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[wispfox]

So, some of you may be aware of the fact that being given flowers is not a happy thing for me. They die. Quickly. Hello, what's with giving people dead things as gifts?! (except if it's food...)

Delightful link along these lines, here. Credit to ladytabitha for finding it. :)

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[wispfox.livejournal.com]

Existing solely for being killed does not help my feeling on the matter. Probably because of the fact that it's just so disturbing keeping something around while it's dying just because it was (is) pretty.

That said - if it were _just_ the blossom which were removed from the plant, and not much more, the removal would bother me less (I would still not want them give to _me_, mind). Because the flower will die anyway, removed or not removed.

But rarely is it just the blossom, and in some cases picking a flower is, in effect, killing the entire plant. In many more cases, it does _not_ kill it, mind.

*shrug* I'm just strange, I know. :)