Do You Want to Buy Some Flowers?

I bought myself flowers the other day - snapdragons. They're sitting in a vase on my coffee table and they look very pretty. Does that make me pathetic, though, to be buying myself flowers? Of course, the fact that my roommate got red roses from her latest flavor of the month makes it seem all the more so.

But red roses are so cliche; if a guy really wanted to impress me he would get me something out of the ordinary. Or my favorite flower. Roses just seem to be the flower that you just buy without any real thought. They're worse than carnations in that way.

But what is the reason behind buying someone else flowers? Obviously, when you're trying to apologize for something flowers are a nice thing to give. Or anniversaries. Birthdays, theatrical performances, funerals, weddings, or just because. Those are the reasons in the greater scheme of things, but what about the emotions, the thought process?
Is there a greater meaning to giving flowers? Do they possess more than a pleasant aroma and an appealing feast for the eyes?
Can flowers substitute for the words of a person when they can't express what they truly want to? I mean, if someone who was both blind and deaf bought flowers for whatever reason, would the person who received them know automatically what they were for? Sure, if they were meant as a an apology for doing something completely stupid and it wasn't on the same day as a special occasion like an anniversary of a birthday then the reason would be obvious. But what if the reason was meant to be 'just because' but it fell onto a time where something stupid happened that needed to be apologized for and on an special occasion? Without the words to accompany the flowers everything is up in the air.

See, the giving of flowers can be a tricky business. I suppose that's why I would rather buy them for myself. Not that I have someone who would buy them for me in the first place, but still. There can be so many strings attached to flowers that in the end it really might not be worth it. Still, when a person is given flower, especially when it's 'just because', the feeling is so nice that it can be hard to recreate. It's such a genuine feeling of happiness, surprise, and loving.

Flowers look so pretty too. Maybe that's why I bought them for myself too; to bring some beauty into an otherwise dreary winter living. To make myself seem special. To feel loved. To feel happier. To feel special and slightly surprised whenever I see them on the table in the vase.