The first anniversary gift is the one many couple will remember the most. For newlywed one year seems like such a long time, mostly since that particular year has been filled with the struggles to adjust to a new kind of life. In truth, many didn't even expect to reach that 1st wedding anniversary mark.
As the years pile up, the struggling keeps going... to buy a home, raise the kids... not much time to breath until the next important step. The 10th wedding anniversary is already a landmark. Things have settled down a bit, the couple has more time, and more money, to contemplate special anniversary party ideas and to buy each other nice gifts, usually expensive, for although the 10th wedding anniversary used to be the Aluminum one, it's now defined as the diamond jewelry one... Jewelers know what they're doing.
And then years go by, children grow up... parents grow old, and when comes the time for relatives and friends to shop for that special 25th anniversary gift , the two main people involved won't be so enthusiastic about it, starting to feel the weight of the years.
Life keeps unfolding after that, and nowadays more and more couple will reach the 40th wedding anniversary landmark. On that special day, they'll likely cast a nostalgic look back and remember those first anniversary gifts they could barely afford.
