I didn’t mean to come off as if I was ranting. Daniel has a great (although a little odd) sense of humor. The sausage just came at a time where I was getting a little wound up about the lack of personal contact.
We rarely get to see each other. Maybe once every couple of weeks and I have to work majority of the time he’s here. All I was asking for was a phone call. He gets no signal in his room so I can never get a hold of him unless he’s online. That’s what makes it all so frustrating. And I know there’s a lot more I have to deal with in the future. We’re both learning to cope with it slowly.
I actually really like the gift. It kept me smiling all day, especially after I got home and saw that not only is there sausage, there’s chocolate covered cherries too.
Maybe he is an experienced landscaper like me & you don’t order flowers online because you don’t know how they are going to look?
Often you get stale flowers & you have no control over what is sent. I spend a lot of time shopping for flowers, they have to be perfect & the meaning of them has to be right (pink roses, red roses, etc) & if I can’t find them then I won’t give them.
But wait, what if I want to send flowers to somewhere random, like Tennessee or something (I live in CA). Can I call my local florist for that? Or do I need to find a local florist in the area I want to send flowers to?
This reminds me of the scene in Father of the Bride (the Steve Martin version), where the groom-to-be gets the bride-to-be a blender as an engagement gift. They have this huge fight, because she thinks he’s making some unromantic patriarchal statement about her place in the kitchen, when his real thought was, hey, maybe she’d like to make margaritas.
I agree with PUNDITLISA (as usual). Either he’s got a good sense of humor or he’s at least trying – clumsily, but trying. Either way, I’d give him some credit. Personally, I think it’s hilarious; nothing says “I love you” like Hickory Farms.
For a long time when they were first married, my dad only gave my mom unromantic gifts. One year, for their anniversary, he got her snow tires for her car. His thinking was, she needs them and I want her to be safe. My mom says she came to understand that buying her pratical things that he felt kept her safe or comfortable, actually indicated how much he cared about her. Then one year for their anniversary he bought her a beautiful bouquet of flowers, and she cried. Even he was smart enough to see she’d really liked them – so now he gets her the exact same bouquet every year. Again, his thinking is, she likes them and why mess with what works? He doesn’t have a lot of romance in him, and he doesn’t have a lot of imagination, but he loves her and she knows it, and when he tries to express it, she appreciates that, whatever form the expression might take.
Some guys are all about the romance. I’m a little suspicious of those guys, frankly. Maybe they’ve had too much practice, you know? Or maybe the gestures just don’t mean much to them. Give me a guy who’d send me a sausage basket any day.
[anecdote the 2nd]I was dating a girl, and on her birthday (April 1st), I sent her flowers through 1-800-flowers. I called about mid-morning to see if she’s received them, and she wasn’t at work. I told her I’d sent her a gift, but that it would probably still be at work on Monday when she got there. She quickly ran up to work to get it.
When she got there, she said that nothing had been delivered. I told her to check with the receptionist, and she said she had. I called 1-800-flowers, and they said that the item had been signed for by someone named “April Fool.”
I asked my girl, and she said that no one by that name worked for her company. I called back to 1-800-flowers, and after working my way up through the foodchain of supervisors for about an hour and explaining the situation – including the suspicious name of the person that allegedly signed for the flowers – I finally found a supervisor that was willing to make sure that the flowers were redelivered . . . on Monday.
I called back and explained the situation to my girl, who was a little put off, but seemed to understand. Still, we ended up getting into a big fight that night, a fitting end to a frustrating birthday celebration.
Monday rolled around, and the flowers were delivered as promised. So she called me to thank me for the flowers, and then mentioned that the flowers “were delivered on her birthday, after all. And the person that had signed for them was actually named April Pool. April had thought the flowers were from her boyfriend, and she hadn’t even checked the card. And here I thought you’d forgotten my birthday and were just trying to cover for it by blaming the flower company. Isn’t that funny?”
Can’t you just see the black and white commercial with that violin music? A man and woman on a romantic sunset walk along the beach. They pause. The man reaches into his pocket, and pulls out a can of SPAM which he presents to his awestruck lover. They kiss.
I loved sending flowers to my last girlfirend. Maybe it had to do something with the way she expressed her gratitude, if you know what I mean. wink winknudge nudge
damn, wish my girl’s flowers were around. cant find those damned gerberas (sp?) anywhere! that and the stupidly-small amount ‘o’ money i have as a student doesnt help…
He wanted you to have his sausage. How much more heartfelt do you want? Remember, he is a guy, after all.
Don’t feel badly; one ex of mine, after he did something truly in the category of betrayal, tried to regain my good graces by showing up on my doorstep with flowers. **Dried **flowers. A hopeless romantic, he was. His theory: “hey, they last a long time!”
This coming from a woman who has received a hockey stick, a rototiller and oil pan and brakes as gifts from my husband, at least yours were edible and sexable
I agree with Pundit Lisa and Jodi. (as usual)
If you want a ‘revenge’ gift, why not send him an apple pie. Like in American Pie.
Personally, I’d rather have a love letter.
This coming from a woman who has received a hockey stick, a rototiller and oil pan and brakes as gifts from my husband, at least yours were edible and sexable
I agree with Pundit Lisa and Jodi. (as usual)
If you want a ‘revenge’ gift, why not send him an apple pie. Like in American Pie.
Personally, I’d rather have a love letter.
Anyone else think the name of the sausage company is vastly amusing. Dan the Sausage Man. One can only imagine the total embarrassment the guy’s kids have saying what dad does for a living. " He’s a sausage seller."
Your local florist will send them (FTD or Teleflora) and charge a nominal wire service fee, or you can get a number (online, information, calling someone in that town, calling the Chamber of Commerce, even)for a shop in the town where you want them sent.
Any wire service will have fees, and a percentage goes to the wire company, but at least it’s a reciprocal thing between 2 actual florists. More of your money goes to flowers AND you have an idea what they’ll send if you call the other city directly.
Unless you have specific wants, ask for something nice, let the designer choose. If you have very specific demands, call a day or two early. One shop cannot possibly stock every color of rose and lily and tulip, etc. that there is. Be flexible and you’ll get more for your money. Have a color grouping in mind (she likes pinks, she hates peach, please, no red) and be specific if there are flowers you hate (please, no asters) and be willing to let them suggest stuff. (Green roses. Sounds weird, but Jade roses are gorgeous, long lasting and very striking. I sell tons of them because I suggest them, and people are amazed.) Also accept the fact that some flowers are very expensive in some places, and many flowers are seasonal. (The next Damn Yankee that asks for lilac in an arrangement in Texas is gonna get whomped. During the 5 weeks that lilac is available here, it costs about 7 times what orchids do.)
They will ask if you want a vase, a basket, a utility container or a keepsake container. Go for one of the first three. A keepsake container is a future dustcatcher, in most cases. Me, i’m a vase person, but that’s personal preference.
Make sure you have a full address AND the phone number of the recipient. (Hospitals and funeral homes are the exception to that rule.) And speaking of funerals…you get more flowers for your money in a basket or urn arrangement that in a spray. Standing sprays have too much money tied up in that wire stand. I prefer plants or plant baskets if there is family. That way, they can take the plants home if they wish.
OK, this sermon is long enough. Any other questions, while i’m hijacking the thread?
