35 year old man, and I have not only never received flowers, I have also not once in my entire life ever considered that someone would give me flowers at any point in my life.
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same, and honestly, I'm not sure I'll be able to receive them in an appropriate way.
I had an ex who loved growing flowers. The third time she came over to my house she came with a big bouquet of flowers she had grown.
Can confirm, I did not receive them in an appropriate way.
What I discovered was that I love having flowers around the house. Not the fake ones that match seasonal tablecloths or whatever. But like actual fresh flowers in whatever variety was available at the farmer's market every few weeks. I don't match them to anything or have a favorite. I just pick up whatever looks nice. They make me smile.
I tend to buy women more practical stuff for their bdays and 8th march. I figure murdered plants are neat and all, but they are just a gesture.
Some women like the gesture. Some women like practical things. I'm a dude who actually prefers a cheap gesture showing that you thought about me rather than anything practical that might cost someone something real. Because I already get anything practical for myself and I'm super particular about consumable practical things that I need extras of.
Womenβs Day is a gift giving holiday??
I mostly just give stuff to my mother. If I was like rich, well, the reason I could never be rich, is as soon as I have extra money, I become rather generous, buying friends gifts, buy snacks for co-workers, etc.
Most of them don't get murdered in the process, the flowers are not the vital parts.
I like houseplants. They have a similar sentimental impact as flowers, but last much longer
I gave my husband a bouquet of sunflowers this week for passing a certification for work. Not sure what an appropriate way is, but men deserve to receive pretty things. Not sure why we decided plants should be assigned to gender.
I'm sure he appreciated it, you are a good wife
I have been sent flowers when other people died, does that count?
I assumed this a death threat at first.
Yeah
I literally thought she was calling in his funeral for a solid 2 minutes before realising the more obvious, happy story here :)
It can never be something nice, huh?
I have given this some thought. Consider:
- it is known that boys like a cool stick
- men are just large boys
- sticks come from trees
Thus I conclude the ideal floral gift for a man is a potted tree
You know what? A stick arrangement would actually be cool. And not having to regularly change the water is an added bonus.
Are we talking walking sticks, cool shaped sticks that could be swords or whatever you can imagine, a nice springy stick that can be a bow or fishing rod, something small, or something to whittle.
Yes
Wreaths are pretty neat.
Got a tree one time. It was cool af
Would 10/10 recommend
Felt like planting the new Deku tree
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The gesture is nice. The gift itself is impractical/useless and I don't really like the smell of most flowers. π
Give me the next best thing: Yummy fruit basket.
Real chads eat the flowers
"This can make so much fucking herbal tea."
Bring a decent bar of dark chocolate and compliment my shirt and I'm yours.
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I prefer a sturdy lightsaber
No match for a good blaster by your side!
Generally speaking, do most men even want flowers? I ask as one that couldn't care less. A card is fine or some other token of appreciation, but flowers seen pointless to me, so I wonder how alone in that I am.
My boyfriend would be happy if I picked the head off a clover on the way to his house and handed it to him in the doorway
Am I going to go out of my way to get some or ask for them directly? No. Is it still nice to receive an unambiguous token of someone's appreciation for you? Yes.
Id rather have a plant gifted than cut flowers. Hell give me a potato. Potatoes give me more potatoes plant!
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If it came in a way I could plant again, Iβd be psyched. Cut flowers wouldnβt do much for me, though :) Happy Easter! π£
Same I guess. I was gifted a butterfly weed specifically to plant, and that was really cool actually. I don't want cut flowers for the aesthetics lol
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I prefer a book or something that lasts. But I would not say no to flowers
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Flowers are a nice thought, but I'd rather receive the whole plant than just the severed and dieing reproductive parts.
Mind you, when hay fever season is in full swing, I'd rather just receive a xard, thanks! achoo
sorry, you only get an assortment of mutilated plant genitals to enjoy for a couple days before they rot. enjoy
The nice side effect of giving my wife flowers....I get to have them in my house too.
fuck man now i want flowers D:
π
I think a live flowering plant in a pot is a better gift than cut flowers, even if it's going to die. Probably the most enthusiastic response I ever got was over the gift of a cactus.
i would worry for the cactus if i gave it to some people i know :(
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My attitude towards flowers has always been "what the hell am I supposed to do with these? They're gonna be dead in a week." I prefer an interactive or utilitarian gift; a book, a game, or hell a really good flashlight.
I had a woodworking professor that was fond of saying "it's art, does art need a purpose?" To which my retort was "it does if it's going to take up space on my desk". I will admit that sometimes it's nice to have something whose only function is to be pretty and smell nice, even for just a little while. Both lines of thought are totally valid though!
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I did get a little obsessed with the idea of having fresh flowers delivered weekly to put on the mantles, because it does make your space look expensively attended to. So I guess I sent myself flowers a few times. Otherwise tho I think it's an old fashioned thing that's kind of weird and just results in dead decaying things being thrown away by the lucky recipient. I do accept chocolates and BJs tho
I got some when my dad died, so go me for beating the average.
My mommy gave me flowers at my graduation.
Most likely a hospital stay second, or depending how you see it, higher class restaurants and hotels.
I have cats that like to chew on things.
Nearly every plant is toxic to cats.
Flowers would not be an appropriate gift.
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