Do your kids remember your Wedding Anniversary? Do you expect them to?

My son can't even remember his own!

Well said serendipity
I was rather ashamed to forget the 40th of a friend to whom I was a bridesmaid last year (I did actually remember 2 the previous year-also a bridesmaid-and sent flowers .40 years being 'good going'these days!)But she said they'd almost forgotten themselves and hadn't planned anything special .

No and no.

Except for our 40th when DD sent beautiful flowers ?.

My 60th & 40th wedding anniversary are in the October & December of 2020 so intend to have one big celebration for both in the November...just hoping I don't have to arrange it all by myself though lol

I've always thought that they are for the couple. I rarely remember ours, though DH always does. My mother always sends a card/present. One of our sons are married. We weren't at the wedding (no one was, except them, obviously ?). I don't send anything for that either, though my mother does. It's important for her.
I have a dilemma this year...my father died last year on the day before their anniversary. I would like to support mum, but not sure how. Any advice? (Sorry to hijack)

I should add that I have 4 children, 3 from a previous marriage and one from this one. They are all adult now. They don't send us cards and I wouldn't expect them to. They are generous and loving every day of the year, so why would I need them to?

Dh and I don't always remember our anniversary .... Did nothing for our 25th -well MIL bought us a 'new' car and it was silver(skint and children relatively young as we had them late in life) had a lovely day in London with special meal for our 30th and will arrange something special for our 40th if we are spared
It's just a day like any other .

I don't remember DDs either.
Long time ago my sister in law asked me what I was going to do for our 25th. What a wake up call! Thought can't stand another 25 yrs of this misery so instead of celebrating anniversary we got divorced and never looked back.

My husband and parents usually remember our anniversary (my mum died 3 years ago but my 91 year old dad still remembers). I'm pretty hopeless, I have to think hard to remember the date. I forgot my own darling parents' 50th to my eternal shame.

It's important to remember that none of these anniversary retail opportunities really matter. What matters is the love between you all. I adore my husband and parents and hope I show that in a million other ways.

I'm widowed and my three kids never forgot our anniversary while my husband was alive and certainly do not forget it now I'm on my own, we always celebrate it even now, they buy me cards and small gifts every year on the day, this year is our 40th. In exceptionally lucky that's for sure

No and I wouldn't expect them to it's something I think the two people concerned should celebrate together if they want to I don't ever remember celebrating my parents wedding anniversary although they did themselves

No, except for special ones eg ruby wedding when we had a family party. But DH and I always send each other cards and usually go out for a meal or to the theatre. I send cards to each of the children though.

I'm sure we were more or less adults before we even knew when my parents wedding anniversary was. We had a celebratory family and close friends dinner for their 40/50 and 60th.

My mother gave us a card and gift last year on our 5th saying that she only marked every 5th year with a little gift ... DD's 5th anniversary (it was a busy year!) was also last year so I adopted the same plan as mother.

Needless to say, DD didn't reciprocate with even a card!

LOL, my husband and I very rarely remember our wedding anniversary!

It's our 45th anniversary in a couple of weeks, I never make a big deal of our anniversary and don't expect it at all but my children have got together and organised a get together (at our house but they're cooking ?) They've planned the whole weekend including a photo outside the church where we got married. Started out with 2 of us and ended up with 10!

Our children always remember our anniversary and so do the grand children. I always remembered the anniversaries of my parents and parents in law. We celebrate on our own but they always send cards. Isn't it just part of being a family?

No, but there again we have been separated 10 years and divorced for 8 ?. I always send my parents a card, and on their Golden and Diamond days we did big parties for them. I always send cards to my 3 adult kids on their anniversaries.

I always gave my mum and dad a card and a few flowers or a plant on their wedding anniversary (25th March). Their last (2016) was their 55th and regretfully it was the only time since I can remember that I did not mark the day. My mum came home from hospital as she wanted to pass away in her own home (she died on 1st April) and although I remembered their special day I was at a complete loss as to how to acknowledge it. A "Happy anniversary" card was certainly not appropriate. We did talk about her wedding day and she knew it was her anniversary but I feel sad thinking how she must've felt knowing that this would be the last ever. Life is cruel.

No, I don't expect them to.

No, I don't think they even know when it is!

No. I don't remember theirs either. I often forget too.
I only remembered my sister's last year because it was their 50 years GOLD and we were invited to the party.
So not a big deal in our family.

No and neither do we until probably a few days later!

Yes, happily both my adult sons acknowledge my wedding anniversary but only with a simple telephone call and the date is 'slipped in' casually. I'm VERY gratified by it. Warm feeling........

DH and I always wish each other happy anniversary and used to go out for a meal but never buy cards or presents except on 25th and 40th. Our parents always sent us cards. SIL always sends a card. DDs send a text. We had a party for family and friends for our 25th and went out for a family meal for our 40th. DDs are quite proud of the fact that we've been married for 44 yrs.

I wouldn't expect our daughters to remember our Anniversary, we don't bother with it ourselves, but this year is our 50th, & they would like us all "to do something", no idea what yet.