| Men who arrive for the 1st date with a rose.....do women like it?
Posted: 3/13/2007 6:20:47 PM | I think the best thing a man can do on a first date is arrive with a rose.
It is such a simple thing to do and also very inexpensive but it has a huge impact and portrays being romantic. It also starts the date off on a positive note.
I remember one time a date arrived and I looked out the window and saw he had something in his hand and I immediately had a smile on my face thinking it was a rose. But......the smile soon turned to a frown when he walked in and asked me if he could throw out his empty Mcdonalds cup in my trash can !!!!!! | |
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| Men who arrive for the 1st date with a rose.....do women like it?
Posted: 3/13/2007 6:35:29 PM |
But......the smile soon turned to a frown when he walked in and asked me if he could throw out his empty Mcdonalds cup in my trash can !!!!!!
Did he at least offer you what was left of his drink? 
Seriously tho, I can't believe there are people who would do something like that... | |
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| Men who arrive for the 1st date with a rose.....do women like it?
Posted: 3/13/2007 6:38:48 PM | | I can see how this idea is romantic. I, however, cannot receive flowers of any kind unless they're cat friendly lol.... they just smell and try to eat them, so unless said flower won't be bad for their health, any guy dating me gets off the flower hook! I don't ever expect anything on any date (expectations can lead to disappointment as the OP stated in her McDonalds story *eek*), IF one did want to do something special, they'd have to be more creative where I'm concerned cause flowers are a no go. Regardless of a rose / flower gesture, what matters most is the interaction I have with the person. But I digress, it's nice to know someone went out of their way to be thoughtful as such a gesture shows. I wonder how a guy would feel if a girl bought him a rose on the first date? | |
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| Men who arrive for the 1st date with a rose.....do women like it?
Posted: 3/13/2007 7:12:10 PM | Nothing wrong with flowers if they are well taken care of for the length of the date so you don't go home to dead ones.
I am with the other cat lover, I tend not to bring flowers into my house often because of that...... but in the summer time I routinely prune my flowers and place them in outside vases so I can enjoy them in the sunlight. Best of both worlds. | |
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| Men who arrive for the 1st date with a rose.....do women like it?
Posted: 3/13/2007 7:22:33 PM | Last first date I was on, the gentleman saved the rose until the end of the date. Thoughtful-est thing ever, really...because what do you do with flowers all through a date?
Yes, a rose is a very, very good start. Shows you're trying to make us smile. | |
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| Men who arrive for the 1st date with a rose.....do women like it?
Posted: 3/13/2007 7:23:40 PM | Maybe romantic, but honestly if your showing up with gifts in the beginning why are you trying to seek her approval. Be a man and be yourself and win her that way. Save the mushy stuff for at least a month or so.
Too many men rush into things far too quickly, winning a womens heart is slow and steady. | |
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| Men who arrive for the 1st date with a rose.....do women like it?
Posted: 3/13/2007 7:37:07 PM | A rose at the beginning of a date isn't really lavishing a girl with gifts, eh.
Don't chuck diamonds , sure - but a rose won't spoil her. Says your confident enough to make the effort, not that you are trying to trick her with some over-grand niceties.
There's still something to be said about manners. | |
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| Men who arrive for the 1st date with a rose.....do women like it?
Posted: 3/13/2007 7:40:36 PM | pismobrat
its not like you would be bringing her a diamond ring for christ sakes, you would bring her a single flower, not that big of a deal. It just shows you put a little bit of effort into something. I wouldnt be saving anything for any length of time especially the mushy stuff, cause you never know if you wait to long she just might loose interest, but im not saying you have to give all your good lines or whatever in the first 5 minutes, just dont wait 5 months to compliment her!!! | |
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| Men who arrive for the 1st date with a rose.....do women like it?
Posted: 3/13/2007 8:08:20 PM | As a teen, i always had access to roses (my mom had these huge rose bushes growing in the front yard, my brothers caught on to this as well -Mom always wondered why the red rose bush looked so picked) i always tried to remember to pick a rose off one of the bushes to bring to my dates.
-it was soooooo amazing how much more receptive a girl is when you bring her something as simple as a flower  I've since moved way far from home now -however nearly every c-store as well as grocery stores sell single roses now, and i know how to make paper roses out of coktail napkins  | |
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| Men who arrive for the 1st date with a rose.....do women like it?
Posted: 3/13/2007 8:49:52 PM | | That has NEVER made an impression on me. As one guy mentioned (sorry, don't want to go back to see who you are :)), you can grab one anywhere. Now, if he were to stop and pick me daisies......or make a paper napkin rose like the same guy up there mentioned (during dinner while on the date would be perfect) I would be impressed!!! I do not like (nor am I impressed by) common gestures. However, that said, I would be super sweet about it if a man did this. No reason to be rude or hurt someone's feelings either. | |
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| Men who arrive for the 1st date with a rose.....do women like it?
Posted: 3/13/2007 9:41:47 PM | Thanks for reminding me for my more romantic self before having this part of me 'incinerated-by-arson' via my ex. I was inclined to bring a potted baby rose bush to a girl on our first date, if not at least by the third one. It says a lot for a woman who can accept my gesture for something good to grow between us. It'd have said much more if any had cared to keep it alive for more than a week, but that's just who I've met thus far in the romantic scheme of things. Obviously, my gesture was far over their hearts or heads at the time.
Recently, I've developed a love for tulips as my 5 y/o son just loves to hold a realistic-looking artificial one, which is just like one in a print of a watercolor entitled "Still Life" that I once did for a dear friend who'd lost her adult daughter to breast cancer. If you've ever taken the time to study or paint a living plant as the model, you'll see them move in sunlight. As these are more a seasonal flower, and this seems to align w/ what I've noticed for women being 'more attuned' for romance then, it's tulips for the next hopefully 'greener thumb' w/ a heart and mind for this man. Sorry Marc, but your're not my type ...so no flowers for you. | |
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| Men who arrive for the 1st date with a rose.....do women like it?
Posted: 3/13/2007 10:27:30 PM | a simple flower is sweet for a first date... a rose, a daisy, a lily, a gerb..
simple yet says a LOT... any woman who doesnt appreciate the thoughtfulness in the gesture (and not read it as: oh god, he wants to sleep with me! - that screams EGO!) doesnt deserve the flower... nor your time for the rest of the evening. | |
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| Men who arrive for the 1st date with a rose.....do women like it?
Posted: 3/13/2007 11:44:40 PM | I think it is a lovely gesture.. I met someone from a dating site and at our first meeting he brought roses.. I was even extra impressed by that bcz how could he been sure he'd like me? and yet he did that..Very gentlemany, I thought.
Bad timing as he was in the middle of seperation madness,,,but a very nice person.
Someone said it's no biggee bcz you can get them anywhere..But I see it as "one of the little things that mean alot" and it's the thought that counts. | |
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| Men who arrive for the 1st date with a rose.....do women like it?
Posted: 3/13/2007 11:52:35 PM | yes I love it, lets you know he cares and is trying. I dated a guy once who never showed up without a gift or a bouquet. I told him to stop sending them to the office cause he was making the other girls jealous of me and when he went away for 2 weeks, he sent a bouqet nearly everyday. My place looked like a flower shop :))
Then I moved in with him and he started taking me for granted and bossing me around, so I split. | |
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