Advice for Anniversary

Okay, I love my boyfriend a lot. We've been together for a long time. We know everything about each other, and we are really in love. Anyways, I want to do something really special for our 4 year anniversary.(which is in 5 months) But I want to plan it now, and make it perfect.

Any suggestions?

Like a whole day? Or is there a time constraint?

Whatever. Any ideas would help.

Well, for me something special would be something that started in the morning-ish, and ended late. What sort of area do you live in? Valley? Desert? Hills, trees, beach? Cold, hot? Humid, dry?

lol. I live in the sh!t town. (Cardinal, Ontario, Canada) But it is on the St.Lawrence River. But we normal go places. (He lives two hours away from me, we have had a long distance relationship for almost 3 years. And it has been working great) We usually go to Ottawa. So it's more, city. There are no beaches, deserts, or nothing like that a round. We always go to the movies, and out to eat, and laser tag, etc. We just went Jet boating at Niagara-on-the-lake. So, I want it to be really different then anything else we have done.

And he isn't the type for scare things, like skydiving, bungee jumping. Basically the things that make your heart skip beats.

I see. Well I usually find more personal and calm moments as the ones that I treasure for anniversaries, so I'd just get up in the morning, find a small cafe place and have brunch, go do activity #1, rest while watching a movie, activity #2, dinner, activity #3, dessert + coffee/tea or something, activity #4 (if you're up to it).

Now all we need to do is come up with activities #1-4. Heh.

lol

since it's a city, is there like an open-air mall/walking place? I personally love walking, and if you have interesting stuff to look at and talking about (window shopping/laughing) then I'd recommend that for one of the activities.

oh this is what i did for our recent anniversary, i left the house early in the morning whilst my partner was still asleep i left a sticky post it note attached to our bathroom mirror with a clue where do i buy the paper every morning so he had to go to the papershop. i'd arranged with the shopkeeper so that my next clue would be in the paper my partner would buy, the next clue i left was go to the train station ticket office where i get the train to work and ask for a clue so i had arranged with the staff that they would sell him a ticket to where i was headed for and give him the next clue which was look for the tallest building you see from the station which was the hotel i was at once there you must collect the clue from reception staff, which was the date we first met is where you'l find me 26/5 ( the room number was 265) thankfully he found me. and neither of us will foget that anniversary

^complicated, but sounds fun...

Wow that actually sounds really nice. Unfortunitly I stilll have not gotten my G1, so I couldn't drive any where. Second of all, he would also not be able to find me. He isn't really open minded. Adoreable, but not a thinker.

lmao, well that's fine. c'mon, we only need 3 more activities... well my idea for one of the activities is pending, you still haven't given your opinion on it

walking around the mall. Good idea, but we always do that. Plus, I want it to be romantic, just the two of us, kinda thing. He usually comes here a lot, and then once a month we go to the mall. It is getting a little old. Sorry. Nice idea though.

hmmmm, just the two of you. are there picnic-ing spots that are relatively secluded anywhere outside the city that you could get to?

Toronto was hell. Went through there 2 weeks ago. Maybe the amusement park though. But then again, he isn't really into that stuff. Like I love doing heart stopping thrillers, but he doesn't so much. He loves movies with explosings and stuff, but he doesn't like being really near that kind of stuff. The thing that confuses me about him, is that he watches commercials and says, "wow, that looks so cool." but never wants to do. He is impossible.

why don't you drop subtle hints on what he'd like to do,ask him if theres anything he'd like to try or something he'd always wanted to do.maybe that will give you some ideas without giving it away about your anniversary plans.
good luck

Have you thought about getting him something really nice and then planing the evening around it? For our aniversary i got my Boyfriend a really nice watch and had it engraved ('with love' +his name, my name, and the date he asked me out), then we both got together that evening and cooked our favorite meal (spaggetti with the best sauce EVER!!!) Then did the whole romantic candle light dinner and wine thing. It was SO great and SO romantic!

Somber, that sounds really nice. Thank you. That is a top idea.

Toronto was hell because of the bad timing. We drove through when the transportation thing was on strike, so it was just bad luck. But I thought, about it, maybe I'll see if there is something exciting to do, like maybe Medivial Times, etc.

And, I can't ask him what he wants to do, because honestly, he never makes a decision. Sadly, his family thinks I control him because I make the decisions. But I hate it. I ask anything, and It's whatever you want. It's hard to ever get a plan yes, or a plan no. So. He can be difficult.

Haha, My boyfriend's the same. NEVER makes a decision. It's so frustrating! But the good thing is, we've never had an argument! And he's getting better. I told him outright that i was sick of organising everything and I made him help plan a camping trip once. Frusturating, but you gotta love em. ;)