing the beer!

Congrats again.

Sam

http://encyclopedia2.thefreedictionary.com/Burning+of+the+Socks

Edited to add: Oh, no, bad timing on my part.

Snobblevitch

(1,958 posts)
26. Happy anniversary!
Mon Dec 21, 2015, 11:54 PM
Dec 2015

I have never understood how some men, and some women, forget important dates such as birthdays and anniversaries. Of course, I have been called the birthday savant by my family. For some reason, I remember the birthdates of all of my family and extended family. A couple of years ago, a BIL forgot his mother's birthday. He was unaware of my 'gift'. He attempted to get my support, and I proceeded to tell him the birthdays of his children, the birthdates of my brothers' and their wive's and their children. He looked at me and said "what the hell?"

I never did tell him the reason I can remember all of those dates. For about 10 years I have maintained a list of the birthdates, e-mail addresses, snail mail addresses, cell phone numbers, and landline numbers, of our extended family for my elderly father. (My dad is the only family member with a landline, and he has had the same cell phone number since 1997.)

DFW

(54,447 posts)
30. We got married on our anniversary so we wouldn't forget
Tue Dec 22, 2015, 01:37 AM
Dec 2015

Well, actually, it was my brother who invited us to our wedding. My wife-to-be and I were invited originally to HIS wedding, and he said if you will both be there, we can make it a double wedding. There were some logistics and paperwork to take care of, as my wife is from Germany and his wife is from Japan. But we managed. The wedding looked like a mini-version of the UN. My best man remarked that he realized that some people thought my wife and were "rushing into this"--after 8 years together! That was almost 34 years ago, so we have been together for 42 years come next year. At this point, the date is forgotten less often than our respective birthdays, and we never forget them.
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