Really?
I've never been out (or married to) anyone who thinks that, everyone I've spoken to in that capacity would die of embarrassment if they had flowers sent to them in the office.
( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Mon 14 Feb 2011, 0:14, 1 reply, 15 years ago)

maybe it depends on the office
but i have my own office, so i just get enough attention to make me smug. but it's more the fact that someone cares enough to make my day at work, it makes me melt.
( rachelswipe with a fork, Mon 14 Feb 2011, 0:15, Reply)

I'm surprised at that.
Or do you just like saying to your trainee, 'get me another vase!'
( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Mon 14 Feb 2011, 0:16, Reply)

not sure what kind of women you know
but all my friends/colleagues agree with me. and see lampers' comment above. flowers are the nicest thing anyone can do for you. esp from a guy - i think it's because women know that men don't "get" flowers and why we love them so much, which means that you know an even bigger effort has gone into choosing them!
( rachelswipe with a fork, Mon 14 Feb 2011, 0:19, Reply)

As I've mentioned on here before
I get spammed by Interflora and Bunches.co.uk based on my previous custom, I'm not stranger to buying flowers, but I don't consider them a good gift.
( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Mon 14 Feb 2011, 0:23, Reply)

but jeff, the whole point of gifts is to buy what the recipient considers a good gift
otherwise you'd be buying the next mrs jeff tickets to see bristol fucking bent city, ffs!
( rachelswipe with a fork, Mon 14 Feb 2011, 0:24, Reply)

Take clunge to football?
Fuck off.

That's against the law.

Like I say, I do buy flowers, but I'd rather buy other things.
( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Mon 14 Feb 2011, 0:26, Reply)

flowers and jewellery
best of all the gifts
( rachelswipe with a fork, Mon 14 Feb 2011, 0:29, Reply)

The ex wife was given both
Appreciation was minimal. And some of the jewellery wasn't remotely cheap.
( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Mon 14 Feb 2011, 0:30, Reply)

then she was a very silly girl to let you go
not that it's all about flowers and gifts, but you know what i mean.
( rachelswipe with a fork, Mon 14 Feb 2011, 0:35, Reply)

Actually I don't.
The further downhill the relationship went, the more flamboyant the gifts became.

God only knows what, if she still has it, her engagement ring is now worth.
( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Mon 14 Feb 2011, 0:39, Reply)

sadly
second hand jewellery is worth fuck all. my dad bought my mum a diamond ring that was a ridiculous amount of money about 4 months before she died.

it's now worth about 6k, which is a fraction of the cost - this being said, she loved it so much for the 4 months she had it and got so much pleasure out of it, my dad would have paid 3 times what he did. but yeah, you get fuck all for it.
( rachelswipe with a fork, Mon 14 Feb 2011, 0:42, Reply)

I don't plan to get married
but I've spotted the engagement ring I'd want. It's about £200. I'm so cheap!
(berk, Mon 14 Feb 2011, 0:45, Reply)

*Makes note*

( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Mon 14 Feb 2011, 0:49, Reply)

Haha!
I'd send you the link but that'd be weird.
(berk, Mon 14 Feb 2011, 1:01, Reply)

Go on.
You might as well.

It is Valentines day (which is still bent by the way), and if Blousie asks, just say it was a suggestion.
( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Mon 14 Feb 2011, 1:02, Reply)

I had it bookmarked
it says 'product not found'. Pfft. Just as well I was never expecting to be bought it then, really.
(berk, Mon 14 Feb 2011, 1:05, Reply)

me too!
it's the £8k princess cut solitaire on a platinum band from tiffs. which might be a bit chavvy these days but you can't tell that is where the ring is from.

OR if i do snare bradley cooper, a £35k emerald cut one from cartier please.
( rachelswipe with a fork, Mon 14 Feb 2011, 0:51, Reply)

To be honest
I'd rather be cooked a nice surprise meal than get flowers. I mean, flowers are nice occasionally, but there are other, better ways to spoil a woman. In my opinion.
They do not involve football.
(berk, Mon 14 Feb 2011, 0:26, Reply)

I'd rather have a bottle of Chambord or something like that than an equivalently expensive bunch of flowers
but I would like flowers. At some point.
( Lampito rise with the moon, go to bed with the sun, Mon 14 Feb 2011, 0:27, Reply)

This.
I like to cook, I'd much rather surprise someone with a lovely dinner after a long day than say, 'here are some flowers that are already dead'.
( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Mon 14 Feb 2011, 0:27, Reply)

Yup
pick them up after work, have a sexy bath, booze, dinner, bed...
ach, I'm making myself miserable.
(berk, Mon 14 Feb 2011, 0:31, Reply)

*there there*
Maybe a few flowers as table decoration, but a whole bunch?
( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Mon 14 Feb 2011, 0:40, Reply)

A single rose is more romantic than 12 of them, say
or perhaps I'm just too much of a skinflint to appreciate the gesture. It's more about the candles, music and booze, I think, for scene-setting for a romantic meal.
(berk, Mon 14 Feb 2011, 0:43, Reply)

it's no wonder men get confused
when women have views as far apart as ours! whereas all men would agree that so long as a blowie is on the menu, that's fine.
( rachelswipe with a fork, Mon 14 Feb 2011, 0:45, Reply)

Hahaha
I think the difference is not necessarily our views, but our expectations based on what has gone before. Most of my boyfriends have failed to make any effort at all for most of our relationship, thus I expect very little and am very happy with anything that exceeds that.
(berk, Mon 14 Feb 2011, 0:47, Reply)

then you really deserve to be spoiled!
i've had everything from violent alcoholic to spoiling rotten, i can recommend a bunch of flowers over a black eye and a split lip, believe me!
( rachelswipe with a fork, Mon 14 Feb 2011, 0:48, Reply)

I'm quite the romantic.
So I'd schedule the hot towels for after the blowie.
( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Mon 14 Feb 2011, 0:47, Reply)

you've just cooked at home
and neither sent flowers nor booked a lovely restaurant.

so your chances of getting a blowier are 0/10 anyway.
( rachelswipe with a fork, Mon 14 Feb 2011, 0:49, Reply)

But I got the recipe for the meal
From Chompy.

Blowie 10/10 surely? Evening if you know nothing about it.
( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Mon 14 Feb 2011, 0:51, Reply)

better ask gonz
he's the chef around here.

you need the girl to be conscious for a blowie, jeff, remember from back when you last had one? in 1992?
( rachelswipe with a fork, Mon 14 Feb 2011, 0:52, Reply)

Oh my bleeding heart.
Bitch. She has the measure of me
( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Mon 14 Feb 2011, 0:59, Reply)

In 1992 you were probably not even old enough to consent for god;s sake.

(berk, Mon 14 Feb 2011, 1:01, Reply)

I was 18
More than old enough.

Thanks for that reminder.

*sad face*
( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Mon 14 Feb 2011, 1:03, Reply)

Mathsfail
ah well, I maintain that you don't look your age.
(berk, Mon 14 Feb 2011, 1:07, Reply)

That's something (I hope)

( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Mon 14 Feb 2011, 1:08, Reply)

hmmmmmmm
depends on the guy, how long we've been seeing each other, the occasion etc. but i might think him choosing to cook rather than go out was cheap, under some circs.

well, ok. all circs. i am v spoilt!
( rachelswipe with a fork, Mon 14 Feb 2011, 0:28, Reply)

Yes. Yes you are :P
it takes more effort to plan and prepare a meal than it does to google a couple of restaurant reviews!
(berk, Mon 14 Feb 2011, 0:30, Reply)

Exactly.
Getting the right cut of meat or preparing the right dish, decorating the house with candles and choosing a nice wine are are more difficult than phoning InterFlora and saying, 'Yeah, I'm trying to impress some bird, I wanna spend forty quid on some flowers'.
( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Mon 14 Feb 2011, 0:33, Reply)

i'm also a bit OCD about food
i mean, what if he tasted it and then put the spoon BACK IN THE SAUCE?

no no no.

also the flowers aren't as simple as they sound. i mean, god help him if he sends reeking nasty lilies, for example.

eating in just wouldn't impress me. it's not different, it's not new, it's not exciting.
( rachelswipe with a fork, Mon 14 Feb 2011, 0:33, Reply)

Swipe.
Question for you.

Are you single at the moment?

If you are, I think I might have an idea as to why.
( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Mon 14 Feb 2011, 0:34, Reply)

Some men like high maintenance women!

(berk, Mon 14 Feb 2011, 0:35, Reply)

haha
i'm really v low maintenance actually. ringing interflora is much easier than cooking!
( rachelswipe with a fork, Mon 14 Feb 2011, 0:36, Reply)

For someone who works such long hours
I'm amazed you don't throw more resources at your pile of work. It sounds like your life solution.

Cooking, time, effort and craft.

Flowers, phone call, debit card.
( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Mon 14 Feb 2011, 0:38, Reply)

it's all personal preference
for me, i'd a million times rather be out than in, which is prob why being cooked for does not appeal!
( rachelswipe with a fork, Mon 14 Feb 2011, 0:41, Reply)

Why go out for burgers when you can have steak at home?
(I'm sure there is a veggie version of that, but I'm not looking for it).
( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Mon 14 Feb 2011, 0:46, Reply)

because you get bored
of eating the same thing every night.
( rachelswipe with a fork, Mon 14 Feb 2011, 0:47, Reply)

Some men are fucking idiots then.

( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Mon 14 Feb 2011, 0:36, Reply)

sigh
some all
( rachelswipe with a fork, Mon 14 Feb 2011, 0:40, Reply)

Women aren't exactly coming out of this with flying colours either.

( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Mon 14 Feb 2011, 0:41, Reply)

just me
not all women.

i love flowers, i don't like staying in. not that bad, surely.
( rachelswipe with a fork, Mon 14 Feb 2011, 0:44, Reply)

But if you're in with someone you like
Surely that works?
( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Mon 14 Feb 2011, 0:45, Reply)

no
i get BORED! i hate staying in. it makes me twitchy. it doesn't have to be anywhere exotic, just the nearest pub will do!
( rachelswipe with a fork, Mon 14 Feb 2011, 0:47, Reply)

Pubs are good.
Especially pubs used by the stupid (if they have a quiz machine!).
( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Mon 14 Feb 2011, 0:58, Reply)