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[–] Beehaw_Girl@beehaw.org 4 points 4 days ago (3 children)

Back in the days when men used to try to charm me with flowers, I remained polite & grateful on the surface but LIVID on the inside because

If he really loved me he'd think about what things I actually need/want, and spend that precious money on something useful & thoughtful. Flowers are so ridiculously EXPENSIVE & USELESS then they DIE, so men who buy flowers are either wealthy & stupid, or poor & stupid. Financially irresponsible.

[–] Sidyctism2@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 4 days ago (1 children)

They smell nice. And they look nice. For a week

[–] Beehaw_Girl@beehaw.org 1 points 4 days ago (1 children)

They were dead the moment they were plucked from the soil.

[–] Sidyctism2@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 4 days ago

True, but you can zombify them with some water

[–] Zizzy@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 4 days ago

I agree, but on a small technicality that i would still love plants. If its not meant to die and be wasteful, i will cherish it. But no one really means that when they say flowers as a gift.

[–] rbos@lemmy.ca 1 points 4 days ago (1 children)

I'd carve out an exception for responsibly gathered flowers.

[–] Beehaw_Girl@beehaw.org 1 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Yes perhaps but the only way to legally responsibly gather flowers is if the flower giver has their own garden on their own property. Very rare scenario nowadays.

[–] rbos@lemmy.ca 2 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (1 children)

Well, i do have a pretty nice balcony selection. That said, though, i don't think anyone would care about me pulling some tansies, lupins, daisies, or poppies from a vacant lot. You could do a lot just with grasses too.

Edit: ooh, i forgot clover flowers. Amazingly pretty. Dandelions are lovely too.

Edit 2: just saw a big cluster of forget-me-nots

[–] Beehaw_Girl@beehaw.org 2 points 4 days ago (1 children)

If a romantic suitor handed me a bouquet of weeds, how do you think that would affect my perception of him? Again I say if he urgently wants to give me something to show his love for me, he will evaluate my life & my needs & gift me something I actually want & need. THAT is what wins a girl's heart. Not dead plants.

[–] rbos@lemmy.ca 3 points 4 days ago

I think in my case, if you judged a gift of hand-selected wildflowers as a bouquet of weeds, I think we both would have established each other's bona fides and we'd be done, so that's kind of a win-win there. :)