10 Yr Wedding Anniversary

We didn't do anything at all - literally didn't even acknowledge the date, but we kind of don't like each other much. Don't be like us ;-)

That said...something private and special between the two of you. The parties with others, IMO, are for the silver and golden anniversaries.

Ten is special and a milestone, but it's not *that* big of a deal compared with 25 or 50 years together.

Mine is coming up next month! I want a ring for my right hand. A good ring. Lots of diamonds. I've been TELLING him about it for a year. I'm guessing that to get what I want, I will have to shop with him.

That and dinner is good! And I guess I have to get him something, too!!

We are more of a private type and not one to announce such dates because we are the only ones where it matters.

For our 10th, we went to Hawaii.

We were recently at a milestone 80th bday for a family member and there were 2 couples raving about their recent 10 and 15 yr anniversary. We smiled and congratulated and them someone asked us about ours... We said our 25th was this past New Year's Eve. They were floored that we weren't butting in on a family celebration.

Personally... I like something special between the 2 of us. I have no need to advertise it for attention, etc.

Each of our anniversaries are a date!!!

I agree it is something to celebrate, but what that celebration means is personal to each couple. My husband and I do very little that is just the two of us. For our 10 year we spent the night in a hotel and went zip lining one day and an ATV tour the other day. We were gone for a little over 24 hours, but we got to do some things we had wanted to do.

For our 10 year anniversary, we went to NYC. Had a great dinner, spent the night in a beautiful hotel and saw Mama Mia.
10 years is definitely something to celebrate!

Depends on what the 2 of you want to do. What do you enjoy?

Romantic dinner just the 2 of you?

Or do you love a fun family dinner with the kids and all of your parents, family style?

Or do you all like a big blow out party with cocktails, dinner and dancing?

A romantic weekend way just the two of you?

Just a quiet night at home with a special bottle of wine, dinner consisting of your favorite meal?

There is no rule. It is a celebration based on what you want to do.

My husband and I went to a nice quiet dinner at a very nice restaurant. and I ordered a cake from the same place that baked our wedding cake. We came home and had sparkling wine and cake and celebrated.

We marked our 10-year with an Alaskan cruise (which was awesome!). It IS a big deal. I'd celebrate it in whatever way suits your budget.

I saved and saved and saved (I didn't eat lunch for over a year unless I brown bagged it.).

I took my wife on a 7 day windjammer cruise on a sailing ship, The Polynesia. I had it paid for before we left home to board the plane. We sailed out of St Maartin and had a wonderful time.

We did something special for our 20th and 25th. Once we hit our 25th Anniversary (we spent 16 days in Hawaii) we have been someplace special every year since. 39th was a week in Jamaica at a resort on the beach. 40th was a Panama Canal Cruise. This year (41st Anniversary) we are going for a 10 day cruise around Tahiti and the society islands. Next year will be a Mediterranean cruise or vacation.

My wife and I always want to keep our marriage special. We were married on the 28th of July and have made it a game to see who can wish the other "Happy Anniversary" first on the 28th of each month. February was our 487th monthly "anniversary". During bad times we even said happy anniversary and that helped make the bad times not so bad.

Hope you do something special and have a wonderful time. 7 day cruises can be purchased for less than $600 per person and sometimes less than $500 per person. You get to see all kind of nice places, eat at 5 star restaurants, and have ship paid for entertainment every night. (Go to cruises.com)

Good luck to you and yours.

10 years is a big deal. How you celebrate is really up to you though.
My husband and I aren't really into the whole dinner and a movie or whatever. We aren't into throwing parties. We don't do weekend getaways, leaving the kids with the grandparents.
We are a bit more unconventional. Our wedding falls at the same time as the San Diego Comic Book Convention. We went to that as we always do, along with our 2 children we had at the time.
This year will be our 19th wedding anniversary. Our marriage is rock solid. We are extremely happy and have 3 kids now. Our low key, unconventional ways work perfectly for us.
Do what makes you happy as a couple, don't feel like you have to go all out for the sake of everyone else. Don't go out of your way to do something that isn't "you" just because you feel obliged either.

Our son was 9 months old during our 10th anniversary.
We were having too much fun with our baby to worry about a big anniversary blowout.

For our tenth anniversary we went to dinner and a movie. I guess it depends on the financial situation or baby sitting situation.

huh. I have been married 11 years. In fact, our anniversary was last week! We BOTH forgot it! We were too busy shuttling the kids back and forth to soccer.
Meh.
Every year (except this one! lol) we go out to dinner, no kids. That's it. But we have a strong marriage and love each other quite a bit. ;)
My (ex) friend threw a HUGE party for her 10 year wedding anniversary. HUGE. DJ, catered, sunset on the water....gorgeous. But her marriage is a lie. They don't even like each other.
So, I am ok having dinner on my anniversary knowing that we have a strong marriage.
L.

We didn't have a big party... in my mind, those are reserved for silver and golden anniversaries (25th and 50th).

For our 10th, we DID go away for a weekend, instead of just the standard dinner out. My parents came and stayed at our house with the kids and got them to school so that we could leave on Friday and have a nice long weekend out of town.

Not sure what we'll do for our 20th... 3 more years to decide.
My parents just celebrated their 50th last year. We rented a huge multi-bedroom cabin in the mountains and all core family came (my parents, all the children and their spouses and all the grandkids) for the weekend. We cooked out, hung out, and had a fantastic anniversary cake made especially for them at a Specialty bakery. It was better than my wedding cake.

My 10 year is coming up too, beginning of next year :)

I would love to do a weekend get-away, at a nice resort, to just celebrate with my husband.

I think a party is a little weird for only 10 years. I think it's strange asking others to celebrate your marriage in general, until it gets "up there" like at least 25 years.

MY SIL planned a one-year anniversary party for themselves that I always secretly thought was a little odd. Like, please, you are not the first to make it through a year of marriage. And while the wedding was fun, the rest of us don't feel the same need to commemorate it a mere year later... it was fun though and what can I say, my SIL loves "occasions" and celebrations. Just beware that others may be thinking along these lines if invited to a 10 year anniversary party.

We renewed our vows on the beach, then went to New Orleans for a few days. It was nice to get away! It's big deal!

BIG deal. When we got married almost 11 years ago and were planning our honeymoon the country had just gone to war. International travel was sketchy. We waited to long to figure it out and ended up driving down to San Diego (from SO CAL) for a week. It was nice. But it wasnt AMAZING. We had wanted to go on a cruise so for our 10 year we did an Alaskan cruise. It was incredible. I would so rather go on an amazing trip that throw a party. I think that it does deserve celebrating though. And it should be as amazing as your budget can allow.

For our tenth anniversary (this October) the plan is to renew our vows and take the honeymoon we never got to in 2004.

I think 10 years is a HUGE deal. But maybe that's just me.

It is a special anniversary. We did a really special dinner. We divorced eight years later. I have noticed that those that have the 10 year vow renewal tend to have really bad marriages when they hit the 10 year mark. We weren't quite that tragic yet. I guess I see the vow renewal as a 50 year thing and those having it at 10 figure they aren't going to see 50.

Having said that my husband and I will probably have a big party at 25 just because at our age, 50 will probably not be a reality only because of the whole death do we part.

We will probably go back to Italy for our 10 year anniversary. I suppose one advantage to a do over, higher income, adult children.

We did a weekend away. Just 2 days (one night), and my in-laws very graciously offered to watch the kids at our house. We didn't go far, but we had leisurely meals and got to relax. It was great.

We always planned to take a 2nd honeymoon for our 10th anniversary--somewhere with sun & sand! Well, DH was deployed during our 10th--he got plenty of sun & sand! Because of a move and our son's surgery, our 2nd honeymoon kept getting pushed back. So, we leave a week from Friday--woohoo!!! Happy 13th Anniversary:)

It's a big deal. I'm at 9 now. We are planning a big trip (similar to a honeymoon) for next year. Thinking a Mediterranean cruise, a European vacation, a Scuba diving trip to Maui, etc.

Your wedding/marriage/anniversary is yours, between you and your husband. It's so personal. YOU decide how you feel about it and how you want to acknowledge or memorialize it. Nobody can tell you that. If it's your third anniversary and you want to throw a big party, do it. If it's your 25th and you want to have an intimate dinner between the two of you, do that. It depends on what's going on in your relationship and what you think feels right. Make sure that it fits who you are--or want to be--as a couple, and go with it. When it's over, you'll want to feel good about it and not wish for a do-over.

We went away for the weekend without kids.