It is a little discriminatory - " … In 2017, the Census Bureau reported that a record number of adults in the U.S. were not married. More than 110 million residents were divorced or widowed or had always been single; that’s more than 45 percent of all Americans aged 18 or older." https://www.cnn.com/2018/01/05/health/single-people-partner/index.html
Unmarried folks: how do you celebrate your freedom?
With a gift from you to you
With a nice dinner out
With a nice dinner at home
With a vacation
With hookers and beer
By getting someone else to write a poll about it
Another way (comments, please)
@stolicat This epitomizes the over sensitization of America…
Discriminatory - adjective - making or showing an unfair or prejudicial distinction between different categories of people or things, especially on the grounds of race, age, or sex.
The omission of a single option is hardly unfair or prejudicial. Besides, there’s always an “I’ll save it for the comments below” option.
@zinimusprime the poll was about what married folk do for their anniversary, and the something else option referred specifically what they did that was not in the list provided, so the poll essentially eliminated non-married folk from having any response option.
It may not have been prejudicial (or was it?), but it is sort of unfair to restrict participation to little more than half of the population (he complained while insistently chattering on in a forum about a subject he wasn’t included in).
I’m thankful that complaining always seems to be an option here …
We got married in December, and had a Winter Wonderland theme. Lots of pre-lit trees, and we had guests bring ornaments. So on/around our anniversary, we have a nice meal and decorate our tree with the ornaments we got at the wedding.
I have given my wife the big-deal jewelry gifts to celebrate the milestone anniversaries. Don’t get me wrong, it’s a meaningful and wonderful acknowledgement.
But the anniversaries we remember with the greatest fondness were when the kids were little, and getting a baby sitter and going out was far more work than it was worth, and after feeding the kids something or other, we got some take-out sushi and finally found a few minutes to sit down and eat it with a couple of Corona Lights and the mess and the noise and the chaos that only three rambunctious boys can create. Those were and always will be the good old days…
A nice dinner out. Some years that means a place we usually don’t get to. Some years that means out of state and an overnight, or two… or (this year) 6.
It’s nice finally being empty-nesters, so that’s an option.
My 14th wedding anniversary was the 19th. We left the kids at my folks house and took the trailer to stay at Fort Stevens State Park for a week to go discover old ww2 and maritime stuff. It’s my only time I can truly be without kids all year. Stay at home moms really need time away like that.
@pooflady@rarestock Huh. My anniversary was just about a month ago, and I just looked around this morning and we still have kids.
I thought this was the expected condition. It hadn’t even occurred to me to question it.
Where’s the “I’m single” option?
It is a little discriminatory - " … In 2017, the Census Bureau reported that a record number of adults in the U.S. were not married. More than 110 million residents were divorced or widowed or had always been single; that’s more than 45 percent of all Americans aged 18 or older."
https://www.cnn.com/2018/01/05/health/single-people-partner/index.html
Unmarried folks: how do you celebrate your freedom?
With a gift from you to you
With a nice dinner out
With a nice dinner at home
With a vacation
With hookers and beer
By getting someone else to write a poll about it
Another way (comments, please)
@stolicat This epitomizes the over sensitization of America…
Discriminatory - adjective - making or showing an unfair or prejudicial distinction between different categories of people or things, especially on the grounds of race, age, or sex.
The omission of a single option is hardly unfair or prejudicial. Besides, there’s always an “I’ll save it for the comments below” option.
@aetris how about
A day at the spa
A spur of the moment trip/roadtrip
@tinamarie1974
Are you offering?
@therealjrn uummmm no I am asking
@tinamarie1974 I dunno, maybe @aetris will go for it.
@therealjrn @tinamarie1974 - It’s all good!
@zinimusprime the poll was about what married folk do for their anniversary, and the something else option referred specifically what they did that was not in the list provided, so the poll essentially eliminated non-married folk from having any response option.
It may not have been prejudicial (or was it?), but it is sort of unfair to restrict participation to little more than half of the population (he complained while insistently chattering on in a forum about a subject he wasn’t included in).
I’m thankful that complaining always seems to be an option here …
@stolicat point taken.
@stolicat @zinimusprime Kinda how I feel about all the sports and Elon Musk polls. Who the hell is Elon Musk anyway?!
@lseeber @stolicat @zinimusprime he created Tesla and SpaceX.
With takeout Chinese food and a different super cheesy movie each year.
Sometimes with a really nice bed and breakfast!
We got married in December, and had a Winter Wonderland theme. Lots of pre-lit trees, and we had guests bring ornaments. So on/around our anniversary, we have a nice meal and decorate our tree with the ornaments we got at the wedding.
Around our house, we have a nice hug and a stout how-de-do. What else is there?
@Superllama7 That’s pretty much the limit. After the hail-fellow-well-met sort of thing, it gets pretty seedy.
To the best of my knowledge, I’m not married.
@UncleVinny We need to talk.
@shahnm We can’t go on like this, shahnm. I kept my promise to the shaman, and you—! You defied the entire council! My father’s going to be furious.
going for #37 this summer, prolly no gifts involved…
We go away for the weekend, to towns we’ve never been or really like.
I have given my wife the big-deal jewelry gifts to celebrate the milestone anniversaries. Don’t get me wrong, it’s a meaningful and wonderful acknowledgement.
But the anniversaries we remember with the greatest fondness were when the kids were little, and getting a baby sitter and going out was far more work than it was worth, and after feeding the kids something or other, we got some take-out sushi and finally found a few minutes to sit down and eat it with a couple of Corona Lights and the mess and the noise and the chaos that only three rambunctious boys can create. Those were and always will be the good old days…
I sense a meh poll writer is scrambling for anniversary ideas.
Whatever makes the wife happy.
@hchavers Happy wife, happy life as they say.
A nice dinner out. Some years that means a place we usually don’t get to. Some years that means out of state and an overnight, or two… or (this year) 6.
It’s nice finally being empty-nesters, so that’s an option.
Usually a nice dinner out. But this year it was our 50th and we threw a catered party for about 60 family and friends. Everyone had a great time.
@pooflady Congratulations!
My 14th wedding anniversary was the 19th. We left the kids at my folks house and took the trailer to stay at Fort Stevens State Park for a week to go discover old ww2 and maritime stuff. It’s my only time I can truly be without kids all year. Stay at home moms really need time away like that.
Hookers and beer.
Our anniversary is two days after Christmas, we usually just hang out together, get take out and watch a movie at home.
Our anniversary is at the end of June, and I usually -
OMG - it’s THIS WEEK!
Thanks for the reminder!
Celebrate???
Neither of us can reliably remember our wedding anniversary.
@arielleslie So, … do you get a new wife every year?
@mike808 Nah. I’ve been married to the same person for…9(I think?) years.
There is a missing conditional statement here.
Before kids: Vacations, nice dinners, gifts, $$ is no issue.
After kids: meh…
@rarestock Agree. While the kids were growing up we’d have our “nice” dinner maybe a month or so later.
@pooflady @rarestock Huh. My anniversary was just about a month ago, and I just looked around this morning and we still have kids.
I thought this was the expected condition. It hadn’t even occurred to me to question it.
Haven’t made it to a year yet, and we haven’t really talked about it, so… unknown?
I buy my wife a small gift and take her out to dinner. She tells me “sorry I didn’t get you anything, I was just too busy”.
Not married anymore, thank the gods!
We’ve been all over the map, from returning to our honeymoon place, to “let’s just do nothing and go to sleep early”.
She forgot one year, so I have a very valuable Get Out of Jail Free card squirreled away for when I really screw up.
@Starblind’s handy chart is always helpful in these scenarios
Days like today I wish there was a view results button. (Unless there is and I’m blind?)
Eh. We both forget our anniversary almost every year. Only been married for 19 years.
Depends, dinner date or weekend getaway if we can find a sitter for the Furbabies.