Why do women want flowers from men?Why not plant a garden so you can have lots of fresh flowers?

because it's not the flowers that are important.



If you bring home flowers to your wife, she'll say "oh, they're nice, but I wish I had received them at work instead."



If you drop in on your wife at work and give her flowers, she'll say "Oh, it would have been nicer if you HAD them delivered"



The issue isn't the flowers at all - the issue is her ability to BOAST to other female coworkers that she has a "thoughtful" (read "instructed") man who cares enough to send flowers.



By having them delivered, a receptionist will receive the flowers first, they'll sit there for a while so all the co-workers can see, and after wifey picks up the flowers, she can get lavished with compliments for the rest of the day.



Women are weird, eh?



e:: How can you women give me a thumbs-down. What is it? You disapprove of the truth?

Why do women want flowers from men?Why not plant a garden so you can have lots of fresh flowers?
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Reply:Flowers are merely a gesture...a result of centuries of sentiment. I tend to be far more practical, and would prefer a flowering plant, but the thought is always appreciated. And by the way, guys appreciate them just as much. It goes both ways to say, "I'm thinking of you..."
Reply:Um... it's the giving process that matters?

Some women do plants garden and still want flower from men. So it's not about the flowers.
Reply:You are right!! I like to have plenty of flowers to pee on just ask my owner!
Reply:We live in an apartment so a garden's out of the question.
Reply:I don't need flowers, though it is nice to get them. As others have stated, it isn't about the flowers, per say, but the gesture itself. It shows that your significant other thought about you and wanted to do something special. When my soon to be hubby brings me home a coffee from Starbucks, or a card, it isn't what he brings me, it's the gesture (and I enjoy doing the same for him). I haven't gotten flowers in probably 2 years, and that's okay. Oh, and I do have a flowerbed, and it is quite lovely.
Reply:I can afford to pay people who like gardens to keep mine nice. And my husband knows that it's the gesture that counts, even if it's an $8 bunch from the supermarket. His ex used to scream that he was wasting money.



My ex used to go through the dumpster behind the florist shop.



Too bad they never met. They were well suited to each other.
Reply:I like them as a nice gesture, every once in awhile, to show he cares. He shows me he cares everyday, though so I don't NEED flowers.
Reply:I'd rather have plants for outside.
Reply:That's a major generalisation! I don't like getting flowers, I think it's a waste of money. I would rather that my boyfriend spend that money buying me something lasting.
Reply:i like flowers, but not enough to care if my guy brings me some or not. it's about the gesture, not the actual flower. for example, when my boyfriend wants to spoil me he brings me home a candy bar and a 99 cent gossip mag. i love it! i also bring him stuff, like cupcakes and blank cds. every couple should have some kind of system between them like that.
Reply:Can you drink flowers?? Nope then i don't want em'! ekki ekki pitang boom
Reply:I actually prefer getting plants that I can put in the garden to grow. Almost inevitably I will receive at least one cut arrangement from someone before I can explain my preference. However, I never tell them "right then" because that would make my boyfriend feel as if I didn't appreciate the effort.

I've has everything from summer or spring arrangements to two dozon roses given to me. The plants in my garden are about half mine and half that people have bought for me. Some of my favs I picked out and some others...

Receiving flowers is about the sentiment, not the actual plant. It means your significant other was thinking about you and wanted you to feel good.
Reply:Flowers are a nice surprise but I don't think anyone really has the right to demand them. Personally I would never plant a garden, I kill every plant I tend to.



Part of it probably is in 'tradition' and 'stereotype' apparently guys are supposed to give women flowers. It's up there with the man proposing on one knee in my world, antiquated.
Reply:We don't want flowers. We want your attention. Flowers are a symbol for your attention.
Reply:Skip the flowers; I'll take jewelry. And you can't plant a jewelry garden.
Reply:It's just a nice gesture and they look pretty on the dining room table.



And next year I *am* going to plant a garden. :)
Reply:I don't care for flowers, but every once in a while it's just a thoughtful gesture.



But don't do it because you have to, send them because you want to.
Reply:Women need other people to do everything for them.