Flower Language

Dear Diary,

Have you ever have the difficulty in selecting the type of flowers to chose for your frenz? Flowers for your love ones.. would always be roses... but what if you are sending to ask for apology???

This is what we have got for you...

• Apple blossom - Good things to come
• Aster - ContentmentButtercup - Childishness
• Pink carnation - Gratitude
• Yellow carnation - Rejection
• Crocus - Gladness
• Daffodil - Chivalry and respect
• Daisy - Innocence and purity
• Daylily - Enthusiasm
• Dill - Lust
• Edelweiss - Daring and courage
• Forsythia - Anticipation
• Gardenia - Secret love and joy
• Blue hyacinth - Constancy
• Ivy - Wedded love and fidelity
• Lavender - Loyalty
• White lily - Heavenly purity
• Lily of the valley - Humility
• Mint - Virtue
• Orange blossom – Marriage and fertility
• Palm leaves - Victory
• Dark crimson rose - Mourning
• Pink rose - Friendship
• Red Rose - Passionate love
• Snowdrop - Hope
• Sunflower - Adoration
• Red tulip - Declaration of love
• Violet - Faithfulness

So that beautiful bouquet of dark crimson roses and white lilies surrounded by palm leaves that you just sent to your friend or love one could be telling her, "Many are mourning my victory and success within our relationship, as it's heavenly to be with you!"

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Okie.. so you say, nah.. that's too confusing, you rather stick to your roses... fine.. but you send your GF/Wife 15 roses... and she goes...

"Oh the roses are so lovely– thank you so much, dear. So why did you give me fifteen stalks?" the girl asks. "Huh? Hmm– well just thought the bouquet look nice with fifteen." Ha you just got yourself shoot!

The meaning of roses: the color of roses; the number of roses each has got their meaning. Do you know that 11 roses represent "You are my treasured one; the one I love most in my life" whereas 15 roses represent "I am truly sorry, please forgive me"? Now isn't that a total twist of the meaning for the roses you gave? What had meant to be a message of love has just turned into a message of apology; implying you was guilty of something?

Before you try to impress that someone with that bouquet of roses, make sure you know the meaning behind it, the meaning of roses; what the number of roses represent.

So how many roses do you send?

1 ROSE
On a first date, a single rose symbolises love at first sight. it can also be given in years to come to say, "I still love you."

Or

Love at the first sight; you are the one

2 ROSES
Give someone two roses to represent your mutual love and affection.

3 ROSES
Representing the couple and their shared love, a bouquet of three roses is traditional one month anniversary gift.

6 ROSES
Whether it's a school crush or a more mature passion, six roses symbolizes infatuation.

9 ROSES
To send the message “We’ll be together forever,” send a bouquet of nine roses.

10 ROSES
Let them know that their love is perfection with a bouquet of ten roses.

12 ROSES
A perfect dozen shouts "Be mine!"

13 ROSES
Tell someone that they'll be your friend forever with a bouquet of thirteen roses.

15 ROSES
Need to let someone know that you're sorry? Send them fifteen roses.

20 ROSES
Send the message "my feelings for you are truly sincere" with a bouquet of twenty roses.

21 ROSES
Twenty-one roses say, "I'm dedicated to you/"

24 ROSES
Two dozen roses shouts "I'm yours!"

25 ROSES
Send a message of congratulations with twenty-five roses.

36 ROSES
Three dozen says "I'm head over heels in love!"

40 ROSES
Forty roses says, "my love for you is genuine."

50 ROSES
To express a love that knows no bounds, send a bouquet that's equally as limitless - filled with fifty (or more) beautiful luxurious roses.

99 Roses
I will love you for as long as I live

100 Roses
Harmoniously together in a century; remaining devoted as couple till ripe-old age

101 Roses
You are my one and only love

108 Roses
Please marry me!

365 Roses
Can't stop thinking about you, each and everyday

999 Roses
Everlasting and Eternal love

Married or Single II

Dear Diary,

Interesting topic to share. Helping a friend with her studies on human behaviour and found this article and thought it was quite interesting to share...

Five Reasons to get married and Five Reasons not to get married

To Marry or...Getting married is once in a lifetime decision for many people. When people wish to get married, invariably all of them expect a full life together. Very few would think of marriage as a short-term exercise. Hence, it is very much necessary that all aspects of a life together be fully analyzed before tying the knot. Usually men and women tend to have different perspectives about married life. It would be better to have open and honest discussion to sort out the possible future irritants or at least understand them so that some sort of compromise could be arrived at.

MEN
The reasons that a man looks at while desiring to marry her are in numerous. However, a few of them top the list in order of priority. For most men, the need of a woman in life is necessitated by the motherly love that he had received in his early life. He needs a woman who can show him the same love and who could fulfill his physical and emotional needs. That is why many men look for the same qualities in a woman that their mothers possess.

The second reason is to have a lifetime companion, who can share his desires and needs.

The third reason is love. When a man feels that he loves a particular woman, he wants to own her fully. This might appear to be a wrong reason but that is the way humans are made. Everybody likes to possess what he or she desires and human relationships are no different. In some cases, the man might marry a woman because she has become pregnant and is carrying his child. Certain men wish to marry a woman who is having the same career as his, so that they would be able to adapt to each other better. It is quite usual for a doctor to marry a doctor and a lawyer to marry a lawyer. They would be able to understand the work pattern and the workload of each other. However, few others are very particular that the woman is having a different profession, so that their interests do not clash. This choice depends on the outlook of the individual.

In short men marry women for the following main reasons.

The wish to continue the motherly love received in childhood.
Desire to have a lifetime companion.
The love the man has for the woman.
The woman having become pregnant by him.
To have a woman who has a similar career for easier adaptability.

WOMEN
Women also marry men for nearly the same reasons. However, one important reason that women have in marriage is to escape from parents that they do not like or from a parent who is abusive. Sometimes, men also marry for this reason but the number is much lesser than women.

So the reasons for a woman marrying a man can be enumerated as follows.
Wish to escape from parents.
Desire to have a lifetime companion.
Love for the man.
Having become pregnant by the man.
To have a man having a similar career for easier adaptability.

The reasons for getting married are quite obvious.

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On the other hand, the reasons for not getting married are much more complicated. In fact, it would be difficult to mention reasons for not getting married. However, the reasons for a marriage becoming a failure could be discussed with more ease. There are several jokes about marriage but nearly all of them are at the expense of the woman. There should be some strong reasons for that. Probably, the main reasons are the innumerable needs that women have that drain the purse of a man and the continuous nagging that women indulge in after marriage. One joke says that a successful man is one who can make more money than his wife spends but a successful woman is one who finds such a man. Many women tend to nag the men too much after marriage. They try to compare their husbands with other men who are more successful in life, which is resented by the husbands. Wives also tend to give free advice to men as to what they should and should not do, which is also not liked by many men.

Infidelity is one more reason that could harm the institution of marriage. Both men and women, who are quite possessive, would be repelled when they come to know about extra-marital relationships, leading to separation. Physical incompatibility is the cause for break-up in several cases. Even loss of interest in sexual relationship after some time could lead to a break-up of the marriage. Finally, the conflict in tastes and interests that appeared insignificant before the marriage starts to take a larger picture in married life. Disagreements increase, resulting in final separation.

Even though it would look absurd if we list reasons for not getting married, we could list the reasons that break-up marriage.

• Over-spending by the wife and living beyond the man's income
• Continuous nagging, comparing the man to others more successful, and giving unwarranted advice
• Infidelity
• Physical incompatibility or sharp decrease in sexual interest
• Conflict in tastes and interests leading to disagreements and fight