Flowers, the Gift of Death!
I never understood why men give women flowers or why, in turn, the ladies seem to love them so much. In my mind, which may be twisted beyond reality, the gift of flowers is the gift of death.
They’re grown for their beauty. And right when they reach their peak, they’re cut from their lifeline and given as gifts only to die a few days later. It’s freaking creepy. Sure, they make a nice bouquet. But it’s a bouquet of impending unnatural death. Far better to leave them on the vine to live their life cycle as intended.
I never give flowers because that sick image of wilting death haunts me when I pass by a florist. Potted plants? Now that’s a gift! Potted plants have their own little home and will live as long as you take proper care of them. It’s just like a relationship, beautiful and full of life when you take proper care, wilting and dying if you ignore it. What a perfect living metaphor for a relationship. Of course, you could just suck at taking care of plants in which case, don’t read too much into it.
So I know I’m probably alone on this, but why do the ladies love flowers so much?
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April 18th, 2008 at 10:32 am
Does that mean that you never drink wine because at some point the bottle is empty? Does that mean that you never give perfume or cologne because at some point it’s either gone or goes bad? Does this mean that you never give or eat desserts because they are either all eaten or go bad? Your thoughts don’t make much sense to me. There are things that possibly last for a long period of time(not many things any more…even exprensive electronics don’t last forever) and there are things that you get short enjoyment out of. We all go to movies, go out to dinner, meet people for drinks, etc. and none of these last a long time, but we understand that for the short period of time that we are there we will get the most and best enjoyment that we can. Why can’t we think of flowers in the same manner. Flowers are beautiful, people who give flowers feel good, people who receive flowers feel good, and they give us an enjoyment of beauty and health benefits while we have them. What is so bad about that??? Maybe if more people gave flowers, received flowers or bought more flowers for their homes people would be better off!
April 19th, 2008 at 4:13 pm
I think it’s more of the quick and unnatural life the flowers have when presented as wrapped and gifted marks of affection.
A cologne bottle is made to be used till it’s empty, so goes for the wine, dessert and anything that may resemble it, while the flower’s life comes to an abrupt end in an unnatural way (well, at least for the flowers themselves…), truly a potted plant would seem more along the line of the examples you gave since they do eventually to a natural end that was meant when the are born if they even do so (I’ve seen some of those plants lasting for years…).
Truly, I lament the bouquets’ untimely demise…
April 20th, 2008 at 10:52 pm
Rich bought me flowers in a pot last month. I get to keep those!!