Reference shelf · Questions
Wedding and anniversary questions, answered.
Short, direct answers to the wedding and anniversary questions people actually ask — card wording, gift etiquette, and the anniversary symbols by year.
Anniversary symbols
- Wedding anniversary gifts by year. The full traditional list, year by year.
- Traditional wedding anniversary symbols. How the tradition works, and where the modern list disagrees.
- Silver wedding anniversary. What the 25th means.
- Pearl wedding anniversary. What the 30th means.
- Ruby wedding anniversary. What the 40th means.
- Golden wedding anniversary. What the 50th means.
Cards & gift etiquette
- What to write in a wedding card. Short, warm, sincere — what works and what to skip.
- What to write in an anniversary card. How to mark the years without sounding generic.
- How much to spend on a wedding gift. Why there's no fixed figure, and how to decide.
- Wedding gift etiquette. Registries, timing, and thank-you norms.
Engagement
- What to write in an engagement card. Congratulate, keep it brief, mean it.
- Who buys the engagement gift. The loose custom, explained.