CouplesQuestions Premarital Blog: Traditions and Celebrations

Sunday, November 5, 2006

Traditions and Celebrations

It's about time to do a Guy Kawasaki-esque review of our blogging.

Only problem is that we don't have a good anniversary to hang it on. We missed our 100 post mark, flew past the six month mark, and have sailed past the 10,000 visitors mark.

This is a little odd because we are a family that celebrates milestones, big and small.

It wasn't always this way for me. I come from a family where people regularly forgot each others' birthdays... and their own! But Heather's family celebrates occasions, birthdays, anniversaries, holidays, successes and just about anything notable that they can come up with. And I have mostly converted to their way of thinking. Partly it is more fun, partly it is so that H isn't disappointed.

This is something to think about in the run up to your own wedding and marriage.

Is one of you more into such occasions? What are you going to do -- convert or compromise?
Are there certain events that are particularly meaningful for one or both of you? Birthdays and holidays are probably high on that list for most people.
Will celebrations be just for the two of you or will they include every *%^$&! in-law you have?
Which celebrations will be big and expensive affairs and which ones will be smaller simpler affairs?

You don't need to have a firm plan for handling every one of these, but you should at least have kicked the ideas around. What you do in your first years together is often precedent setting. (Do you really want to travel 2,000 miles to spend a stressful Christmas with your inlaws every year?) Holidays are very stressful events for many people; if you are one of them, make sure that you flag that up front. You want your first holidays together to be memorable for all the right reasons and you want them to be a model for years to come.

Happy Couples, Happy Planet!

Labels: holidays, premarriage questions

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