Need Advice! 10th anniversary!

[Dsnow9]

I am in need of advice, I SUCK at gifts for big things. I’m a buy it when they need it or because it seemed like a good idea at the time. Buying something at a specific time is a challenge fit me.

She is not the jewelry type and doesn’t hunt yet so those ideas are off the table.

Thanks in advance!

 

[BucksnDucks]

I've been married 24 years, all women are different make her happy but be careful of setting a super gift precedent. It's a marathon not a sprint. Last year I built a small deck in the backyard and I think she liked that more than any gift I ever bought.

 

[Ben Long]

Here's what you do. Google "anniversary material." Every anniversary has a material. Year one is paper. Two is cloth. Three is tin foil or whatever. Etc. to 10. Then buy/make 10 little gifts, each made of that particular material. Paper could just be a sweet note. Cloth could be a pretty scarf or something. Go down the line. Wrap each one. This trick only works every 10 years, but there you go. SHe'll love it.

 

[Ben Long]

• 1st Anniversary: Paper
• 2nd Anniversary: Cotton
• 3rd Anniversary: Leather
• 4th Anniversary: Fruit or Flowers
• 5th Anniversary: Wood
• 6th Anniversary: Candy or Iron
• 7th Anniversary: Wool or Copper
• 8th Anniversary: Pottery or Bronze
• 9th Anniversary: Willow or Pottery
• 10th Anniversary: Tin or Aluminum

 

[Ben Long]

My vote woudl be Barnes TTX for No. 7, or Merino long johns, but only you know your sweetie.

 

[MTLabrador]

An adorable puppy that will grow up into a bird dog.

 

[Hilljackoutlaw]

A weekend getaway in a sweet cabin or something like that with an activity involved and a real nice dinner out is always a favorite of my wife.

 

[Hilljackoutlaw]

A weekend getaway in a sweet cabin or something like that with an activity involved and a real nice dinner out is always a favorite of my wife.

Its not cheap, but it also doesn't set the precedent of super gifts. Haha

 

[D_Walt]

Nothing says “I love you” like a great introduction to hunting…so I would vote you buy yourselves 4th season Colorado deer vouchers.

 

[Birddog916]

For our 10th we revisited the seen of the crime. We visited the state park we were married in and rented a Airbnb on the coast for a long weekend. It was a fun weekend get-a-way and I even fit in a salmon fishing trip.

 

[Dsnow9]

Nothing says “I love you” like a great introduction to hunting…so I would vote you buy yourselves 4th season Colorado deer vouchers.

I’m starting this year with a wy pronghorn point, next year co/wy pp. starting slow…

 

[Wallydeuce]

Experiences. Massages. Manicure and pedicures. Spa treatments.

Things she can buy on her own. Buy her experiences.

 

[Wallydeuce]

I’m starting this year with a wy pronghorn point, next year co/wy pp. starting slow…

You smoothie.

 

[jejack26]

I'd take her on guided moose hunt

 

[VikingsGuy]

I am in need of advice, I SUCK at gifts for big things. I’m a buy it when they need it or because it seemed like a good idea at the time. Buying something at a specific time is a challenge fit me.

She is not the jewelry type and doesn’t hunt yet so those ideas are off the table.

Thanks in advance!

For most, time and shared experiences mean more than things. I would do some type of surprise (if she likes surprises) getaway weekend. If she doesn't like surprises, then take her to dinner and plan the getaway together.

 

[VikingsGuy]

Another angle is to talk to a sister or friend she is close to that can give you some ideas - probably a better source than a bunch of hunters who know neither you nor her.

 

[Islander]

Ask her friends and family what they think she would truly like. Let them know that this is important to you. You really want to make thid special. Then do your best to give her something she absolutely doesn't need, but hopefully would love to have or do.

Long after, her friends will remind her that you asked them what she would really love.

 

[Hilljackoutlaw]

Guys after 10 yrs I hope he don't need to ask a sister what she likes...lol. but whom I kidding

 

[COEngineer]

For our 10th, I planned a mini re-enactment of our honeymoon. Stayed in some of the same hotels, did some similar activities (whitewater rafting on a different river), etc. It went great!

 

[VikingsGuy]

Guys after 10 yrs I hope he don't need to ask a sister what she likes...lol. but whom I kidding

Ironically this is the reaction of a newlywed guy - an old pro of course knows he knows nothing