If flowers plural are too much for a first date what about a single rosebud? Still too much? Or just too corny/cliche?
For me personally, I would think it was sweet but trying a little too hard.
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Giles: In that case I've severely underpriced it.
'Potential'
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Steph L. - Jun 06, 2011 7:10:38 pm PDT #22779 of 30000
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
billytea - Jun 06, 2011 7:11:56 pm PDT #22780 of 30000
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.
I once made for a date a corsage entirely of origami flowers. (She declined to wear it.)
meara - Jun 06, 2011 7:13:36 pm PDT #22781 of 30000
billytea, that is awesome!! Though I'm not sure how I feel about wearing corsages that aren't wrist corsages.
Typo, I think roses are overrated--tulips! irises! a sunflower! but yeah, if it were someone I was super excited to be on a date with I'd probably be like "OMG SQUEE!"...and otherwise it might make me go "er, are you way more into this than I am?"
billytea - Jun 06, 2011 7:15:39 pm PDT #22782 of 30000
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.
Typo, I think roses are overrated--tulips! irises! a sunflower! but yeah, if it were someone I was super excited to be on a date with I'd probably be like "OMG SQUEE!"...and otherwise it might make me go "er, are you way more into this than I am?"
To which the only appropriate response could be "Well, of course I am. I mean, have you seen you?"
billytea - Jun 06, 2011 7:18:26 pm PDT #22783 of 30000
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.
billytea, that is awesome!! Though I'm not sure how I feel about wearing corsages that aren't wrist corsages.
My flower-folding capability has improved since thern. This is my favourite design: [link]
smonster - Jun 06, 2011 7:26:01 pm PDT #22784 of 30000
We won’t stop until everyone is gay.
My sister's ex, knowing she couldn't have real flowers because of the cats, once gave her a rose dipped in gold. It was Too Much and not to her taste, I think she sold it. That wasn't for a first date, though.
Cashmere - Jun 06, 2011 7:29:59 pm PDT #22785 of 30000
Now tagless for your comfort.
I like flowers in the house. They brighten things up for a few days. I prefer a small bouquet for a first date--nothing flashy like roses.
Beverly - Jun 06, 2011 7:46:23 pm PDT #22786 of 30000
Days shrink and grow cold, sunlight through leaves is my song. Winter is long.
When we lived in Nurnberg, every chance I had I'd go to the downtown Marktplatz *just* to buy flowers. They had "meadow flowers" there, that you could purchase by the stem. So you could put together a random bouquet for literally pennies, and it would last all week, with some culling, stem trimming, fresh water and container downsizing.
Farmers markets here don't have that feature, and mostly all you get is gerbera daisies, statis, babies breath, and carnations. I miss market day flowers probably more than any other one thing about living in Nurnberg. Though there are many things I do miss.
Cass - Jun 06, 2011 7:48:02 pm PDT #22787 of 30000
Bob's learned to live with tragedy, but he knows that this tragedy is one that won't ever leave him or get better.
I miss the Hillcrest farmer's market in San Diego for just that reason. Loved to pick up flowers and always have them around.
Liese S. - Jun 06, 2011 8:26:56 pm PDT #22788 of 30000
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
I have both been given and given flowers to/from the SO and both directions seemed to go over well. But we haven't in a long while, mostly because they're so damned expensive!