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

Apart from taking us to the theatre on our 40th, our two children don't acknowledge our anniversary. It's very interesting that many others seem not to either as I thought, as ours has not been the happiest of marriages, that anniversaries being ignored was just their way of being diplomatic and not reminding us! It will be our 50th next year and I'm rather dreading it. I am happy to go out with the family but certainly don't want a big do. I'm sure my sister and some friends will start questioning me about our plans before long (one has already).

Usually not, and TBH I sometimes have a job to remember it myself!
Doesn't bother me if/when Dh occasionally forgets - until later that day!

The one we did make a thing of was the silver - went to Prague for 5 days.
Seems so long ago now!
But I can remember when it was just 10 - and I felt so old having been married ten years! Dh bought me a lovely watch which I haven't managed to lose or put through the washing machine yet...

Our children don't remember our anniversary but I don't expect them to. Though I am giving them yearly reminders of our 50th which will be in 2020. I have told them that although it's customary for children to send their parents on a round the world cruise for their 50th, I would prefer to go to Venice on the Orient Express!!

No & I can't remember my inlaws either, or my parents either ( although since Mum is no longer with us it's neither here nor there)

I don't even know the month my parents got married!

We don't celebrate our anniverseries I even forget how many years its been. The main thing is we're happy and contented and we lived many years together before being married. The piece of paper is really not important.

No. Why should they - they weren't there. I do remember theirs, though.

Actually I told a fib! I just remembered that when DH & I were away for weekend (ruby wedding anniversary) DDs filled a multi photo frame they knew was in our house (waiting for pics of DGC!) with pics of our wedding, the invite and Order of Service! Cheapskates!

My DH and I barely remember. I certainly dont expect others to.
One of our bridesmaids sends us a card every year, bless her.

We would not expect our children to remember our wedding anniversary, except the special ones. We had a wonderful 40th with children and grandchildren all on holiday together, paid by us.
Neither do we send cards to them on their wedding anniversary, but we do phone.

I certainly agree that anniversaries are for the couple concerned.

Oh, forgot...we do send cards to our married DC.

When we got married we thought that both Mothers would send a card on our anniversary ( but they didn't) so maybe it wasn't done?
Our DC will send cards and presents for big anniversaries, silver, pearl and ruby in the past and in three years it will be Golden ( should we make it)
We don't buy cards any more for ourselves, but flowers instead and a lovely meal out.

I'm not sure quite why anyone would expect children to mark their parents' wedding anniversary, unless the children were actually at the wedding (which might well be the case nowadays!).

Special anniversaries are a bit different, I marked my parents 25/40th anniversaries, but annually, no, I wouldn't expect it. It's a day for the two people involved to celebrate.

I have sent cards for my own children's anniversaries but even that is petering out as cards send abroad go astray and another son doesn't even remember his own anniversary!

Mine mark big anniversaries, but are never sure of the exact date.

To me any relationship anniversary celebration is between the couple! If you make it to some significant numbers then members of your immediate family may feel like celebrating with you but to be honest it is not a big deal for me! We did not do family celebrations for any of ours & we are 5 years away from Golden!

No.

To be fair I don't bother with wedding anniversaries either so no problem.

I do however admit to giving cards and gifts if I am invited to 'a do' but that is out purely out of courtesy.

It isn't relevant to me, not that ex would have remembered it even if he were still around. But I do remember my parents' wedding anniversary - 17th February - even though both are long gone.

No,we don't get cards from our family-and that's fine with us. We buy each other cards.
We did ,however, get a card from our cat and rabbit last year.( Thank you DH!)

Our wedding anniversary is in September, as is DS1and DD, so we usually send them cards. DS2 wedding anniversary is on Valentine's day.
We always used to send cards to each other, until about 5 years ago, when we both forgot. So after that we bought a card, that we both liked, and then give it an airing each year. Daft eh?
I think because my mum was a great card sender, that we have / had, carried on the tradition.

No, and no.
The Bodach and I have escaped to Paris on our last three " biggies", and the youngsters weighed in with some yoyos to spend.

No I don't really expect anyone to remember apart from my husband and myself. They did remember our 25th and 40th but only because we kept harping on about it. I'll remind them again at our 50th hopefully. I acknowledged their first but nothing after that. What with 3adult children and partners and 8 grandchildren we'd never stop celebrating/sending cards/flowers. It's their special day as our anniversary is ours so no it's the couples special day.

No and no. I don't think it is of any interest to my children. My son is still single, and DD has been married for eleven years. I don't mark the occasion, and she wouldn't expect me to.

Yes mine always remember our anniversary, cards every year and they organised a dinner party for our Ruby anniversary. This year is our 50th and also DD's 25th.

No and No - in answer to the questions.

They did remember our 40th because we had a big celebration which they were involved in helping to orgnise.

Ours usually send us a card. Yes I do expect them to remember. We always remember theirs. Like Stansgran we will have been married 50 years in 2019 and I will be 70 that year. I shall expect to be made a great fuss of but i'm not holding my breath