| It's hard to believe that as far as traditions go, | | | | It doesn't really matter whether you get your |
| your twenty-fifth anniversary is actually | | | | wife natural or cultured pearls. The only difference |
| considered a bigger occasion. You'd think being | | | | is that natural pearls are created entirely by the |
| married 30 years would rate a little higher up on | | | | oyster itself. Cultured pearls are helped along by |
| the food chain. After all, you have spent five | | | | we humans. In either case, they are still real. Just |
| more years together. Well, maybe your thirtieth | | | | make sure the clasp in the back is sturdy. You |
| anniversary isn't as big a deal in the eyes of the | | | | don't want your pearls coming apart on you. |
| event evaluators, but the anniversary gifts that | | | | If you're adventurous, you might want to go with |
| go along with it are off the charts. This year you | | | | the modern day anniversary gift idea, which is a |
| have both traditional and modern day gift ideas to | | | | diamond. In the old days before there was a |
| choose from and they are both winners. | | | | modern anniversary gift list, diamonds were only |
| The traditional gift for this anniversary is pearl. | | | | for your sixtieth wedding anniversary. I guess |
| Ladies, you all know what pearls are. Guys, you all | | | | they figured since so few people make it to 60 |
| know what real pearls cost. Hey, you've been | | | | years, they'd make the modern day gift for |
| married 30 years so the poor woman deserves a | | | | number 30 a diamond as well. This gives more |
| nice string of pearls for putting up with you for 30 | | | | people something to shoot for that may actually |
| years. Ah, but how can you tell what a good | | | | be within reach. |
| string of pearls looks and feels like? Here are | | | | Not much really has to be said about the diamond. |
| some tips when buying your wife her string of | | | | I think it was Carol Channing who said that |
| wonders. | | | | diamonds were a girl's best friend. That was true |
| The first thing you have to do, when you go to | | | | 50 years ago and it's true today. Guys, go down |
| buy those pearls is to make sure that they are a | | | | to a nice jeweler and get your wife the nicest |
| real strand of pearls. Don't take the salesperson's | | | | rock you can find. She deserves it. |
| word for it. There is an easy way to tell. If you | | | | To say that your thirtieth anniversary is special is |
| take the strand and rub it across your teeth, | | | | kind of like saying Superman is a good guy. It is |
| you'll find that they are rough and gritty. If you | | | | special and because it's special, you should do |
| did this with a fake string of pearls, they would | | | | everything in your power to make the gift you |
| feel smooth. Also, if you hold them in your hand | | | | buy as special as the day itself. You have two |
| at first they will feel cold and then they will feel | | | | amazing ideas to choose between. |
| warm. These are two sure-fire ways to tell if | | | | Have a ball. |
| those pearls are the real thing. | | | | |