Why do women like receiving flowers ?

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   iwriteforyouposted 12 years ago

   Why do women like receiving flowers ?
   
   There are many other gifts but what is it about flowers that make them so special ?

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   Southern Museposted 12 years ago

   I think it has something to do with our personalities and our historical comparison to flowers.  As women, we embody or attempt to embody a lot of the traits that people find attractive about flowers - beauty, delicacy, softness, smells, and even (in some cases) longevity/hardiness or fragility.  Our historical gender roles even dictated such traits for us, and historical sources have long compared women to flowers.
   
   For example, I love carnations.  Favorite flower, hands down.  I love them because, of all the flowers, they come in so many colorful varieties.  They smell wonderful, a soft and sweet fragrance that reminds me of how the air smells after rainstorms or the perfumes I love to wear.  They also last a long time (given proper care) - much longer than any other flowers I've encountered.  For me, roses don't do it - they wilt too quickly and they're overdone in terms of gift-giving.  Carnations are more what I hope for - beauty, a touch of fragility, with resilience and variety: a lot like my personality. 
   
   When my fiancee brings home carnations, I know he's been thinking specifically of me because he knows they are my favorite.  So, rather than grabbing the nicest-looking bunch of flowers and hoping, he deliberately seeks out colors he hasn't gotten me before or mixes colors together to form his own bouquets of carnations.  When I see them, it reminds me that he knows me, loves me, and dedicates time in his life for me.
   
   So, women like the flowers that best match their own personalities or embody traits that they want to emulate.  Some are hopeless romantics - hence, roses.  Some prefer hardier varieties, like my passion for carnations.  Others prefer the exotic, or the strange, or even the dead (I had a friend who had a penchant for half-dead roses in coffins).  I don't think it's true of all women, but the subconscious element of preferring flowers that embody traits we prefer - or carry historical messages (i.e., certain colors and flowers have long-associated meanings to them) is certainly there, and it's probably underlying our desire to simply have pretty things that remind us of people we care about.

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      iwriteforyouposted 12 years agoin reply to this

      Wow, thank you for taking the time and what a great answer. This is exactly the reason why I like asking these questions. Great information and very insightful. Thanks again.

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   Dreama23posted 12 years ago

   Flowers are special because they represent beauty in a very natural way. Flowers can be bought, yes, but they can also be found outside apartment windows, in parks, backyards, or even between concrete slabs on a city sidewalk. Not only are they appealing because of their various colors, shapes, and scents, but also because of their meanings, such as friendship, loyalty, etc. All women might not love flowers as gifts, but generally, when a woman receives a flower, she immediately feels beautiful and special. It is not just another everyday item. It is something worth more than words and it holds a place in her heart that most gifts cannot fill.

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      iwriteforyouposted 12 years agoin reply to this

      Thank you for your answer. As a man that always wants to improve and continue to have a positive impact in people's lives it is great to know how to better serve people or in this case women. I'm guessing other men will benefit aswell. Appreciate it

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   Captainausumeposted 12 years ago

   I suppose it is a mixture of symbolism, and the fact that it is simple but thoughtful. If you walk by a stand that sells flowers and think "Oh, she might like these" and pick them up, sometimes that is enough to put a smile on our faces on a rough day. Sure, it's a small token, but a nice one.

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