When to stop the dating anniversary

We acknowledge the dateiversary or engageiversary as a special day but we don't "celebrate" it like we will our wedding anniversary

We chose to get married on our dating anniversary for this reason lol.

For us, it was dating anniversary, which was May 25th 2018. Then when we got engaged, it changed to that.. which was May 29th 2020. When we get married in November this year, that'll be our new anniversary date.

We won't celebrate our other dates as extravagantly as the wedding anniversary, but we'll definitely acknowledge those dates in some kind of way.

Our 10-year dating anniversary happened to fall around the time that we wanted to get married, so we are actually getting married ON our dating anniversary. I was thrilled because I don't have to remember another date after 10 years of remembering that one. As others have said, I think it's a very personal decision. I would definitely celebrate it at least up until you get married, because why not?! :-)

My parents celebrated their dating anniversary every year, even after being married 42 years (my mom passed away almost five years ago). I say keep it going as long as you can! My fiance and I don't "celebrate" as much as we used to, but we still acknowledge it. 02-01-2013

We personally honor both dating and engagement so im sure wedding will be no different but i think thats a personal preference

View Quoted Comment I love that! I looked up our dating anniversary and it’s a Wednesday so that’s out

View Quoted Comment I look forward to our anniversary because we made it official at a concert && we celebrate by going to a concert every year..I don’t want to stop that tradition

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Then talk to your FH about it being important to you to keep the tradition and explain why. He may not realize how precious it is for you. There's no reason *not* to celebrate it.

I don’t think I’ll ever stop mine. My fiancé was a complete stranger and I started dating him 2 days after we met. Sedimental to me 😭❤️

View Quoted Comment You’re absolutely right! Thank you for your suggestion! 💜

We're not stopping ours. We dated for 5 years before getting engaged, and I feel like if we stopped celebrating it in some fashion, it would be like resetting the clock and not acknowledging the 5 years that preceded our engagement (or the 7 years that will precede our wedding)! That said, our anniversary is usually marked with a special dinner out, no gifts or trips (well, we'll take trips but we don't need to justify it with a reason) so it's really not prohibitive for us to celebrate all of them.

This is the exact reason we decided to get married on our dating anniversary! We both wanted to continue celebrating our original anniversary, but didn’t want to have to remember & celebrate 2 dates every year.

We celebrate all our dates. It's fantastic fun!! I hope that you will too. Make the most of the good things when you can!

Really the only anniversary that matters is your wedding anniversary. I don't think anyone should put to much thought on any other anniversary. When you are busy working a job everyday and focus on rising your family those type of things become very small. Not saying that it won't fly by every now and then but if one of you forget about it don't sweat it just try to go with the flow. It's definitely something personal between you and your spouse.