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writes:So I was talking to my sister earlier and the conversation went pretty much like this...Me: I've been with *girlfriend* for 5 years soon.Sister: When's soon?Me: May... ish. Sister: *rant that can be summed up with 'how can you not know when your anniversary is?!'* My argument was that we didn't get married (or even engaged), we just had a pizza together. Fun as it was, why should we celebrate that? But sister says that until we get married when we first got together counts as our anniversary. Asked my other half tonight and I was very happy to hear that she also has no idea of the actual date we got together. So question for people in relationships, do you celebrate your 'getting together' anniversary? Married people; did you ever celebrate it?
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reader, anonymous, writes (15 April 2010): November 30, 1979...and to be perfectly honest i just now cheated. i knew it was the last friday in nov...tried to figure the year, and googled a calendar. however that relationship has lasted 31 years now...who cares whether he remembers the date. he remembers our anniversary, my birthday, the birthday of all 7 kids, daughter in law, son in law, their anniversaries, and the grandkids birthdays. (there are 4 of them now). and he never forgets to kiss me goodbye in the mornings, or hello in the evenings...he never fails to say i love you when he calls....i could care less about the one date he doesnt know...hey i didnt know it either. some people need to get a life... well thats the way i see it anyway... i say if you are seeing a girl to whom it is important...try your best to remember it. otherwise...dont stress about it. mal
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reader, C. Grant  +, writes (15 April 2010):
 December 22, 1982. Ya, we probably recognized it while we were dating, but stuff kind of happened later that eclipsed it. Like getting engaged, getting married, the birth of our first, then second, then third children. For quite a few years we counted the number of Valentines Days we'd been together, but even that's now such a number that we don't really care to mark it.
The fact that we're still here and dealing with our children is more important.
Ya, I know, that's not the answer you were looking for. So sue me.
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reader, cnith  +, writes (15 April 2010):
 FIIK know when the first 'date' was. I know when we went exclusive with each other because it's on my facebook page but lord help me if I tried to remember on my own.I'm the wrong girl to ask though. I couldn't tell you my wedding anniversary either, back when I was married.I think dates just aren't taht important. I know I'm in the minority because most women get all up and arms (like your sister) when the guy forgets trivial things. "Wth was I wearing when we met?!" (who the f cares?!) or "well was it a sunday or a tuesday?!" Again, who the f cares?!Anyway, glad to see your gf is more reasonable. :)
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reader, Not My Name  +, writes (15 April 2010):
 I did know the date when with my ex, but I chose to start ignoring it when the psycho bunny boiler he cheated on me with knowingly and deliberatly waited till that date to turn up at my work with evidence of what had been going on.
With my current partner I only know roughly when we got together somewhere within a two week time frame, and only know that coz of other people's birthdays around the time.
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reader, Starmonster888 +, writes (15 April 2010):
 I acknowledge it like every few months, but that's probably because I'm a teenager so a year is like a decade. It would probably be yearly if we were a little older. She doesn't really care whether I do mention it but you know, covering my basis before the non-issue becomes treason during an argument.
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