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
If it came in a way I could plant again, I’d be psyched. Cut flowers wouldn’t do much for me, though :) Happy Easter! 🐣
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
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!
flowers that have been bought? no
flowers that you grew? yes
Yes, the dismembered sexual organs of artificially grown plants kept in preservative solution’s symbolism is lost on me.
Now give me a bag of seed OTOH…
Do condolence flowers count?
Surprise! I’m gonna kill you now! <3
I’m a guy.
Please don’t get me flowers.
I’d rather have, like, an expensive scotch and a lap dance. I like flowers, don’t get me wrong. But (1), I would probably look at them for about 2 seconds and be like “okay, now what?” and (2) in our culture, you give flowers to women, and I would then be confused as to why you would think I would want flowers. Am I coming off as gay? I’m not gay. I don’t want to be percieved as gay… but do people think I’m gay anyway?
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.
Wreaths are pretty neat.
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
Got a tree one time. It was cool af
Would 10/10 recommend
Felt like planting the new Deli tree
A tree is good, but nowhere near as good as a stick.
My mommy gave me flowers at my graduation.
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
The nice side effect of giving my wife flowers…I get to have them in my house too.
I got some when my dad died, so go me for beating the average.
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!
I made a gift for a new partner this weekend — it was an origami tesselation. I use translucent paper for them, so they look really cool if you stick them on your window. It felt like a safe gift because it was functionally free, and it also doesn’t take up space
I have cats that like to chew on things.
Nearly every plant is toxic to cats.
Flowers would not be an appropriate gift.They are not equivalent in value
I prefer a book or something that lasts. But I would not say no to flowers
i gave my wife a potted plant on our first date date five years ago. she says if it dies, our love dies so i will have to secretly replace it like it was a dead goldfish LOL
Ah so I made a a better choice by vetting her some of those lego flowers then?
I prefer a sturdy lightsaber
No match for a good blaster by your side!
The gesture is nice. The gift itself is impractical/useless and I don’t really like the smell of most flowers. 😔
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.
I don’t know what kind of dark chocolate compliments shirt, but there’s probably an expert who can help.
You sound like someone who has nice shirts. Which is your favourite?
Depends on the season. In winter it’s a vintage 1980’s shirt-jacket thing that I found in my dad’s storage closet: red/black plaid, soft flannel exterior, thinly insulated. My parents had matching shirts and dad’s old one fits me perfectly.
Pretty soon my favorite will be a thin blue cotton-linen button-down that’s perfect for hot summer days. And it goes well with my big straw shade hat.
Thanks for asking. 😁
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?
