The article explores the author's personal experience with flowers, highlighting how he enjoys giving them to loved ones yet experiences a lack of receiving flowers himself. This dichotomy illustrates a societal norm where men are seen predominantly as givers rather than recipients of flowers. The author observes the desperation of men on Valentine's Day, seeking last-minute flowers, which evokes humor and reflects the cultural expectations surrounding masculinity and gift-giving.
I love to give flowers to people. My wife and my mum, mostly. But I've never had this experience myself. Because no one has ever given me a bunch of flowers.
It always makes me smile. The sight of distressed men scurrying into petrol stations on the night before Valentine's Day, desperately looking for that last forlorn, manhandled bunch of red roses.
And why would they? I'm a man. And men don't get flowers. We're only allowed to give them.
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