[Jabberwocky]

Okay this is much like Jezebel's thread, but not for a X-mas gift.

My boyfriend and I are going to be celebrating our 4 year ann. in January. And I have no clue what to do. I want to do something romantic and special, but I can't think of anything. I know I can get the booth we sat at on our first date reserved, but then what??? What should I get him??? How should I let him know???

I will have the whole day out of school (last day of winter break) and he works.

He doesn't like me cooking for him, and he's really picky. And he hates stuffed monkeys... even the monkey with the thong I sent to his work.

Anyone had a romantic thing done for them or they've done for the one they loved????

[Gandalf-]

First off, congratulations!

My girlfriend and I are celebrating our 4 year anniversary this coming January. Isn't it wonderful to have found the person you know you belong with?

Anyway, for our 3 year anniversary my girlfriend wrote me a poem and mailed it so that it arrived on the day of our anniversary. I was really touched. Anyway, we bathed each other and just at in the tub holding each other. Then I took her to dinner at the restaurant we went on our first date. Then we saw a theatre production in Toronto (Oliver) and went for dessert afterwards. Then we came home and got in our pyjamas and played Mario Kart for hours as we celebrated with lotsa champagne. Everything just seemed to go so well. I guess it really wasn't that romantic, but it seemed special to me.

Good luck on another 4 years, and beyond!

[Anthony]

There's nothing I love more than a clear night sky, out on some rocky peak where there aren't city lights around. If it's cold where you are, throw a blanket on the car hood, and just talk and hold each other and watch the stars go by. Sometimes simple things are best.

[Awetopsy]

take him to a super super fancy $25 a plate dinner and propose to him


or you dont have to propose to him..

[Jabberwocky]

Awetopsy - One of his friend's girlfriend propsed to his friend. I asked him is that how it suppose to be done cause I've been waiting for you to propse to me? And he did his little "hrm" thing and said "no." So I guess the propose thing is out. The dinner thing I am thinking of doing though. I can get the booth we set in our very first date reserved for us. So I think I might do that. And that place goes for about $25 a plate cause we never left there with out a bill of at least $45.

Corn pops - I think I might write him a poem and send it to him.

Anthony - we live in Kansas there's nothing to look at here, but wheat and it's winter so no wheat. And he has allergies really really bad, but it was a good idea.

I get him New Years Eve which is Dec. 31 and our Ann. is Jan. 2.

[Anthony]

Play it by ear kiddo! Probably the best ideas are ones that represent your thought process. After all, he likes you, not us, eh? =]

[MoleculeMan]

Whatever it is, don't pretend like you've forgotten the anniversary. Someone wrote in to Dear Abby a while ago, talking about how this man woke up on his birthday, and there was no celebration, no good morning kiss from his wife. It seemed, no matter how much he hinted that she wouldn't remember it was his birthday, so he went to work feeeling hurt. Then his secretary was like "Hey happy birthday! YOu have plans?" and hes like no, and shes says "Ok, i'll take you out to dinner!" He's completely happy that someone remmebered, and he eats dinner with the secretary and they have a fun time, but she says she forgot something at her house, so they stop by, and the husband comes up with her. So she tells him to wait in the living room, and she'll be back with a surprise. So he's thinking, at least the days not a total bust, so he strips to his socks, and secretary comes back, with (you've guessed it) his wife and children. I just needed an excuse to tell that anecdote

Jake

[Norling]

He loves you becoue you are you....Give him yourself!

[strata]

I'd personally like a weekend trip somewhere... go to Mexico or something and just enjoy yourselves!

But seriously... not to sound like a manly-man, but I wouldn't WANT my girlfriend to do something and pay for our anniversary date... that's sort of... my job =)
I know a lot of my male friends feel this way as well, that it's sort of 'uncomfortable' to have your girlfriend pay for everything... I get a lot more satisfaction out of treating her to dinner than vice versa... dunno why though...

[Aura]

flowers are traditional, but I always thought a card with some of your own heartfelt words was really nice. As far as activities I dunno where you live but the beach for a moonlit walk, ice skating, dancing, maybe ask him his ideas, or just stay at home with a made for anniversary movies(lol). I dunno nobody gives me four years of their time, I'm lucky if I can get four months!!!

[Jabberwocky]

Anthony - That's kind of hard cause it's hard to get him to do stuff and find away of doing it without him knowing way before. So most of it has to be preplanned.

MoleculeMan - if anyone is going to forget it it's going to be him, but after 4 years I've pounded it into his head.

strata - He's the same way. He hates me paying for stuff. But this year they messed up his health insurence so he's a little "broke", and he told me not to buy him anything cause he couldn't get me anything. Right like I'm not going to get him something just cause he couldn't get me something... he's spending the day with me what more could I want? And what is it with guys leaving their socks on?

Norling - Ummm.... no comment!

Aura - I thought about sending him 13 roses. 4 yellow for 4 years of friendship, 4 red for 4 years of love, 4 white for 4 years if memorys and 1 rose (not sure what colour) for the future. But how many guys would like flowers sent to their work? And I don't want to embarrasse him... did that with the stuffed money in a thong I sent him 2 years back.

[soilborn]

go enjoy the place of your first date. wait til dark, then have sex on the roof of your home, apartment, etc. a two story or higher would be best....he'll never forget it. =)

[strata]

Jabb: well, we don't think along the lines of spending time with someone as actually costing anything or being concrete... so I don't think we think in that fashion...

and as for the socks, it's simple: Everything else drops off, and the shirt is simple enough... what are you left with? A pair of socks that's grabbing onto your ankles for dear life... now most guys find it difficult to stand on one foot trying to wriggle your toes into the socks to then proceed to bit by bit push them down and off, while kissing and carressing your partner... this can of course be done in bed in a much simpler fashion, but then, we'd allready have kept them on...

see our problems here?

[Jabberwocky]

soilborn - I live on the most busiest street in town. That would be bad. Really bad. And there's a light post in the front yard so the roof is lit up.

strata - I still don't get the sock thing. He says he keeps them on to keep his feet warm. I don't care I'm still going to point and laugh at him about those. Have to admit it's better I point and laugh at his feet than something else.

[strata]

his feet get cold when you have sex? Even worse, he needs socks to keep his feet warm when you're having sex? That is one strange gringo you got there jabb =)

For me it's just the matter of the damned things being difficult to get off without bending down and yanking them off =)

it's a bit of an art really...

maybe he's afraid his naked feet smell?

[Jabberwocky]

No they get cold afterwards and he doesn't want to have to hunt them down later. Although the other night he did take them off, but that's because I had my blanet on.

[strata]

Aha! So he thinks ahead... well you could just start wearing your socks as well as that's not quite the sexiest thing on a girl either

give him a dose of his own medicine!