Here's your foolproof guide to choosing the perfect bouquet to impress your miss. It doesn't take a lot of money or any kind of floral-knowledge to knock her socks off! A few easy-to-remember pointers is all you'll need for the rest of your life.
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What color does she like? If you have no idea, think about what colors she often wears or has about her. What color is her bag, her phone, her shoes, her laptop? Chances are the answers are all around you.
How would you describe her? Edgy? Nature-y? Soft and romantic? Career/goal-oriented? Delicate or bold? Shy or outgoing? Funny, quirky, serious? Even just one or two descriptors will help.
Is she allergic to flowers? Worth finding out. If you don't want to be obvious and ask, find some flowers when you're out together for her to smell. That'll give you a good idea.
How would you describe her? Edgy? Nature-y? Soft and romantic? Career/goal-oriented? Delicate or bold? Shy or outgoing? Funny, quirky, serious? Even just one or two descriptors will help.
Is she allergic to flowers? Worth finding out. If you don't want to be obvious and ask, find some flowers when you're out together for her to smell. That'll give you a good idea.
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Also based on my experience with women. Carnations rarely count as an acceptable flower even if from a florist carnation heavy bouquets tend to have a supermarket feel to them.
I shall buy you pretty smelling pink flowers, some day, if you so wish.
If you're in a relationship that isn't equal giving [or you know, pretty decently matched to be healthy] than that's a problem of the relationship, not so much the single spectrum social situation of valentine gift giving.
Presumably, you'd agree, there's more to a gift and more ways to give a gift than through traditional monetary avenues.
Sorry i made that complicated, at first I only wanted to snarkly offer you flowers
but witht this added statedment of assurtiveness - letting them know what color roses you like... i must retract my previous post...
But you weakened with your sale comment... Let Kinnishain know - You would like purple roses and hope they come in timem for V day... if they come in time you know the relationship has a foundation... if they don't we'l perhaps it's timem to move on.
But you don't need me to give advice - you've been with someone for 18years... between the two of you you must have one heck of a V-Day garden by now.
cheers
I am not mrs.foltz.
♫ Love is int he air ... purple roses if you dare... ♫
Well - i'd say that pretty much seals the deal Kinnishian...
He's willing to wait - and you can spend his money getting his purple roses.
a match made right here on Instructables...
it's so cute... aaaawwwhh... ;0)
On a more serious note - i've got some loving to tend to myself....so....
Happy V-Day to you and yours everyone.! ;0)
Those have their own meaning, which is a reference to the blending of two seed lines from two families joining. That exchange of seeds might be perceived as a subtle proposal for, Marriage. Are you certain you desire that level of commitment?
Perception would be as well dependant on the individual giver of packet of seeds personas. and how anilytical or over analytical the reciever is of the jesture.
any miss-perceptioon could easily be thrwarted by an additional token of say... a condom or ring... or a trowel and a bag of dirt.
Wouldn't you agree?
No carrots - just cucumbers... maybe that is why all my girls smile so much... hmmm...?
www.grinningplanet.com/2004/02-05/organic-flowers-eco.htm
I also heard that there is a "Color Code" where the different color mean different things. (i.e. white - Purity, Red - Passion, Yellow - Innocence, etc)
Those three are the only ones I know, but I also know that there are a lot more.
Oh well, at least she was already married to me, so she couldn't just dump me for a BF who knew better.
A few rarer/expensive beautiful flowers > many cheap half-wilted/common blooms from the supermarket, and this is from a woman's perspective. Men may have different views about quality vs. quantity. Handpicked flowers always trump store bought ones, for many reasons. One is because we think it's cuter that you risked being caught in the act of picking flowers. It says something of your ego.
I've had boyfriends who used to bring back flowers from the grocery store across the street. Nice gesture, but I know he only got them because they were staring at him in the face at the express cash lane. Not very thoughtful, since the entire point of them being displayed there are for impulse buyers.
New boyfriend goes out of his way to bring back worthy flowers from elsewhere. Which is always more thoughtful, because I know that there are no proper florists directly on the way home.
Guys dig flowers too. I'm not sure why, but they always get all giddy when you do silly things just to show them you care. I've never had one give me a funny look for bringing flowers.
To add a couple tips....
If your lady works- send her flowers at the office randomly or on special occasions. It's great to show her and everyone she works with male or female she's someone's lady. Roses work great since when the dry out they make a great looking dry arrangment giving you more distance for the deed.
Also...
Edible Arrangements are awesome for pregnant ladies and new moms. They are fruit arrangments made to look like flower arrangements. Most likely by the time you get there it will be gone.. http://www.ediblearrangements.com/
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Keep up the good work!
My wife, for instance, does NOT like red, but loves red roses, carnations, etc....just not red clothing, cars, etc. It can be a careful business at the beginning (which can also be very frustrating ;-)
"I find that we guys" since one would never say "I find that us"?
About the flowers themselves, most people I know wouldn't notice how the flowers looked, just that they were being given flowers.