The 1st anniversary — paper

The tradition, what it actually means, and what people gave.

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1st anniversary · given to a partner · nothing to buy

First anniversary is paper, so I took it literally and wrote out the email I had sent her the day before we first met — the boring one about whether she wanted to split a taxi — and the one…

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1st anniversary · from a partner · under £50

He framed a second-hand Ordnance Survey map of the area we spent our first weekend in, and marked nothing on it at all. I asked why there was no cross or heart or date on it and he said the…

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