2nd wedding anniversary: ​​This means the cotton wedding

All of these are enough reasons to celebrate your second wedding anniversary with your sweetheart - even if this anniversary is not that popular. Maybe you already started some traditions on your first wedding anniversary. These can be repeated and consolidated on the second wedding anniversary so that they eventually develop into a wonderful routine.

Cotton plays a big role on the 2nd wedding anniversary, whether in the gifts or the decorations. Because the 2nd wedding anniversary is also known as the cotton wedding. We'll tell you why this is so and which gifts are suitable for the 2nd wedding anniversary.

At the time of the first wedding anniversary, the paper wedding, the marriage is still fresh and easy to hurt. It resembles a thin sheet of paper. But over time this changes. The longer you are married, the more stable the marriage becomes and the more the couple grows together. On the second wedding anniversary, the marriage is already stronger and more robust than at the beginning of the relationship.

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Cotton is not particularly durable in its original form because it is initially very soft. But over time and through various processes, cotton becomes a tear-resistant material. And so it is with a marriage.

The white color of cotton symbolizes the fresh, young marriage and its purity. Cotton is also soft and warm, just like marriage.

Good to know:In some regions, the first wedding anniversary is also called a cotton wedding. This is because cotton takes a year to be mature enough to harvest.

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Of course, there are no rules when choosing your gift for the 2nd wedding anniversary. Just like any other anniversary, you can give the gift of flowers, something homemade, a meal or even a trip. If you want to follow the motto “cotton”, textiles are an ideal gift for this anniversary. We have put together a few ideas with cotton for you.

1. Towels or bed linen
Home textiles to match the cotton wedding are not only a great gesture, but also really practical. High-quality pillowcases with a cotton filling, for example, are particularly beautiful. If you want to give the gift a personal touch, you can also have towels or covers printed, for example with the initial letters.

If you want something a little more subtle, you can use small, elegant embroidery on pillowcases or towels. Home textiles are suitable as a gift idea for a friend or relative, but are also a great idea if you want to give them to your own partner for their wedding anniversary.

2. Clothing
Clothes can also be a great and meaningful cotton wedding anniversary gift for couples. After all, a lot of our clothing is made from cotton. Is there a particular top or dress that your sweetheart has wanted for a long time? The cotton wedding is the perfect opportunity to make that wish come true.

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Finding sexy lingerie made of cotton is almost impossible. On the second wedding anniversary, we prefer to go for cozy and practical. Take this anniversary as an opportunity to give your sweetheart a three-pack of comfortable briefs, socks or boxer shorts. You can never have enough of that anyway, can you? If you want to make it fun, you can also have the underwear printed with funny pictures or sayings.

4. Cotton plant
Another great idea suitable for the cotton wedding is a cotton plant. It looks super pretty and can be kept both indoors and outdoors. You or the couple you want to give a gift to don't have a green thumb? Dried flowers are currently very trendy. An artificial cotton branch is also super decorative and really makes a difference and will remind you of this very special anniversary forever.

“Without belief in its permanence, love would be nothing; only constancy makes it great.”
Honore de Balzac

“The strife in marriage is the blanket of snow under which love stays warm.”
John Paul

“In married life you have to argue every now and then, otherwise you won’t find out about each other!”
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

“Love endures everything, believes everything, hopes everything, withstands everything. Love never ends.”
1. Corinthians 13,7-8

“Love, when it is new, bubbles like a young wine: the more old and clear it is, the quieter it will be.”
Angelus Silesius

“True marital happiness usually only begins when the first roses have faded.”
Adolf Kolping

“There’s nothing better than when you love each other and are together.”
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

“A good marriage is based on the talent for friendship.”
Friedrich Nietzsche