Relationship: 6 months

[K/H_Addict]

Okay, so, if you read my "Hard work...?" thread, i mentioned this thread.

My 6 month "anniversary" is the 28th. I have 45 dollars to work with. My beliefs are that the only mars worth celebrating are divisible by 6. 2-5 months: whoop-dee-doo. 7-11 months: hoopl'lah!

Well, my g/f doesnt like that, so i want to do something special for her, but the only thing i can think of is dinner and a movie.

i was going to take her to see PotCMC, but she went and saw it today. I was going to take her to see Click, be she went and saw it last week. I was going to take her and see Cars, but she went to see that a few weeks ago. Obviously, surprising her with a movie isn't going to work. What are your suggestions?

PS: Neither of us drive yet, so keep that in mind...

[Oprime]

Cook her dinner and buy her flowers.

You'll be a god, for 'bout a week .....

Seriously though, women just wanna know you put a little effort into something, it goes a long way.

[Havokscry]

what did you do on your first date?

[K/H_Addict]

well, if you want to be technical, our first real date was like 2 weeks ago, and hr mom payed for it. We went to see Scary Movie 4. Otherwise, we always hang out to my house, or her house. Thats why i want to do something special for her this time.

[bunjee]

Ah, teenage love... Yeah, I have a vague memory of caring about monthly relationship anniversaries when I was in high school.

A trinity of roses (red for passion, yellow for friendship, white for purity), a card (or something you wrote if you are inclined), and from there you are on your own. I don't know enough about your girl to help.

[K/H_Addict]

well, if you ever talk to me about this realtionship one-on-one, i'm sure you'll hear me say how much the two of us are sure that this was meant to be. Too much detail for this topic, but w/e.

I was coming home from target today, and got to thinking about it. Our 6 month is on a friday, so we proably wont see much of each other that day, since she has to babysit her siblings, and both our parents work. What i was thinking was having a dozen red carnations (possibly roses; i think carnations last longer) along with a poem i want to write (thats going to be the challenge) delivered to her house that morning around 10 or so. I'm still up for suggestions, and unless i get any other good ideas i like, this is what i'm going to do.

[Grungebob]

Give her a nice hand made letter written on stationary. Fold it into a paper airplane and then put a picture of you two together in the middle fold so it looks like it is in the cockpit. Hand it to her and tell her that you feel like your relationship is just taking off and you're excited about where it is going. You don't have to go all out for every little milestone, just the acknowledgement is usually more than enough.

[K/H_Addict]

thats a very interesting idea, GB. i can't tell if you were trying to be serious or not though, so i think i'll stick with my idea.

[Grungebob]

No I was being serious. Women (most people in general) value creativity and personal attention more than common traditional robotic approaches. It is rarely necessary to spend alot of money when you care enough about a person to put forth the effort to be attentive. The only time you need the big bucks is when you are going to plop down a bunch of cash on a ring!!! 8O

[K/H_Addict]

if hit with inspiration, i can be quite creative. one idea i had was to make a locket of somekind out of wood, but that would be super difficult, because i dont want it to be too big, but i cant make it but so small, and then we moved, so i no longer have a space to work in, until we get the garage built, so that will have to wait until later.

[Grungebob]

Well, I think you might be making too big a deal out of "6" months. Just keep it simple and personal. Acknowledge it and be sincere and heartfelt but to get expensive or to put more into it than the situation would call for could make the recipient uncomfortable. One flower would be more appropriate than a bouquet as an example.

[K/H_Addict]

excellent advice, GB. thanks a lot man!