Subject: Wedding anniversary giftsMy wife and I will be celebrating out 16th anniversary in December. We traditionally try to stay with the appropriate gift as recommended by the etiquette experts: 1st=paper, 5th=wood, 15th=crystal, 25th=silver, etc. Problem is, most of the "lists" do a year-by-year through 15, then increase to five year increments, i.e., there is no recommendation for 16, 17, 18, etc., just 20, 25, 30 once you get past 15. Of course, in my usual, trying-to-be-helpful way, I suggested that the 16th anniversary was TRIATHLON. I found that my training was really working, particularly with flexibility and reaction time. I was able to duck fast enough so that the pottery statue (9th anniversary present!) that she threw only hit me with a glancing blow. She continued googling until she found a site that labeled the 16th as "Silver Holloware," so I guess I'm SOL. |