Anniversaries: Are they important?
So I was just having a conversation with my girlfriend (read: she was yelling at me) about anniversaries. It turns out our one year anniversary is in a couple of months and just so happens to fall on a Sunday, which during the fall means it's NFL season. Sundays during NFL season mean I'm usually drunk by noon while I gamble and scream at the TV for a good 12 hours. I also happen to be a diehard Philadelphia Eagles fans.
So I casually said something along the lines of 'Well we can do something that day after the Eagles game,' to which she responded with 'You're not watching football on our anniversary.' I informed her that I most certainly was and she proceeded to get very upset.
This all got me thinking:
a) It's a one year anniversary in a relationship (not a marriage) which seems pretty insignificant to making a big deal out of.
b) What the hell is so important/significant about anniversaries anyways?
Now I know I'm not the only guy out there that thinks like this, otherwise there wouldn't be so many of us that constantly get crapped on for forgetting them. Why do the ladies care so much about them? If one year is a milestone, then wouldn't a year and a day be a bigger milestone? Is it just an excuse for the gal to make the guy go out and buy her a nice gift and/or a fancy dinner? If it's the last one, then it makes relationships sound like prositution with some kind of employee incentinve program.
Maybe I'm completely out to lunch on this but I just don't see the need to pat yourself on the back for spending a lot of time with someone.
/rant
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