Today, my younger cousin bought his girlfriend of 3 months a bunch of flowers. The only flower I've ever got from my boyfriend of 3 years is a plastic one he found on the floor in a bar. FML
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Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
Today, I brought my girlfriend flowers. All she managed to do was to say, "It’s been a year since you brought me flowers." FML
Today, I received a bouquet of flowers from my boyfriend, which is something he's never done before. Unfortunately, this was his way of apologizing for cheating on me. FML
Today, my girlfriend came home with a huge bouquet of roses. They were from an admirer, brainwashing her to think I'm a terrible boyfriend for not buying her flowers like he did. FML
Today, I received a bunch of flowers from my 'lover'. This would be fine, except that I don't have a lover, and my boyfriend now thinks I'm cheating. FML
Today, my boyfriend of three years sent me several flowers and chocolate boxes to my office. It ends up that he cheated on me with my sister and tried to break the news to me after all the presents he sent. I thought he actually remembered our anniversary this year. FML
Today, I received gorgeous orchids from my long distance boyfriend. I was excited about it and told my parents. They still are convinced I have no boyfriend and I mailed the flowers to myself. FML
Today, my boyfriend surprised me with a bouquet of flowers he'd picked himself. This would’ve been romantic, had they not all been Poison Hemlock. FML
Today, on the way out to buy groceries, my boyfriend asked if I'd like him to buy some of my favourite flowers. Happy with his rare show of affection, I said yes. When he returned, he gave me a bag of our usual brand of flour and laughed hysterically in my face. FML
Today, my boyfriend came over to celebrate our anniversary. He had a card written in crayon with my name spelled wrong, and a basket I had seen his mother throw in the trash filled with flower petals ripped from my mom's garden. Our anniversary was 3 days ago. FML
Today, my boyfriend brought me home flowers and candy for the first time in our one-year relationship. Thinking he was going to finally propose, I got excited. I asked why he was being so sweet, and he responded with, "I thought you'd take the breakup better this way." FML
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music87 14
That sucks...But think of it this way, the plastic one won't die. :)
tsim_fml 0
Flowers don't = love.
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Comments (87)
LizetteBerenice 22
Aww :(
enonymous 9
Was the flowers your cousin sent covered in Patron and Sierra Nevada? I think not! BF flowers: 1 Cousins:0
StoryOfTheYear 15
C'mon enonymous, correct it, I know you'll see it.
Krystal3408 32
I'm probably one of the rare species of girls who would be happier with the plastic one. Gifts are nice, but not when they're planned. I'd much rather my boyfriend see something at random, think of me, and get it for me. That's much more thoughtful than the common bouquet of flowers and would go quite a longer way.
music87 14
That sucks...But think of it this way, the plastic one won't die. :)
ZealIFeel 7
A metaphor for the relationship. Sounds like the boyfriend just found himself a foolproof excuse.
perdix 31
No, think of it THIS way: The plastic one is dead already, making it even a more apt metaphor.
atomicbaboon 0
So... The boyfriend found the relationship on the ground of a bar covered in alcohol?
music87 14
Hey, I was just trying to make the situation sound better than it is.
iswearitslegit 0
least you got a flower. it's the thought that counts :)
MrSarcasm 4
Or in this case, lack of thought.
a_nutritionist 10
@52 i agree. just because he doesnt get you flowers doesnt mean he does nothing. ydi for making a big deal out of something so trivial. the guy could get up early every morning and make you breakfast, drive you around, massage you after work, cook your meals, clean up after you, cheer you up when youre feeling down, but that ************ never bought you flowers...dump him.
ollie179 21
It's the thought that counts. And the dirt and spiders it came with.
spicerack1528 3
Hey its the thought that counts, picking up something plastic from the floor of a bar obviously made a connection in his mind with you
Silentshdw13 22
Your cousin should give your boyfriend some advice on how to be sweeter.
DjeePee 25
I think it's OP who should give her boyfriend some advice on how to be sweeter. I said to my boyfriend of three years that I would be happy if he once bought a flower for me. Today I got my third bouquet. MLIA.
RockstarRN 10
You picked him!
borkchop1992 15
oh how sweet
tsim_fml 0
Flowers don't = love.
THE_A_TEEN 28
So, i've been giving flowers to my girlfriend and you plus 8 people agree flower's dont equal love? have you people ever been in a loving relationship before? I guess not...
ImaginaryFoe 1
Do you honestly think flowers are the difference between a loving relationship and one that's not? Time to grow up a little. Flowers are a gesture and, like any gesture, it can be meaningful or empty. I had an ex who gave me flowers at least once a week; whenever he beat the shit out of me, flowers were his apology. Real loving, huh?
Virginia6810 16
I use to get angry that I can count on a single hand the amount of times my husband has bought me flowers but then I remember the times he surprises me with my favorite candy bar after he pays for gas. Or randomly takes the kids in the morning so i can sleep in. Thoughtfulness means love, not necessarily flowers.
krez 20
33, were they real flowers or plastic?
tsim_fml 0
30 - Actually I am in one right now and to be honest, we don't exchange flowers to show our love, we exchange our thoughts and our lives together.
stacianichole 2
Agreed. The boyfriend I had that constantly gave me flowers was visiting his ex regularly and too chicken to just tell me. (You can be friends with an ex, just don't hide it or it seems like there's something to hide.) That was on top of other hidden things... Sometimes flowers and gestures are a distraction from what's really going on.
Freeze_fml 17
If you don't like it there are ~ 3.5 billion other males out there.
ImaginaryFoe 1
I don't know how people always forget that. If you're just going to bitch that your bf isn't 'romantic' enough or something, do yourselves a favour and break it off. You find some love zombie who delivers flowers like the morning post and he can find a low maintenance gf who's happy with plastic blooms from bars.