Ask The Slut Bonus Valentine’s Day Question: What’s Your Take On Anonymous Flower Sending?
Filed under: Ask The Slut - February 14, 2008 @ 6:00 am
Dear Slut,
I was kicking around the idea of anonymously sending flowers to a co-worker I like for Valentine’s Day. I probably won’t, because I tend to err on the side of caution, but I was just wondering what you thought of that. She’s with a guy she’s not too enthusiastic about, but she is *with* him. Creepy, lame, cute, a waste, romantic?
Creepy is not my intent
Dear “He’s creepy, he’s creepy not,”
I wouldn’t do it if I were you. Consider your motivation for doing such a thing - are you doing it in the hopes that you’ll be her next boyfriend? Um, not gonna happen. At least, not because you sent her flowers.
But if you’re doing it because you want to revel in all the exciting, mysterious fantasies associated with it, and you have $75 burning a hole in your pocket (if you’re going to do it, then do it right), then eh, why not? For sure it will give her a huge ego boost and make her day - the flattery of being on the receiving end of such a generous gesture will outweigh any nagging creepy feelings she might experience (”do I have a stalker?” “are these from my ex?” “god I hope these aren’t from my dad”)
Then again, she’ll also have to deal with her boyfriend’s reaction to it - evolutionary biology will probably kick in and he’ll go into sperm war mode and fuck her twice that night instead of once.
Yeah, don’t do it.
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February 14th, 2008 at 9:17 am
Instead send the flowers to someone who is alone on Valentine’s Day and could use a real pick me up. Sign the card, though. It will appear less creepy and more caring that way.
February 15th, 2008 at 7:04 am
I’ve given a girl flowers even though she was with a guy. I guess as long as it can be appreciated properly…a nice gesture is always a good thing, right? Of course, I think it’s romantic cuz I watch too many movies! However, I have never won over a girl who has a lame guy…so it’s a waste. This is why romantic people stop being romantic…it just never works.
February 17th, 2008 at 10:30 pm
In case anybody is wondering what I did, I opted not to send flowers. The idea would have been just to flatter her and make her feel good (mainly because I knew no flowers would be forthcoming from her current beau). I had no illusions that doing such a thing would help me woo her. That shit might work on a teenager, but not a grown woman. In the end there were just more cons than pros, so I opted out.