Valentine Roses.

[curiouswombat]

So - I was going to make a post that said that, much though I love him, my husband doesn't have a romantic bone in his body. I mean my Valentine card was an e-card sent five minutes before he came to bed in the early hours of this morning, and it didn't have hearts or flowers on - it had a Friends of the Earth squirrel!

Only when I got home from work tonight he had actually bought me some roses. Not real ones, but a rather sweet little silk arrangement of red roses in a red pot, with little silk red hearts. How romantic is that? Actually probably not very - I guess they will have to last for the next fifteen years or so - I think it was about that long ago that he bought me one red silk rose for Valentine's Day - and reminded me about it every year since until I think it got thrown out last year, as too tatty to keep!!

Still - the silk ones are beautiful - and are a much more lasting token of love! I might even take you all a picture of them.

Then when I logged onto LJ someone had sent me an anonymous virtual rose - you can see it on my info page. S2C says it wasn't him - so a big THANK YOU for my virtual rose to you - you know who you are! Even if I don't. What fun - a secret admirer!

Comments

[gillo]

You can't expect a virtual rose and a real imitation rose. (I got a card. That was all, but it is a sweet one.)

Your man has to be a bit romantic or he wouldn't write the sweet stuff as well as the fighty punny stuff - and he does. And I think the arrangement is a lovely idea. He's a treasure.

[curiouswombat.livejournal.com]

And I think the arrangement is a lovely idea.

Yep - it'll save him having to buy anything else for years - he can just point out that I've still got this one!

[gillo]

You're a cynic and a cruel, hard woman.

(And you know your man. *g*)

It's still a sweet gesture.

[caliente-uk.livejournal.com]

You did better than I did. To be fair though, we decided a long tine ago not to buy each other gifts for Valentine's Day, so I can't really complain. The roses sound beautiful. :)

[curiouswombat.livejournal.com]

We never get anything big - usually a card, maybe something small - I got him a card and a half-pound box of Lindor chocolates. The little pot of roses is really rather pretty.

[opalescence.livejournal.com]

That's so cool because you can take them out each February and remember! Happy Valentine's Day!

[curiouswombat.livejournal.com]

Yep - and it'll save him having to buy anything else for Valentine's day for years! The last one did - if I ever said how nice it would be to get given flowers, anytime of year, he would say 'You've still got the one I bought you for Valentine's day.' Even fourteen or fifteen years later!!

They are pretty though - they are o the mantelpiece in front of me even as I type, in place of honour.

[jerusha]

LOL...not too shabby, really. At least a silk arrangement will last you longer than real roses. :)

[curiouswombat.livejournal.com]

Knowing S2C they'll have to - it'll be at least ten years before he bus me any new ones!! I love him really, you know!

[ozma914.livejournal.com]

I think I like the idea of roses that will last for awhile. Don't worry about the future -- just think about how romantic it was this time around!

[curiouswombat.livejournal.com]

Actually I rather like silk flowers - and they don't make anyone sneeze! But if I'd expected regular sweeping romantic gestures I would have had to marry someone else - good thing I prefer a man who can make me laugh, does a good chunk of the housework, and can sort out all our computer problems!

[ozma914.livejournal.com]

Then I'm the perfect man -- oh, sort out computer problems? Never mind, stick with the one you've got. :-)

[ayinhara.livejournal.com]

S2C sounds like a really nice person. Good for you!

[curiouswombat.livejournal.com]

I am lucky - he is a good husband, he has his foibles, but don't we all? I love him dearly.

[missmurchison.livejournal.com]

I never get roses from my husband, because they make him sneeze. He sent me a virtual card ahead of time, but it was from a Polish site, so figuring out how to pick it up was a challenge. But he did pick out presents from my Amazon wish list instead of getting me a scarf or something else I really didn't want, which proves that even after more than 20 years, men can still surprise you!

I'm glad you had a good day.

[curiouswombat.livejournal.com]

One Polish card and a Friends of the Earth squirrel - the ordinary would be - well just ordinary! Aren't we lucky to havehusbands who can still surprise us occasionally after so long?

[missmurchison.livejournal.com]

Absolutely! I much prefer mine to the ones on the tv commericals who make the extravagant but completely cliched gestures.