I would thank him profusely and make it a point to pay for dinner. If he didn't let me, I'd get dessert after or find another way to surprise him later. There's no need to feel guilty if you didn't say you were exchanging gifts!

I wouldn't make it into a big deal, since it's not like you talked about exchanging gifts and a six-month anniversary doesn't seem to be a universally accepted "gift-giving" occasion that you'd be expected to have something for him, but I would pay for dinner and maybe pick him up some other nice treat later as well.

i would show him how appreciative i am, probably mutter something about being sorry for not getting him anything....but then take him back home slip into something sexy, light some candles, the whole romantic/sexy shindig and call it a night

no biggy.

I do not think it is that big of deal. Say thank you and move on. I just think it is weird to celebrate a 6 month anniversay are you in high school?

We celebrate our monthly anniversary every month, but not with presents--just a nice dinner or whatever.

am i the only person that is bothered by the fact that people use "anniversary" which by definition is something that happens once a year, to describe something that is only months?

be like "how i met your mother" and call it a ____-monthiversary if you are going to celebrate.

This isn't an anniversary -which indicates a yearly measure! It's only 6 months. I don't get it... I've had several serious boyfriends and we've never celebrated an anniversary under a year. This would be very surprising for me that the GUY is so into it...

Why are we celebrating six months???

that's like saying, you made it past the preliminaries, now you move on to semi-finals.

I would make something up on the fly and be like 'Oh I wanted to take you mini-golfing this weekend as a special treat!' or something fun and random.

i don't think we would've even noticed it was 6 months at 6 months....i wouldn't have felt bad about not having a gift.

i would've said, "oh wow. Dinner would've been just fine. we didn't have to do the gift thing...thank you though." (give him the "you're so sweet" look).

6 month anniversary gift?? that's unsexpected, so I wouldn't feel bad at all, since it would be a surprise to me. I'd offer to give him an extra good back rub afterwards or something lol

"UNSEXPECTED"

I love it!

This is why we were given the gift of BLOWJOBS.
Thank you and goodnight.

LOL fluffyhelen. Love it. Anyways, I would pay for dinner, but not make a big deal out of it. My bf and I do something nice every month like Jude C - it's because we've been together for 3 and a half years but have spent the majority of those years long distance (him in the UK, me in the US - now I'm in the UK) so each month we like to remind us of how strong we've been to stay with each other through all the difficult times. And it makes us not take our relationship for granted either when we think of how lucky we are that we're currently in the same city. I used to be grateful when we were simply in the same time zone! But we used to make a bigger deal out of each month when we were living apart - now we just use the day as an excuse to do something fun or go out to dinner.

i wouldn't be celebrating a six month anniversary

i wouldn't do anything
i'd say thanks for the tiffany's box buddy! and then we'd make sweet love later.
the best way to make this not awkward is to avoid it and say "oh my god, you really shouldn't have, you're amazing" and just make it seem like you're happy he one-upped you! he will love the fact that he made you happy!

I wouldn't feel bad about this! He's (hopefully) just doing something sweet and not doing it with the expectation of getting something in return. Just think of it like him bringing you flowers randomly -- be super appreciative and that will make him feel great!

By the way, if you act like this bothers you, it will only make him feel bad, so don't let on!!

Say "thank you."

blow job? at 6 months?!?!?!?

HA!!!!

at 6 months, you just realize that you're even exclusive with that person...he ain't getting the luxury of blow jobs yet.

and blow jobs are reserved for special stuff, not "oh your dumb a*s bought me a gift on our 6 month anniversary like a punk, and i (as the expected sensitive counterpart) didn't even think to get you sh*t" deal.

you give blow jobs when that muthaf*cka gets a promotion, or remembers to load the dishwasher consistently for a week....not because i feel bad. no body likes pity head.

my bf and i realized we were exclusive after 2 months of not wanting to date anyone else... 6 months seems a while to wait for exclusiveness lol

but yeah i wouldnt feel bad... just be happy he put the effort into it... lots of guys wouldnt even remember or care enough to put thought into a gift haha

Asia84, i assume you're being sarcastic.

blow jobs aren't a luxury. sex is.

i agree tidalwave. (lol)

to k8rckstr: every relationship is different, but for me at 2 months, we probably would've only been on 4 -6 dates (my schedule doesn't permit me to hang out with a guy everyday or to go on a date every other day to get to know him)...not enough for me to say "let's be boyfriend and girlfriend."

Is it really that hard (no pun) to figure it out? Guys don't want neatly wrapped presents... sure they're a nice surprise, but we all know what they want.