Magical Tips for Planning Your Golden Anniversary
Fifty years of marriage, also known as the golden anniversary. Not many people get there. If you’ve spent half a century with the love of your life that is worth celebrating. But how can you put together a day that reflects all of your shared history?
The answer, of course, is that you can’t. But with a little bit of special planning, you can arrange for a celebration that neither one of you will soon forget. In this article, we take a look at several tips that will help you put the finishing touches on your golden anniversary celebration.
Build Anticipation
Isn’t it nice to feel excited about something? And yet adult life gives us such rare opportunities for eager anticipation. After 50 years of marriage, it may be easy to feel like you’ve said and done pretty much everything. But by creating a sense of occasion around your anniversary you can build up the moment well before it actually comes.
Naturally, your partner will know that the big day is coming up. If they don’t, they’re in trouble. But you can still make them feel more eager for it. Regularly references to the day. Consider making aspects of your celebration a surprise so they have something to guess about and feel excited for.
Does building up the hype put more pressure on your plans? Maybe. But you know what they say: to experience anxiety is to suffer twice. By that same logic, to experience excitement is to savor your joy.
Bottom line? One of the best things you can do for your celebration is to treat it like a serious occasion well before it actually happens.
Celebrate your history
Luxurious evenings and fancy dinners are nice, but they don’t always represent the sentimental connection you have with your partner. After 50 years of marriage, chances are you’ve seen each other through good health and bad. You’ve been together through rich times and poor.
If you can find a way to make your loved one think about the kids you once were, do it. Maybe there’s a spot from the early days of your relationship that you haven’t been to in a long time. Maybe there is a song you can dance to that hasn’t received regular airtime in several decades.
Find a few moments in the day to get sentimental and remember your immense history together. If there was a time to pull old photo albums down from the shelf, this would be it.
Think about the details
There are so many cool little ways you can make the day more special. Wear colors that are reminiscent of the theme from your wedding. Create a Spotify soundtrack full of songs that remind you of your partner.
Break out old nicknames. Make a special meal. Carefully plan a day that shows your partner that you remember and appreciate all the time you’ve had together.
There is definitely a time and place for luxurious touches as a way of commemorating the special occasion. However, you also want to fill the day with special accent marks that are specific to you and your partner. Tiny little details that no one else in the world would fully understand or appreciate.
Pay special attention to the meal
This doesn’t necessarily mean that you have to go out for an expensive dinner. One could argue that there’s no more exclusive a place to eat than your own dining room table.
Regardless of where the meal takes place, make it a leisurely dinner. Go out to a restaurant that means a lot to you, or spend a few hours in the kitchen, whipping up something with sentimental value.
Try to pack as much meaning into the occasion as possible. Is steak up to the task of reflecting 50 years of wedded bliss? Give it your best shot.
Don’t forget the gift!
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No gifts can reflect the beauty of 50 years of marriage, but some can come pretty close! That’s a joke. What’s not? If you want to give your spouse a gift they’ll never forget, give one of our gold-dipped roses a try.