One more year of marriage, oh yeah! This one is cotton, apparently. I checked online to make sure, and I found a site that suggested gift ideas. It also said that cotton or straw were traditional, but china or porcelain were the modern equivalent? Doesn\u2019t that seem like quite a jump in expectations?<\/p>\n
It also hit my (very, very small) feminism gland. Well, not exactly feminism, but sexism in general. Not enough to really bug me, but enough to get a disapproving remark here. There were suggestions for Him and for Her \u2013 for Him, \u2018buy him an item of clothing\u2019. OK, that fits cotton, what about her? \u2018Buy her a new outfit, and top it off by taking her out for dinner\u2019. Does that seem a little one-sided to anyone? Women\u2019s clothes are often more expensive than men’s, and a whole outfit is obviously more expensive than a suit. Then<\/em> there\u2019s the need to \u2018top it off\u2019 by taking her out for dinner. Why couldn\u2019t the woman take the man out for dinner, to show off his new shirt\/jacket\/shoes, and to show off her own new dress\/suit\/Sailor Moon costume?<\/p>\n Anyway, for our anniversary we got grandparents to babysit, wandered over to the cinema for Iron Man 2 (great film, real fun) and then to Chiquitos for dinner and cocktails. Back home, watched Zohan and enjoyed a nice lie-in before we become parents again at lunchtime. Good time, lots of fun, can\u2019t wait till next year!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" One more year of marriage, oh yeah! This one is cotton, apparently. I checked online to make sure, and I found a site that suggested gift ideas. It also said that cotton or straw were traditional, but china or porcelain were the modern equivalent? Doesn\u2019t that seem like quite a jump in expectations? It also … <\/p>\n