Six years of marriage is known as the cast-iron anniversary, and in some traditions the sugar anniversary. Cast iron is strong and heavy but can crack from a sharp blow, just as a relationship after six years is solid yet still needs care. The sugar name reminds us that family life should have plenty of sweet moments. Below you will find short cast-iron anniversary wishes, messages for a wife, husband, friends and parents, poems and gift ideas for 6 years of marriage.
Other anniversaries: wooden anniversary (5 years), copper anniversary (7 years), tin anniversary (10 years).
Six years together, side by side,
Your love grows stronger every day.
May happiness be your guide
And joy be with you all the way!
A cast-iron anniversary, strong and true,
May fortune smile on both of you,
May warmth fill every room you share
And kindness linger everywhere!
For 6 years of marriage, cast-iron gifts are traditional: a frying pan, a casserole dish, a grill pan, a trivet or a wrought candlestick. In keeping with the sugar theme, sweets, a cake or a box of chocolates also work. Choose flowers in rich shades: red roses stand for a passion that never fades, and a bouquet with a teddy bear adds warmth.
See red roses and sweet bouquets.
The cast-iron anniversary, sometimes also the sugar anniversary.
Cast-iron cookware, a wrought candlestick or sweets for the sugar theme.
Red or red-and-white roses.
Two years after the cast-iron anniversary comes the 8th anniversary.
Author: Maria Svitlovir
Graduated from Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, Institute of Biology and Medicine (2001). BSc in Biology, MSc in Horticulture. Writes about plants, works at a garden centre selecting and repotting plants, and contributes to plant reference guides.
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