Giving flowers to a man (wife, boyfriend, women, friend)

[AlonzoGia]

I have a female Russian colleague at work and the other day she showed up with a bunch of flowers. Everyone said how romantic her boyfriend is (he's also Russian) but she said it wasn't him who had given her the flowers.

She had bought them to offer him the flowers. Everyone was surprised because you usually only offer flowers to women here. She said that in Russia it's perfectly acceptable to give flowers to a man, often accompanied by a good bottle of wine.

Cultural habits never fail to amaze me.

[John13]

My ex wife gave them to me a few times.

I thought it was sweet.

[jillabean]

I gave flowers to a man once... live flowers though. He said he would kill them and kept his word, lol. He also said I was the only woman to ever give him flowers.

[Prince_Frog]

yeah I don't want flowers. I don't know what I'd do with them.

a good gift to give me would be a steak and a BJ. That's pretty much the best gift I've ever had from a woman.

[the minx]

I gave flowers to an ex once. He was not happy. . I lol'd.

[TheHurricaneKid]

I prefer potted flowers.

[gentlearts]

OK, it was a cultural thing.
In my world, men don't care about getting flowers whatsoever. Man is supposed to give flowers to a woman, because they are a total waste of money, thus making the gesture doubly symbolic. The woman does not need to give anything, and the man needs to work for the goodies.

[TheHurricaneKid]

Originally Posted by gentlearts

OK, it was a cultural thing.
In my world, men don't care about getting flowers whatsoever. Man is supposed to give flowers to a woman, because they are a total waste of money, thus making the gesture doubly symbolic. The woman does not need to give anything, and the man needs to work for the goodies.

Or he could just pluck them off the field.

[NilaJones]

I do it.

[Tasteslikepurple]

I could never do that. My country´s culture is steeped in machismo.