Does anyone else hate fresh flowers?

I hate them passionately for all the reasons already covered. When I had my twins my work sent flowers by mail, I remember coming back from a walk with them and there was this box, almost as big as me. By the time I had them out of the box and the box folded up for recycling the kids were waking from their nap and I still had to cut them, find a vase etc so I ended up just taking the plastic off and dumping them straight into the green bin. It's only where they were going to end up in like 4 days after they'd made the house smell bad 2 of those, so I thought, let's cut out the middleman.

A friend of mine lost a beloved pet and a group of friends were going to organise some flowers for her. I wasn't sure she'd like them so I checked. Glad I did as she said she'd hate it. When the flowers died, she'd have to deal with that and it would be like losing the pet all over again. The same money bought a beautiful fruit tree as a permanent reminder that will continue to live, and grow, not have to go on a compost pile!

I always tend to hand hosts a potted plant/ another gift as the only time I don’t want to arrange flowers is when I’m hosting a dinner party. They get stuffed in a glass to be dealt with later.

Nope I love them, but it can be frustrating to be handed a bunch that need arranging when you’re hosting.

I eventually manage to kill all indoor plants and so don’t much like receiving them as a gift as I always feel awkward when they are thrown out.

Agree wholeheartedly. Anyone else find they draw more attention to the mess in your home when displayed? Seems like should be for influencer exclusively.
At my house anyway it always seems like polishing a turd.

I love them and have had letterbox flowers that didn't take all day to arrange, looked lovely once they opened and lasted ages.

Currently, I have a bunch of daffodils in the lounge. They are a lovely reminder that spring is on the way and this god awful weather will hopefully be coming to an end.

From tomorrow if the weather forecast is correct. Hooray!

Cut flowers make me feel sad. They remind me of death, probably because they are dying themselves.

They are so expensive as a gift, particularly as they will literally last a few days. Whilst it's lovely if someone buys me a present, If I'm given flowers I always wish I'd been given something else and the buyer had not wasted their money.

I hate the work involved.

When someone buys you flowers they are basically giving you a chore.
The unwrapping
trimming the stems
Removing lower leaves
mixing the food
arranging them
disposing of the wrapping
disposing of the trimmings
days later changing the water
picking up dropped petals
disposing of the flowers
washing the vase
drying the vase

They look nice (mostly), but I can’t be doing with the faff.

OMG REALLY!? i was expecting to be flamed 😂😂😂

I’ve been on MN too long, lost all faith in humanity 😂

Yup. They make me sad as I know they'll die soon. I get to watch a bunch of plants slowly die. Hooray for me.

ME!!! I just see work 😂

Hate them. Don’t even own a vase so then need to think how to store them.

It’s an extra job for me to do, so doesn’t feel like a gift although well intentioned! Just an extra hassle…

I remember someone sending me flowers just after I gave birth. The flowers ended up staying in the box and eventually were thrown away….

Yes! When my mother died I had 9 deliveries of flowers. I hated it. Every time I walked in to a room and see some I'd remember she'd died. And then they all started dying too

Have a friend who can take some evergreen stems out of the garden - and arrange them to look amazing. I'd rather have that to be honest....

I feel guilty as they've been chopped down

Prefer a plant

But I'm not really even green fingered

I'm not a fan of fresh flowers.
I associate them with sadness for some reason

Yes me too . They're basically dead . But I love orchids so I do let people know that !

100% this!

I don’t like flowers in the house but I love them in my garden. Along with many other things, I am allergic to some.

Although I prefer a wild flower or a plant, I usually always have a bunch of flowers on the go. I get a bunch or 2 of roses or tulips, all the same colour as they’re easier to arrange. Split them into 4, then sort of cross thread the stems into each other. As for the letterbox flowers, I thought it a brilliant idea when I first saw them. You can’t possibly go wrong with rearranging them into the neat little vase.

I hate them too. To me they are such a pointless thing to buy and they should be outside growing, not cut for someone so they can watch them slowly die.
Whenever I’ve been bought them I’ve always wished they were a box of chocolates instead!

I normally like them, but I think they are a crap gift for new parents following birth. Just another thing to look after and keep alive! We got several bunches on a day I ended up back in hospital, and came back home to bunches of half dead flowers still in cellophane!

Can't bloody stand them.

They set my asthma off. Make a mess. Look awful once they come out the pretty paper and quite frankly seem a bit of a waste.

Mind I hate gardening too and have no interest in my mothers endless prattle about her latest garden centre bargains.

We get married this year and am having all artificial flowers, hiring the venue ones and will possible sell on mine after the event.

Oh @Comedycook

Oh I love them. Freddie’s flowers every few weeks is my treat to myself. I love taking the time out of a busy day to arrange them - find it very therapeutic. I read recently the Japanese have a name for flower arranging as it’s good for your mental health (for some people!). And that really resonated with me.

I’m quite fussy though - don’t like lilies or yellow flowers. Love roses, tulips, peonies, wild flowers. I pick them from the garden in summer.

I agree the quality of supermarket flowers has gone downhill and they don’t last long/are expensive. Freddie’s flowers last a couple of weeks.