How did you decide on your anniversay date in dating?

Fortunately I am with somebody (30th of July, first time we slept together as in sleeping) but if I wasn’t I would start a 24 hour girl ‘hunt’ on the 11th of November 2011, just to have an awesome future anniversary date.
Of course I would fail, but one may try, right?

We made our “dating” date up. We just chose a date close to when we thought we were “official”. We still celebrate that day and our wedding Anniversary.

Most chose it the first time they met. But since some of us don’t remember the exact date we just set it up for when we make it official.

I don’t remember all the dates when I met some of my friends but I remember at what point we became friends.

And some could be held as anniversaries too[not only with your spouse].

We both felt that the first time we talked for 7 hours on gchat (even though we were both married and states away) was when our lives have changed forever and we hold that date as our anniversary. Let’s see, this past July it was 4 years.

I remember the first day we met, talked, and went on a date. We never dated anyone else since then lol. I just feel odd saying “We’ve been together 2 weeks!” when we’ve been dating since February.

We’ve counted our first date to be our yearly little celebration. Since we’ve been engaged though, we haven’t celebrated with any outing but have reflected on the date fondly which is fine.

We made it up, like @SpatzieLover said.

@Hibernate – Most chose it the first time they met.
Really? A lot of people are friends before they start dating. Or meet their ultimate partner whilst dating someone else. I wouldn’t go by the date I first met any of the boyfriends I’ve had.

Most people I know chose the date when they first met. There are two types of friends. For me there are two types of friends. [and most people around me in real life are the same] There are friends who you make to be friends, so you can help each other out or to spend time. And there’s friends who you “make” just because you want to be lovers. And this because after you are a true friend with someone and things don’t go to well in the affair you can’t go back to being just friends.

I either go to a woman and tell her I want more then to be my friend or tell her to just be my friend. And those who think we can be more than friends after we are friends won’t get anything more. This is just me.

Not to mention then you can’t really say when you made it official. If you are friends you go places and do things together. People see you together. If they ask if you are more than friends and you say NO you can’t say later you were together. Or can you?

What do people who meet on the internet choose?

make it retro

If we were friends before lovers I would make it the day we decided to become more than friends. Even if that wasn’t our first “date” date that would be the most special moment for me.
If we were always romantically involved I would consider it the first day we were together and realized that it was love whether or not we actually said so to each other.
If it was an internet relationship I would consider it the day we first emailed each other privately.
But actually these are just generalities. In each relationship I think there is one day that really stands out. It may be the first time you meet, it may be the first time your make love, or the first time you say I love you. It might be the first time you say to yourselves, “hey, this might be the real thing!” or “This person is really special”
When that happens you take note of the date…at least, I do.

I met my girlfriend on line. I sent her the first email on June 18, we met face to face over dinner on June 25, that’s the day we recognize as our anniversary date.

(I’ve always remembered the date of the first date, this has never been a problem.)

I dated a guy freshman year of college who kept a running record of dates on a yellow post-it on his desk. He wrote down the dates of our first kiss, the first time we had sex, and the day we decided to be official so we could pick one! So sweet. But it didn’t work out, alas.