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Friday January 13, 2006

Tenth Wedding Anniversary

Today is our tenth wedding anniversary. We had planned to go up to Napa for the long weekend and immerge ourselves in hot mud again, but what with the weather we've recently had plus what's to come in the next couple of days, it's going to be rather damp up there.

So instead we're going to hand Duncan off to friends of ours and are going to have a lazy childless weekend near to home. It'll be a nice big steak at one of our favorite restaurants tonight, and hopefully we'll finally get around to seeing that last Potter movie. Dinner and a movie. It'll be almost like we're dating again.

When I first got married ten years ago, I searched the Internet and found a list of the "appropriate" gifts for each anniversary. Here's what I found:

Wedding Anniversary    Name          (other possible gifts)
-------------------------------------------------------------
  1st               Paper               (clocks)
  2nd               Cotton              (china)
  3rd               Leather             (crystal, glass)
  4th               Linen, Silk         (electric appliances)
  5th               Wood                (silverware)
  6th               Iron                (wood)
  7th               Wool, Copper        (desk sets, pen & pencil sets)
  8th               Bronze              (linens, laces)
  9th               Pottery, China      (leather)
  10th              Tin, Aluminum       (diamond jewelry)
  11th              Steel               (fashion jewelry, accessories)
  12th              Silk                (pearls, colored gems)
  13th              Lace                (textiles, furs)
  14th              Ivory               (gold jewelry)
  15th              Crystal             (watches)
  20th              China               (platinum)
  25th              Silver              (sterling silver)
  30th              Pearl               (diamond)
  35th              Coral               (jade)
  40th              Ruby                (ruby)
  45th              Sapphire            (sapphire)
  50th              Gold                (gold)
  55th              Emerald             (emerald)
  60th              Diamond             (diamond)

So the tenth anniversary is the Tin anniversary. Tin! Gee, that's memorable. Who came up with this list? You'd have thought that being married ten years was a major milestone. Something that would be worth more that tin. Perhaps this list needs an upgrade. I don't see Platinum used as an anniversary name.

Oh yeah, and I can just imagine how impressed the spouse would be if you had gotten them a pen and pencil set for the seventh wedding anniversary.

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Comments:

Congratulations! Have a great weekend!

Posted by tony:frosty on January 13, 2006 at 01:43 PM PST #

"immerge" Congratulations you two fast and furious fun bunnies. Kudos for the multitasking.

Posted by drew raster on January 13, 2006 at 06:33 PM PST #

congratulations.
as for the platinum anniversary, it is the 70th, according to the omniscient wikipedia @
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wedding_anniversary

Posted by besfred on January 14, 2006 at 06:47 AM PST #

Thanks besfred! 70 years huh? That's some feat. Personally I think it should be something even rarer/more valuable. Maybe Iridium or Palladium. Certainly for the 75th (instead of introducing diamond again). As for Double Diamond! That's a beer, albeit I might find several Real Beer drinkers who'll disagree with me.

Posted by Rich Burridge on January 14, 2006 at 09:06 AM PST #

Congras! Wish you many more good years ahead and a wonderful life with your family. Yes, good thing I did not get my wife a pen last year... what a suggestion... to use it on the cheque book?

Posted by Paul Ho on January 15, 2006 at 06:41 PM PST #

Congratulations on your 10th, Rich! This year is our 10th, too. We're planning our first trip to Scotland to celebrate it! Thanks for the list, too. The only thing in aluminum that my wife would appreciate as a gift would be a Pepsi. :-) I always enjoy reading your blog. Keep up the good work!

Posted by Scott Hudson on January 15, 2006 at 07:04 PM PST #