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I think it's a genuinely nice idea, and it could work. Just make sure she has feelings for you too. Roses, while they may not symbolize it to all, are thought by most to be a sign of attraction/love/romance not love like "You're my best friend, I love you."

Oh dear you don't do your research prior hand before giving gifts do you j/k! The petals is a genuinly great idea but the colour of the rose petals indicates your feelings for the person.

s3Yuir: I think its a very sweet and wonderful idea and it truly will make her heart melt if she really feels the same way about you but I don't know how deep her feelings are for you and how far along are you two in your friendship stage to make the big leap forward. If you really want to send her petals in a box and play it safe at the same time, you should use yellow colour rose petals since they signify deep and loving friendship

There is a meaning to the colours of the roses

-Red Sincere Love & Respect, Courage & Passion

Send red roses to convey the message of your passionate love for that someone; saying "I love you"


- Pink Grace and Gentility, the rose of sweet thoughts.

Send deep pink roses to show your appreciation & gratitude; saying "Thank you" Send light pink roses to convey admiration and sympathy


- Yellow In the Victorian times, yellow roses meant jealousy. But today, they signify friendship, joy, gladness and freedom, the promise of a new beginning.

Send yellow roses to brighten up someone's day; to congratulate your friends and loved ones during Joyous occasions.


- White Spiritual love & Purity, the rose of confession, the bridal rose; "You are heavenly", "I am worthy of you"

Commonly used as traditional bridal bouquet during weddings to symbolize a happy love. You can nevertheless use them to convey the message of "You are heavenly, I miss you"


- Lavender Love at first sight and enchantment

Send lavender roses of course, to convey the message of your "love at first sight" with that special someone. You can nevertheless also send them if you would like to make a special impression.


- Orange Passionate desire, pure enthusiasm and fascination

An excellent choice for a new relationship that you wish to pursue further. It can nevertheless also be referring to a new business partnership.

Also when my hubby and I were getting close he started things off with a single rose on our first intimate meeting. Then 2. Then 3. Then all of a sudden 6. Then 7. Then 9. All the way till the day he proposed with 108 of them! Haha! I always thought he was being deliberately cheap or something so I told my friend about it and she said that the number of roses indicated a certain passage of feelings.

- 1 Rose Love at the first sight; you are the one
- 2 Roses Mutual love between both, deeply in love with one another
- 3 Roses I love you
- 6 Roses I wanna be yours
- 7 Roses I'm infatuated with you
- 9 Roses An Eternal love, together as long as we live

- 10 Roses You are perfect
- 11 Roses You are my treasured one; the one I love most in my life
- 21 Roses I am devoted to you
- 24 Roses Can't stop thinking about you, 24 hours everyday
- 33 Roses Saying "I love you" with great affection
- 36 Roses I will remember our romantic moments
- 40 Roses My love for you is genuine
- 50 Roses Regretless love, this is
- 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!

That is pretty sweet Loversheart.

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I'd really really like to do that Pino, but circumstances prevent me from doing so at the moment, I'm shipping it first class though

Stepping up your game and shipping Priority would really show her.

Hahaha. Nothing says ballin' like priority shippin' yo!

ha! sudden urge to put this on a t-shirt!

only if it is your girlfriend! =P

Haha, loversheart, I've never really been one for roses. My girlfriend doesn't like roses as much as other flowers so I've always given a really nice bouquet of lilies or something like that.

OK, so colors of roses should mean certain things, but I still think that MOST people equate them with romance.

WAIT!! I didnt know she wasnt your girlfriend. That changes things a bit.
Also, I thought you would be giving her the present face to face. If you;re going to ship it I WOULD NOT put rose petals in it. THey will die and it might come off too strong if she has no idea how you feel about her. You should tell her how you feel in person.

You also should find out her favorite flower. Some girls dont even like flowers.

My favorite are Lillies so when JB bought me my first Lily it was special as I knew he had paid attention to what I liked.

Put a can of whipcream and some victoria secrets lingerie in the box with the gift.

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You also should find out her favorite flower. Some girls dont even like flowers.

My favorite are Lillies so when JB bought me my first Lily it was special as I knew he had paid attention to what I liked.

Yeah I was going to toss this in there too after my last comment. Roses are nice but if they don't like them as much as other flowers go with other flowers. Find out what flowers she DOES like and get her those if you can. Send the gift, and have a good florist/delivery service like FTD bring her a fresh bouquet of flowers instead of sticking them in the box.

Also, if you gave her roses before, be aware of how she responded then. If she was like "Thanks." then don't do it again. If she LOVED it then flowers are an OK thing.

It's a tricky situation and without a lot of personal information it's hard to tell you exactly what you should do. Even then it depends on the person. My girlfriend likes flowers, but there was a point when I gave them too much and it lost its meaning. Now I give them much less often, but on days that it means more (i.e. I know she's working 10-12 hours so after I finish work I get her flowers, make dinner and clean the house so when she gets home she can totally relax and not feel like she has to help me do stuff after her day).

You know the situation better than anyone here, but be wary of it.

Definitely buy flowers that she likes. My wife for example likes Roses, but she would rather receive a arrangement made up of a variety of flowers.

Just go to the grocery store. They have FTD florists in them.

Send it to her work. Also make sure it is unexpected. The girls they work with will compliment her because her man thought enough of her to send her flowers.
That will make her feel VERY good and will also make things good for you.

Regarding the card. This is a tossup.
If your girl likes your sense of humor, then write something that while sweet will put a little giggle in her.
If your good at sharing your feelings you could write something short and sweet.

don't be a cheeseball though.

Wow, awesome comments everyone, i would like to comment on thing that was said but im too lazy to use quote boxes lol

um, yea, it's not the first time i've gotten her roses, its not the first time i've gotten her a gift. I've known her longer than any other person thats not family, she likes roses, she knows how i feel, going into details is complicated and would come off emoish which is not my style lol.

To be honest I am more of that stupid gambler if their is any chance I'm taking it, but only after planning out which action is best to take. I wanted to get a better understanding about other peoples opinion but i fear that due to the lack of information that i have presented that it is indeed hard. Thanks everyone for helping though its not that i was unsure of it being a good idea, i really just wanted to calculate the reactions that may follow and use that maybe perdict so future steps.

I realized the flowers arent going to make the trip so i may use freeze dried petals if i can find it anywhere in town lol.

D!ck in a box is always an option.

Hey Spanishdan, I remember you, your in a band right?

I remember Val as well, Heya Val!

again, thanks for the info, the number of roses was very informative! I wonder if im forgeting something, i'd hate to double post, sry for the wall of text if it this post comes out to be long. lol

oh and the mirror present i will use one of these days

When JB and i firstt got together we both hated small dogs and would call them "kick dogs" because we wanted to kick them (or put them on a seesaw and fling them over a fence). On the first card he got me he drew a little kick dog on it. I LOVED IT!!!! He also bought me a little stuffed "kick dog" so I could kick it around the house.

The point is...He made a joke on the card but because it was our joke it was perfect!

Creepy.
just creepy

creepy and desperate.

Move on dude. Move on.

I'm glad to see romance still lives lots of people here different opinions. I think personally if you really like this girl and even more so love her, then step up and quit worrying about it. If she likes/loves you back then things will go great, if not then it's time to move on and stop wasting your feelings on someone who doesn't reciprocate. And don't ever feel like somethings too dorky to do, if guys give you hell about it tell em to STFU, they probably don't have girls to do that to and their just jealous.

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Creepy.
just creepy

creepy and desperate.

Move on dude. Move on.

lmao!!!! wow, um, first let me say that idk if you meant it to be hurtful but you should really rethink the way you approach people whether online or off. anyways, as much as I enjoyed the answers, only a few answered the actual question . Talking about my personal life was never asked for. I could respond with flame if i was hurt by your comment expozay but im not, you have no clue whats going on and your response was not helpful or needed... please, keep comments like that to yourself in the future .

Posting a thread like this on the internet is asking for it. You can alternatively just ignore people which is fairly very easy since its over the internet.

Good luck though.

I really don't think he was being mean on purpose s3Yuri. I think he was joking

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OK, so colors of roses should mean certain things, but I still think that MOST people equate them with romance.

I just thought I put it out there for everyone who wants to buy roses but shy away from it since they think that buying a rose means a romantic gesture

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Posting a thread like this on the internet is asking for it. You can alternatively just ignore people which is fairly very easy since its over the internet.

Good luck though.

i know, but it was one of those risk things, i dont care really, im a writer, im use to people sharing their opinion, I just wish people realize how rephrasing words can make one look like less of an ***, also i figured this was a mature forum, for the most part i was right. And besides, some of the answers helped me so it was worth it.

Edit: Oh,... if you were joking expo, im soooooo sorry...

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i figured this was a mature forum,

Seriously, good luck on the love thing. It's never easy. I can go back and read what everyone suggested, but that would require effort on my part. Don't forget to be yourself.

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Originally posted by s3Yuri:also i figured this was a mature forum, for the most part i was right.

you're very wrong