I like gerbers, preferably orange, purple and pink. Just so you know.

I like to pick whatever is blooming in the garden and put a small vase in greg's studio....I usually get an "awwwww" out of it

Goddamn it! Ain't Carlos one high maintenance bitch?! Why the need for a Mexican standoff? If Carlos freely gives his rosebud to other dudes, then what is so wrong with a guy returning the gesture in kind?

Never carnations. Ever. Try and at least be classy, go for a hyper-modern arrangement including some angst-riddled foliage and some really butch, dark, wintery style blooms, or else stick to the traditional, stop being cheap and order me a dozen roses.

Uh, did I say 'me'? I meant 'that special someone'.

I love to get flowers! back in my dating days, there was somewhat of a flower war at my job.. I'd love it when i won.... I even like Carnations, Charlotte...

Take the flower, say, "Thanks, bro," and give each other a fist bump. Butchness is maintained.

I think sending flowers is nice and perfectly acceptable...too 'gay'? Please.
If I get a carnation, it better be one of the ones that have been stuck in food coloring so it's some crazy not-found-in-nature color.
That's the only kind of carnation I'll accept.

At this point in life I guess I would settle for half-wilted, moldy carnations.

Flowers are always perfectly acceptable. Roses always work.

What an ingracious bitch.

Actually I quite like carnations. I like the smell a lot, and they last forever.

AND-- they're cheap. I don't need calla lily and bird of paradise arrangements to feel important.

However, as nobody has ever given me flowers...

There's nothing wrong with it. But it would tell me that a guy hasn't learned much about me. If he wants to get me all warm 'n' fuzzy or just give me wood with a romantic gesture, I'm hoping he'd know that tickets to a sporting event or something else that matches my personality would make better sense. Hell, a big ol' bottle of lube would make me say "awww, shucks" before flowers would.

Hubby and I send each other flowers all the time -- to one another's office, no less. The ladies in the office get all jealous because I get more flowers than they do.

I'll never forget the first flower I got from him. We were living in two different cities, about 250 miles apart, and I was flying in to St. Louis to visit him for the weekend.

He met me at the gate (back in the day when you could still do that) with a sterling rose in his teeth. I went straight to him, took the rose out of his mouth, and planted a HUGE kiss on him right there in the airport.

The little old ladies seated next to where we were standing told us we were very sweet. :)

I actually have received flowers a couple of times. I was pleased. And for the record, I would happily accept carnations, which as CB points out smell really nice and last forever.

That was downright mean and selfish of "Pedro" to do that. He probably crushed the guy's soul. He shoulda been polite and gracious when he get such a nice gesture from someone. Some of us would be elated to get a flower from another guy!

I think Pedro needs to check back in with the shrink to get some issues dealt with.

I give, but I do not receive.

Wait, are we still talking about flowers?

I agree with you. Pedro's over-reaction is likely routed in the ultra machismo tradition of Latino culture. My man loves getting flowers. Sometimes I send them to his office so his female colleauges can get jealous.

pale pink carnations with white babies breath mixed in...so lovvely...

I hate getting flowers at work, but love the thought behind the gift..

Never, EVER give baby's breath. Or if you do, and he likes it, then take that as a warning.

You gave her the gift of anticipating your coming. That's cold comfort to you but it brightened her last days considerably, I'm sure.