Wedding Anniversary

**BuchananBiker** · 13th September 11, 11:35 AM

So the wife and I have known each other for 20 years, been together for 5, married for 2 come this October.
Now, the wife isn't your typical woman. She doesn't want jewelry. No new dress and a night out on the town. No. She wants for us to go get a new tattoo. Not each others names (there's a curse on folks that do that), but something else. I pay for hers, she pays for mine... Happy Anniversary!

Me, I'm planning a small St Andrew's Cross with a thistle in the middle.
She wants in nice script my pet name for her... mo ghraigh.

I'm pretty stoked on the whole idea.

**KWD** · 13th September 11, 12:58 PM

Sounds very cool, Hope to see some pics when they are completed!

**chewse** · 13th September 11, 01:52 PM

A very special wife indeed! Happy Anniversary!

**Laird_M** · 14th September 11, 05:01 AM

Congrats!

We've been married 3 1/2 years and when I brought home some roses and a bottle of her favourite wine, she asked what the occasions was...

Post some pics when they're done.

**Newfoundlander** · 14th September 11, 05:18 AM

That's very sweet indeed. Yes, do post pics. Happy anniversary to you and the Missus!

**Pleater** · 14th September 11, 10:57 AM

There was a moment of panic when I was half way through reading this - had I forgotten our anniversary?

It took a few moments to think back - no it is in November - the tenth thereof.

It must be 32 years now - 1979. Where did the time go?

Keep up those romantic remembrances, fellows.

Anne the Pleater :ootd:

**castledangerous** · 14th September 11, 01:46 PM

Sorry to be pedantic, but wouldn't the proper spelling be "mo ghraidh"?

**BuchananBiker** · 14th September 11, 01:54 PM

Originally Posted by castledangerous

Sorry to be pedantic, but wouldn't the proper spelling be "mo ghraidh"?

No worries.

In truth, I've seen both spellings. My Gaelic is nearly non-existent, so if I'm spelling it wrong this would be a good time to find out.

Good news is our anniversary isn't until 10-10, so I've got time to do more homework.

**Mike_Oettle** · 14th September 11, 02:11 PM

Fortunately I have no problems remembering my wedding anniversary: 14 February.
Thirty-four years ago there was no big commercial fuss about the date in South Africa. We picked it at random off the calendar.
Only when my father-in-law tried to book a hall did we realise we had problems . . .
May you have many more years together, BuchananBiker.
Regards,
Mike

**TheBrus** · 14th September 11, 02:18 PM

I'm not actually an expert, because I'm relying on Google Translate. You might want to double check that spelling for this reason: in Irish, croí is a female heart (as in her heart), but chroí is a male heart (as in his heart). I'm assuming that the Scottish Gael would have a similar distinction.