#gnc rr

I’ve never taken a floral class, and I am not much of a “flowers person” myself, nor do I have any sort of natural eye for arranging anything with a feminine feel. I felt just about as lost as a stereotypical mainstraight man who had never made a bouquet. I knew it was going to be a challenge for me, but I was SO excited!

I watched a few tutorials, asked the poor florist at my local store so many questions, and kept an eye out for inspiration. I’d been thinking about it nonstop for the whole week— what colors do I go with, what filler flowers do I use and how many, what round flowers do I use, what do I pair with his favorite flower… Then on Valentine’s Day, I picked up the bunches of flowers I’d been eyeing from a couple different floral shops.

Building a bouquet from scratch was a lot of work 😅 but also a bit easier than I anticipated! I was so happy with the final look, and SO excited to see my boyfriend’s reaction…

I brought him into the kitchen and let him open his eyes.

He seemed kind of confused.

Uh oh, I was thinking. Fuck, maybe this was a bad idea.

Rambling nervously, I told him that I had arranged it myself. Picked out the flowers individually and put them all together just now. And that I knew they weren’t the Exact shade of purple that’s his favorite, but it was the closest I could get…

His jaw dropped. “Oh, that’s for me???”

I blinked. “Yes, of course it’s for you!! Who else would it be for?”

“I don’t know! It’s so nice that I just thought it was a centerpiece on the table! I can’t believe you made that for me!”

I had a good laugh about that (and the biggest breath of relief ever 😅) while he stared at the flowers with big, wide eyes and spent the next 20 minutes fawning over them. He teared up a bit and said it was one of the sweetest things anyone had ever done for him.

Get your guy some flowers!!!!!!