Monthiversary: what it means, and how to celebrate every month (with gift ideas for 1 and 6 months)

In a new relationship, every month feels like something. That's what a monthiversary is: the monthly anniversary of the day you got together. Here's what it means, whether you should celebrate it, and ideas for every month, from your first one to six months and beyond.

What is a monthiversary?

A monthiversary (month + anniversary) is the same date every month after you got together: if you started dating on March 14, your first monthiversary is April 14, your sixth is September 14. It's also called a monthsary, the word used in the Philippines, where it's a real tradition, or a mensiversary. Want the exact dates? The love counter shows your next monthiversaries and 100-day milestones.

Should you celebrate it?

• Yes, if you both enjoy it: it's a reason to stop and say “this month was good”.
• Keep it light: a monthiversary isn't an anniversary, it doesn't need a big gift.
• Most couples celebrate during the first year, then switch to yearly anniversaries.
• If only one of you cares, a sweet message is enough.

One month anniversary: gift ideas

• A handwritten note about the moment you knew you liked them.
• Their favorite snack or drink with a small card.
• A print of your first photo together.
• A playlist of the songs from your first month.
• Recreate your first date.
• A small plant: “let's see how this grows”.

Ideas for months 2 to 5

• Each month, one photo from that month and one line about it.
• A date you've never done: a class, a hike, a new restaurant.
• A love coupon to use that month. Ideas in love coupon ideas.
• Cook the dish from the restaurant of your first date.
• An “open when” letter for the month ahead. See open when letters.

6 month anniversary: gift ideas

Six months is the first big one: half a year, the honeymoon phase turning into something real. It deserves a little more than a message.

• A letter about the six months: one memory from each.
• A weekend away or a night somewhere close.
• A small photo book or a digital scrapbook of your first six months.
• Jewelry or a keychain with the date you got together.
• A love page with your photos, your story and a counter of your days together.
• Tickets to a concert of the band you both found together.

11 months and the first anniversary

The 11th monthiversary is the last one before the big day: a good moment for something that looks back on the whole year. Then, for one year, see our anniversary gift ideas.

Happy monthiversary messages

• “Happy monthiversary! One month of you and I already can't remember life before.”
• “Another month, another reason to pick you. Happy monthiversary.”
• “Six months ago I didn't know your laugh. Now it's my favorite sound.”
• “Happy monthiversary to my favorite person. Here's to the next one.”
• “Every 14th is my favorite day of the month. You know why.”

More ideas in monthsary messages and monthsary gift ideas.