Why Are Women Attracted to Flowers?

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The discussion centers on the differing perceptions of flowers between women and men, exploring why women often appreciate flowers while men may be indifferent. Participants express a variety of opinions, with some men acknowledging their enjoyment of flowers but preferring cut flowers over potted ones due to maintenance concerns. The conversation touches on the symbolism of flowers in relationships, suggesting that giving flowers can convey affection and appreciation. There is also a mention of the importance of listening to a partner's preferences, highlighting that thoughtful gifts, whether practical or beautiful, can strengthen relationships. The dialogue reflects on personal experiences with flowers, gardening, and the emotional connections tied to these gifts, emphasizing that flowers can represent beauty and care in relationships.
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Why is it that women like flowers, where as men are indifferent.
 
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wolram said:
Why is it that women like flowers, where as men are indifferent.

I like flowers, I just don't like receiving them.
 
They're pretty. A bouquet of kittens would be even better, but would present problems, so flowers are the next best thing.
 
Maybe because they are eye pleasant and silent, like most women even if they talk they're still unheard, or cannot express themselves better than being silent... You're threads are.. Unique, if I may say, wolram. :)
 
I like flowers, and I prefer flowers that are potted as opposed to cut.

Flowers that attract bees or butterflies are wonderful.
 
A woman is a flower.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2AIfVoGUs6c
 
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Astronuc said:
I like flowers, and I prefer flowers that are potted as opposed to cut.
There is always great wisdom in Astro's posts. I also like to have live flowers in a pot.
 
I love flowers. My wife does, too. We can't justify decorating with them, apart from maybe glads that we cut and give to neighbors.
 
Flowers die, they are meant to be cut and arranged in decorative bowls and vases. I prefer cut flowers indoors.
 
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The problem with getting a potted flower is that they are forced into bloom under unnatural greenhouse conditions. Once the blooms die, most women just throw the plant into the trash. I on the other hand, feel commited to try to keep the plant alive, knowing that I will probably never get it to bloom even if I do manage to keep it from dying and feel guilt stricken.

Just give me the cut flowers!
 
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I'm certainly not indifferent to flowers. I don't grow them, or put them in vases around the house, but I do stop and look at them when I encounter them in the wild.
 
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Evo said:
I on the other hand, feel commited to try to keep the plant alive, knowing that I will probably never get it to bloom even if I do manage to keep it from dying and feel guilt stricken.
tru dat!

Poinsettas are the worst!

Every year. Every year! I think I can keep it alive. I invariably give up around November of the following year when I toss the giant dried root-ball-with-sticks out in the garden.

That's why I call them...

Disappoinsettas.
 
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:smile:
 
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Jimmy Snyder said:
A woman is a flower.

O'Keeffe always denied that.
 
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My wife has spent most of last fall and this last summer building a garden of perennials. I have tilled up most of the front lawn, and we have built a stone-lined space just for her perennials. I love the flowers, and I have withheld sugar-water for the hummingbirds all this year just to ensure that they take care of the plants that can take care of them.
 
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In general women have a better sense of smell then men, while men tend to have better eyesight.
 
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wuliheron said:
In general women have a better sense of smell then men, while men tend to have better eyesight.
There could be something to that. I've always heard that the ideal marriage is between a blind woman and a deaf man.
 
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drizzle said:
Maybe because they are eye pleasant and silent, like most women even if they talk they're still unheard, or cannot express themselves better than being silent...


You're threads are.. Unique, if I may say, wolram. :)

I am from planet Earth which one are you from :smile:
 
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I was so tempted at the store yesterday, by both poinsettias and Christmas cacti... but passed because we already have too many other things to take care of around here.

I'll remember this line...

DaveC426913 said:
That's why I call them...

Disappoinsettas.
 
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Evo said:
They're pretty. A bouquet of kittens would be even better, but would present problems, so flowers are the next best thing.

http://www.thedailytail.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/kitten-bouquet.jpg

For Evo :!)
 
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Evo said:
The problem with getting a potted flower is that they are forced into bloom under unnatural greenhouse conditions. Once the blooms die, most women just throw the plant into the trash. I on the other hand, feel commited to try to keep the plant alive, knowing that I will probably never get it to bloom even if I do manage to keep it from dying and feel guilt stricken.

Just give me the cut flowers!
I would plant the flowers in a butterfly garden. I could to do cut flowers too.
 
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Pengwuino said:
http://www.thedailytail.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/kitten-bouquet.jpg

For Evo :!)
I see a letter T. But if I copy the url to the address bar, I find the bouquet.

http://www.thedailytail.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/kitten-bouquet.jpg
 
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That bouquet is so photoshopped. The one in the middle says it all. "I'd rather be pretending to kill something."
 
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O lady:
I only remember your voice ..
Once holidays' bells ring!
I only remember your perfume ..
When I sleep on herbs' leaves!
You are a woman that won't be repeated .. In the history of flower ..
In the history of poetry ..
In the memory of Lily and basil ..!

- Nizar Qabbani
 
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Jimmy, in the middle of the bouquet there are two cats that are both looking to the left and are in fact the same cat
 
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Office_Shredder said:
Jimmy, in the middle of the bouquet there are two cats that are both looking to the left and are in fact the same cat
I see two of each cat.
 
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Six sets of twins!
 
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Jimmy Snyder said:
I see two of each cat.

That's just double vision
 
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After 9 years of living on my own, i have put exactly TWO things up on any of my walls or desks or tables or whatever. A halo reach poster just because I thought I finally needed to put something up, and my going away plaque from work. I do not enjoy flowers. Leave them outside where they are meant to be! But if I had a wife/gf who liked them then I would absolutely let her have them in the house. And probably get her some myself. KEEP THE MISSUS HAPPY.
 
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Flowers are kindred spirits :D they are pretty, smell good (for the most part), and they are soft and symmetric. I know lots of guys who like flowers though, and many who grow them.
 
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A lovely woman (in looks or in spirit) makes a man smile and feel happy. By giving her flowers he is telling her that she makes him happy and he'd like to do the same for her by giving her something lovely to look at also.

So for those of you who are as yet unknowing in matters of male, female relations, you NEVER give your sweetheart/wife a practical gift like a vacuum clear or a blender for a special occasion unless you also give her something beautiful and otherwise useless. It doesn't have to cost a lot. You could make her a beautiful card, flowers or pendant or wall hanging or something but no matter how much she says she wants that practical thing you must always let her know that she is the most beautiful thing in your life so she deserves a beautiful gift.
 
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When I was very young, one my favorite places to go was the Royal Botanical Gardens in Melbourne (South Yarra).
http://www.rbg.vic.gov.au/
http://www.rbg.vic.gov.au/rbg-melbourne

One of my uncles has a home overlooking the Yarra River and not too far from the gardens.
 
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netgypsy said:
A lovely woman (in looks or in spirit) makes a man smile and feel happy. By giving her flowers he is telling her that she makes him happy and he'd like to do the same for her by giving her something lovely to look at also.

So for those of you who are as yet unknowing in matters of male, female relations, you NEVER give your sweetheart/wife a practical gift like a vacuum clear or a blender for a special occasion unless you also give her something beautiful and otherwise useless. It doesn't have to cost a lot. You could make her a beautiful card, flowers or pendant or wall hanging or something but no matter how much she says she wants that practical thing you must always let her know that she is the most beautiful thing in your life so she deserves a beautiful gift.
Nice, but the fact that I REALLY WANTED pratical gifts and never got them was one of the reasons I divorced my ex, he didn't listen to me. Any time we had an argument or any occasion I got 1-2 dozen red roses. It got to be so thoughtless that it infuriated me. I kept telling him if he wanted to send flowers, send me a cheap bouquet of colorful fresh flowers, not roses that would wilt and turn black the next day.

He never listened to me.

The most important thing a man can do, LISTEN to what your woman tells you. get her that vacuum, or those socks and oven mitts, then if you want to add something she didn't ask for, you're safe.
 
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Notice I didn't say not to get her the practical gift. I just said to always include one that is beautiful no matter how little money it costs. Not listening demonstrates a serious lack of respect and also shows an imbalance of power in the relationship. A couple with equal power would not dare "not listen" to the spouse/partner so congratulations on dumping him. Hope you did it sooner rather than later. I've never understood why women marry a man when this lack of respect is there from the beginning. But the women in our family say it's because they are in love with love also and want things to be the way they should so much that they ignore reality. A real shame because they are missing out on an amazing experience with the right guy who will always listen and always be there.
 
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netgypsy said:
Notice I didn't say not to get her the practical gift. I just said to always include one that is beautiful no matter how little money it costs. Not listening demonstrates a serious lack of respect and also shows an imbalance of power in the relationship. A couple with equal power would not dare "not listen" to the spouse/partner so congratulations on dumping him. Hope you did it sooner rather than later. I've never understood why women marry a man when this lack of respect is there from the beginning. But the women in our family say it's because they are in love with love also and want things to be the way they should so much that they ignore reality. A real shame because they are missing out on an amazing experience with the right guy who will always listen and always be there.
He was perfect until we married. Six weeks after I married I sat down next to him and said "stop me if I'm wrong, but you are NOT the guy I married".

He said no, he wasn't. He said that he knew I was what he wanted, so he had to pretend to be everything I wanted so that I would marry him. Now that we were married, he didn't have to pretend anymore.

I knew something was wrong, I knew he couldn't be real, but my friends LOVED him and said how perfect he was for me. Ivy league grad, drop dead gorgeous, laid the world at my feet.
 
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Evo said:
He was perfect until we married. Six weeks after I married I sat down next to him and said "stop me if I'm wrong, but you are NOT the guy I married".

He said no, he wasn't. He said that he knew I was what he wanted, so he had to pretend to be everything I wanted so that I would marry him. Now that we were married, he didn't have to pretend anymore.

I knew something was wrong, I knew he couldn't be real, but my friends LOVED him and said how perfect he was for me. Ivy league grad, drop dead gorgeous, laid the world at my feet.

aww ... o:)


P.S. I hope he doesn't mind his naked picture in boxers on a public forum :blushing:
 
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rootX said:
aww ... o:)


P.S. I hope he doesn't mind his naked picture in boxers on a public forum :blushing:
That was his swimsuit. We were getting ready to go to the pool.
 
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Evo said:
That was his swimsuit. We were getting ready to go to the pool.

I'm not sure I was born yet when those shorts were popular!
 
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Drakkith said:
I'm not sure I was born yet when those shorts were popular!
:smile:
 
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Personally, I am well aware of those kinds of people and I keep my distance from them :biggrin:
 
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Definitely nice to look at but he looks like he likes to look at himself a bit too much. Too good to be true frequently is, unfortunately. One of our family members married one of those - wealthy family - he was looking for a trophy wife, which she definitely was - drop dead gorgeous as we used to say. Unfortunately she stuck it out for a really long time but finally did make the break and is now happily married to her high school sweetheart. Happy endings are nice. I usually tell the younger women - look for the diamond in the rough. Appearance is very easy to improve. Character isn't and stupid is forever.

Another family member married one of those high school geeks and by the end of college women were chasing him by the droves but he never had a clue how attractive he was. She always jokes that she carries a big stick to beat off the women. And he turned out to be the most amazing person. She considers herself to be the luckiest in the world - especially when she remembers several guys she might have married but somehow had the sense to back off. A lot of times it's just dumb luck finding a really great match. A cousin said you don't find the right one until you stop looking. He and another cousin were both over 40 when they finally found what they were looking for. Matchmakers might be a good thing to bring back - oh but I guess they have come back hahaha. (online dating services)

I bet he'd be quite pleased to see himself displayed on here. Guys like that like to be looked at.
 
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vanity
 
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Back OT. My wife loves flowers and has transformed almost all of our front lawn to a perennial garden. I will strive to help her transform the rest, so that I don't have to mow it.

I love flowers, not just because they are beautiful, but because they are so supportive of insects, birds, etc. If you have a bit of space, please plant a clump of bee-balm and watch the bees, butterflies, and hummingbirds come to your little garden. Bee-balm is a variety of mint and is quite invasive, but if you love butterflies, hummingbirds, etc, you should learn how to tolerate its spread.
 
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Evo said:
Nice, but the fact that I REALLY WANTED pratical gifts and never got them was one of the reasons I divorced my ex, he didn't listen to me. Any time we had an argument or any occasion I got 1-2 dozen red roses. It got to be so thoughtless that it infuriated me. I kept telling him if he wanted to send flowers, send me a cheap bouquet of colorful fresh flowers, not roses that would wilt and turn black the next day.

He never listened to me.

The most important thing a man can do, LISTEN to what your woman tells you. get her that vacuum, or those socks and oven mitts, then if you want to add something she didn't ask for, you're safe.

Ouch.

Comercially available flowers may have all sorts of chemicals they are used to/need to stay alive. Back a lifetime ago, I knew someone who could make the flowers she was given bloom to the point of exploding their corollas. They survived incrdibly long, two weeks being the norm. I don't think any chemicals were used to grow those flowers, and I know she used to add something in the water, a little bit of sugar and perhaps something else. She also used to chop off a bit of their stems as soon as they were home. She used to say it was the warmth of her sould that opened them with such selfless abandon. I kinda believe some of that.

Regards
nr
 
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She had the gift. Like those people animals just know they can trust.
Evo, your ex reminds me of that song
Lemon tree very pretty and the lemon flower is sweet but the fruit of the poor lemon is impossible to eat.

We'll have to make sure your virtual hubby does better. :-)
 
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My mother was very talented at keeping cut flowers fresh. She'd recut the ends of the stems with a razor blade (cutting on the diagonal), and put a dash of sugar and an aspirin in the water.

About the only time she ever got cut flowers was a few roses for her birthday, Valentine's Day, Mother's Day etc. She was much happier getting potted perennials that she could plant in the spring. The soil at our house was quite bony and poor, so mostly she had to make do with real hardy plants like day lilies and bee-balm, at least on the front side of the house.
 
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turbo said:
My mother was very talented at keeping cut flowers fresh.
I'm relying on you to remind me in the spring to cut some forsythia for my wife. The idea is to cut a few branches when they start to bud and bring them inside. That way they blossom in the house sooner than on the bush.
 
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One of the main problems with the long stemmed red roses you get from a florist is that they are forced to bloom, then immediately refrigerated to stop them from opening any more, so you get that "classic" budding look. The roses in most cases are pretty old before they get delivered, and when they are exposed to the dry heat in most homes and offices, the poor things just shrivel up and die. Yes, I also recut the stems under warm water and add the preservative mix to the water, not much you can do for a bloom that's been artificially *preserved* for days.
 
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Jimmy Snyder said:
I'm relying on you to remind me in the spring to cut some forsythia for my wife. The idea is to cut a few branches when they start to bud and bring them inside. That way they blossom in the house sooner than on the bush.
And I have to remind you, why? Aren't you with the program yet? :-p You're south of me, so you should be able to cut some branches a week or two before Valentine's Day so that your wife will have a bunch of blooms by then. I need to wear snowshoes to even get to the bushes.

First, they have pretty yellow blooms, then the nice green leaves... We try to stretch them out as long as possible because having fresh living stuff in the house during the height of blizzard season is refreshing. One year, we got a sprig of an odd willow with flattened stems (my neighbor grows "specimen" trees) along with the forsythias, just because the catkins looked nice. The willow switch leafed out and rooted, so I planted it in the spring. Now I have several of those rooted cuttings all growing down near the little pond beside the garden. The willow is thriving, and my neighbor has followed suit. He has excavated a pond in the back yard, and has ringed the pond with those willow cuttings. Now instead of having one huge clump of those willows, he will have a natural-looking border of them around his pond. Salix Sekka is quite an impressive-looking plant, with the flattened curved stems, the long catkins, and dark foliage.
 
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