# Some boyfriends send flowers; unfortunately my boyfriend is not one of them

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [November 7, 2003, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-boyfriends-send-flowers-unfortunately-my-boyfriend-is-not-one-of-them/211822 "2003-11-07T03:35:38Z")\
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**Author:** ![handy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b5a626/32.png) [@handy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/handy)\
**Post date:** [November 8, 2003, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-boyfriends-send-flowers-unfortunately-my-boyfriend-is-not-one-of-them/211822/41 "2003-11-08T16:32:26Z")

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“Man, when I was with my girlfriend, the last time I got her flowers, she didn’t want to deal with them and had me leave them at my house.”

Yep, some women don’t like flowers. One lady told me she just gives them away.

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**Author:** ![whiterabbit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/cab0a1/32.png) [@whiterabbit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/whiterabbit)\
**Post date:** [November 8, 2003, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-boyfriends-send-flowers-unfortunately-my-boyfriend-is-not-one-of-them/211822/42 "2003-11-08T16:38:19Z")

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There’s a florist in Fort Worth that has filled so many orders for my great-grandmother that they know her name. They do nice work, so the whole family uses them.

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**Author:** ![sandra\_nz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eada6e/32.png) [@sandra\_nz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sandra_nz)\
**Post date:** [November 29, 2013, 11:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-boyfriends-send-flowers-unfortunately-my-boyfriend-is-not-one-of-them/211822/44 "2013-11-29T11:50:40Z")

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Suspected spam reported.

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**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\
**Post date:** [November 29, 2013, 12:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-boyfriends-send-flowers-unfortunately-my-boyfriend-is-not-one-of-them/211822/45 "2013-11-29T12:53:50Z")

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> [@sandra\_nz](#):
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> Suspected spam reported.

No, they were real sausages.

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**Author:** ![sandra\_nz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eada6e/32.png) [@sandra\_nz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sandra_nz)\
**Post date:** [November 29, 2013, 12:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-boyfriends-send-flowers-unfortunately-my-boyfriend-is-not-one-of-them/211822/46 "2013-11-29T12:55:08Z")

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> [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](#):
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> No, they were real sausages.

😃

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