Hey, Dude, these are dahlias!

Whatever happened to sending flowers to your beloved? Or what about hand-carrying a beautiful bunch home on - gasp - a random Tuesday, just to surprise? Did the tradition of bestowing a beautiful bouquet end with email, texting...and sexting?!

Hmmmm....

Not to throw him under the bus or anything but...my hubby used to be much, much better about expressing his undying love to me. Posies, handwritten notes, little trinkets, sweet sentiments. Breakfast in bed. (Okay, he never has brought me breakfast in bed. But, he has gone to Starbucks to thoughtfully pick up coffee.)

Hmmmm....

Has life gotten so busy that he's forgotten such chivalry?

Hey, Dude, these are dahlias!

(At this point, I'd take a handful of grass, or leaves or weeds.)

To be fair, I should offer random acts of kindness too.

Hmmmm....

I think if we all slowed down, we'd actually be able to smell - and remember - the dahlias.

Yep. 

If we could slow down.

And stop emailing. 

And texting.

And sexting. 

(Well, maybe not the sexting. Maybe I should try it?)

Hmmmm....

 

Comments

[Jen]

chivalry is not dead! Flowers still have their place.

:)

[MonikaBasile]

men need to remember women can never have too many sweet flowers and especially for no other reason than "just because". At this point i think i would settle for a handful of dandelions, at least i could make wishes on them when they went to seed.

[Steffikah]

I totally agree, with everyone! Chivalry isn't dead, but it's sure hard to come by these days! What is -with- that?!

My guy insists he pays for dates, opens doors for me, grabs me a coffee... little things that make me smile every time I think of him. Is it too much to ask for all guys to be like that?

[Amanda]

I'm with you--chivalry isn't dead but it's busy playing 'god of war'....
I think flowers are always a nice thought....but I'm not a big fan of the 'apology' flowers.
Great blog!

[Kelly]

i miss the flower stage of relationships! all the effort goes into the first few months of courtship, then all romance goes out the window.