When in a relationship, it is important to be mutually attentive to special occasions in each of your lives and mutually. Birthdays, anniversaries, Christmas, New Years and Valentine’s day are all significant times to remember. It is rather critical in fact for loved ones to remember each other’s birthdays. Let’s just say that if you don’t remember your loved one’s birthday, it is not pretty!
So, let’s look at birthdays first. At the start of the year, you should go through your calendar and write down all birthdays including those of your loved one, your family, your partner’s family and finally friend’s birthdays. After that is done, do through the calendar and record anniversaries that you need to remember. When in comes to anniversaries, it is important to remember the when you and your partner first started seeing each other. To remember you and your partner’s first date is very romantic and means a lot. Also, the wedding anniversary of your parent’s and your partner’s parents is something to remember.
When it comes to Christmas, it can be tricky, as a couple have to decide whose family to spend the holidays with, his or her family, or a combination of either families or neither. Maybe a couple wants to spend a romantic Christmas season at home with themselves for a change and not get involved with the hustle and bustle of being with lots of people over the holidays. Other times, a couple enjoys being with lots of people and visits and entertains all season. It is all a matter of what the couple wants to do and how they decide to balance their time between themselves and other people.
New Year’s is another time when things are really busy. There is always that decision as to whether you are going out somewhere together for New Year’s or staying at home together or being with family or friends or both. If you do decide to go out, what do you want to do? Do you want to have a fancy meal somewhere and wine and dine and go dancing or just go dancing or spend a night at a hotel or not. New Year’s is a time of lots of decisions and choices. Some families have traditions that they always participate in during Christmas and New Years and a couple needs to decide if they are participating in these traditions or making new traditions of their own as a couple or a combination of both.
Valentine’s Day can be a very busy time for couples. The big thing is deciding what to get each other to express your love. Does a person get flowers, chocolates, wine or romantic bath and beauty items? Who does what and when? Over time, a couple learns what to do and what to expect regarding Valentine’s Day. Generally couples go out for a special dinner together and the woman is given red roses and chocolates. Sometimes if the woman or the man is really lucky they will be given jewelry by their loved one. Maybe a woman will even be proposed to on Valentine’s Day by her loved one. Valentines Day is a day of love and surprises and should be enjoyed.